About
Mary-Louise Parker is an American actress born on August 2, 1964, in Fort Jackson, South Carolina. She studied at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, earning a BFA in 1986. She made her Broadway debut in 1990 in Prelude to a Kiss, receiving her first of five Tony Award nominations. She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for Proof (2001) and The Sound Inside (2020). On television, she is known for her role as Nancy Botwin on the series Weeds (2005-2012), which earned her three Emmy nominations. She also won an Emmy Award for her role in Angels in America (2004) and two Golden Globes. In film, she appeared in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), The Client (1994), Boys on the Side (1995), and RED (2010).
* 1964-08-02
Major works
- Prelude to a Kiss (1990)play
- Proof (2001)play
- Angels in America (2004)TV miniseries
- Weeds (2005)TV series
- Dear Mr. You (2015)memoir
Key milestones
- 2001Won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for Proof.
- 2004Won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress for Angels in America.
- 2020Won her second Tony Award for The Sound Inside.
Themes
DramaComedyFamily relationshipsResilienceMemory
Sources: web.playbill.com · broadwayworld.com · steppenwolf.org