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Mary-Louise Parker: Summary

Recent Role:
Nancy Botwin on Weeds
Gender:
Female
Birthday:
8-2-1964
Birthplace:
Fort Jackson, South Carolina, USA
AKA:
Mary Louise Parker
Parker was born in Fort Jackson, South Carolina and remains the youngest child of an Army brat family. She grew up in places such as Arizona, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Germany and France while her father served in the US Army. She became interested in acting in high school and was a Drama major at the North Carolina School of the Arts.

She has starred in many productions of the stage and screen. By 1990 had already earned her first Tony Award nomination for her performance as a young bride who accidentally swaps souls with an old man in Craig Lucas' Prelude to a Kiss. She had a recurring role in the highly acclaimed series The West Wing. She won a award for her role as "Harper Pitt" in Angels in America, and HBO production. She went on to roles in more films including Naked in New York (1994), Mr. Wonderful (1993), The Client (1994), Bullets Over Broadway (1994), Boys on the Side (1995), Portrait of a Lady (1996), The Five Senses (1997), and Red Dragon.

In 2004, Parker landed a lead role in the Showtime comedy series Weeds. She plays a widowed mother of two who runs a weed-dealing business from her home.
Parker was born in Fort Jackson, South Carolina and remains the youngest child of an Army brat family. She grew up in places such as Arizona, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Germany and France while her father served in the US Army. She became interested in acting in high school and was a Drama major at the North Carolina School of the Arts.

She has starred in many...
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