Sarah Jessica Parker (born March 25, 1965) is an internationally recognized Emmy-winning American Actress with an extensive portfolio of both television and movie work. She may be best known for her role as Carrie Bradshaw on the television series Sex and the City.

Parker was born in Nelsonville, Ohio on March 25th, 1965 to Stephen Parker, a Jewish American businessman, and Barbara. Her parents divorced early on in Parker's life and her mother remarried Paul Forste, a truck driver. Parker grew up with her mother, step-father and seven siblings (although she only has one full sibling, a sister). As a young girl, she trained in singing and ballet, soon being cast in the Broadway production of The Innocents. Her family moved to New Jersey at this time to better support her dreams of becoming a star. After a run of promising performances in several increasingly important films and television shows, she met actor Robert Downey Jr., with whom she lived for seven years (between 1984 and 1991).