Mary-Louise Parker

Mary-Louise Parker: Summary

Recent Role:: Nancy Botwin on Weeds

Birthday:: 8-2-1964

Birthplace:: Fort Jackson, South Carolina, USA

Birth Name:

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.

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SAG nominees include Dexter, Mad Men
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travellinguist
member since: Feb 25, 2004
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Ageless beauty. ...Continue »
Parker is currently known for the Showtime show Weeds which is a funny look at suburban life from the point of view of a pot-dealing widow. Parker has also been in movies such as Saved, seemingly quite at ease playing single mothers. She is one of those beautiful woman who never seems to age. She plays the mother because of her actual age, but keeps your attention because she is beautiful. However, as we know, beauty and great ageless beauty only gets a person so far. Parker is quite talented bringing a nonchalance to her roles which makes them completely believable but also imminently cool. She is a delight in all her roles and a true talent.
06/09/08 05:45am | report abuse
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johandogod
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The Bottom Line: "One of the all-time greats"
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One of the most sought after actress in the tv industry. Some of her older movies showed how she could tackle limitless characters. One of the first time i saw her was in Angels in America. The way she stole the show even with likes of Meryl Streep, Al Pacino, Jeffrey Wright has to be seen to be believed. She has immense talent. One of my favourite scenes in Angels is when does a fully frontal with immense depth not like anyone i have seen cinema before. The Angels was a very difficult piece similar to her role in weeds which has some spark of brilliance in some episodes. The show grows on you like she does. Take care doll keep up the good work.
11/01/07 11:45am | report abuse
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amfarley84
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I first saw Mary Louise Parker in the show The West Wing an tought that she was amazing. She was perfect for the role in The West Wing as Amy but i wish she had a bigger role in the show. I was happy when i learned she was the star in the show Weeds because now she is a show with a bigger role evan though it is a shorter season it is still good to see her on tv. I just hope that the show is one for longer and that she is in more projects in the futture because i would love to see what her acting capablities are.
10/05/07 11:16pm | report abuse
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Turk13
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Mary Louise Parker is an excellent actress in the show Weeds. I thought this would just be a stupid comedy with a lame actress star but Mary Louise Parker not only shows the funny side to a single mother trying to survive with 2 kids but also the real problems every single mom faces. On top of this she is trying to run her drug business in laid back suburb life. Mary Louise Parker plays both in a comedy and a drama at the same time. She is definately one to watch and to keep an eye on to see what the future holds for this fine actress.
09/26/07 10:57am | report abuse
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emmaalynn16
member since: Nov 23, 2006
The Bottom Line: "Talented"
A Fantastic actress
First saw her in the west wing and se was fantastic.
She had an excellent rapport with Bradley Whitford and the two of them really lit things up. ...Continue »
A Fantastic actress

First saw her in the west wing and se was fantastic.
She had an excellent rapport with Bradley Whitford and the two of them really lit things up.

I only watched weeds to see what she was like in it and got hooked

Class show was really good and it brilliant to find a show soo good which start in august when we're soo deprived of things to watch

Tune into weeds i'm telling you one cool doll
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