Mary-Louise Parker

MARY-LOUISE PARKER

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Name: Mary-Louise Parker

DOB: August 2, 1964

Birthplace: Fort Jackson, South Carolina
Family: Gave birth to her son, William Atticus Parker, January 7, 2004.

Height: 5'8"

Eye color: dark brown

Mary-Louise Parkers's education: Graduated from North Carolina School of the Arts, majored in Drama

Nicknames: Early in her career, she was sometimes referred to as the "long-suffering girl next door."

MARY-LOUISE'S CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Big break: Mary-Louise Parker won nearly every award possible for her work in the play Proof, including the prestigious 2001 Broadway Tony Award for Best Actress.

Best known for: Weeds

Mary-Louise Parker Filmography

Mary-Louise Movies: Longtime Companion; Fried Green Tomatoes; Grand Canyon; Naked in New York; Bullets Over Broadway; Let the Devil Wear Black; Boys on the Side; The Best Thief in the World; Saved!

Television: Weeds; The West Wing; Angels in America; Ryan's Hope; Vinegar Hill; The Robber Bride

Stage: How I Learned to Drive; Communicating Doors; Proof; Prelude to a Kiss; Bus Stop; Reckless

Awards: Clarence Derwent Award and Theater World Award (Prelude to a Kiss), Broadway 2001 Tony Award for Best Actress (Proof), 2006 Golden Globe for Best Actress (Weeds), 2007 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (Weeds)

• The Spiderwick Chronicles
  
  
• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford being released on September 21st, 2007 in limited areas.
• Starring in a new production called Les Passages!

• In the late '80s, Mary-Louise Parker worked at Ecco (a shoe store) in New York measuring feet.
  
  
• In 1998, Parker turned down the chance to replace Shannen Doherty on the TV series Charmed.
  
  

• In 2004, Mary-Louise was offered for the role of Susan Mayer in the TV series Desperate Housewives but turned it down (the role went to Teri Hatcher).
  
  

• Parker broke up with Weeds costar Jeffrey Dean Morgan in 2007 and got back together with him in 2008.
  
  
• The Counting Crows wrote the song "Butterfly in Reverse" for her!
  
  
• Favorite color: Purple!
• Sign: Leo
• Favorite Food: Cherries and Avacadoes
• Dislikes: GOAT CHEESE!
• Parker was in the Bonnie Raitt video "You Got It."