Mary-Louise Parker

Mary-Louise Parker (born August 2, 1964 in Fort Jackson, South Carolina) is an American actress whose work in theater and film has won her international acclaim. She has been the recipient of prestigious awards such as the Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe awards. Her best-known works include Boys on the Side, The West Wing, and Angels in America. Parker is currently starring on Showtime's Weeds.

The 1990s

Parker maintained a strong theater presence in the early 1990s, but also maintained her reputation on the big screen, starring with Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones in The Client (1994); with John Cusack in Bullets Over Broadway (1994); and then playing an AIDS sufferer in Boys on the Side (1995), with Drew Barrymore and Whoopi Goldberg. She followed this up with a movie adaptation of yet another Craig Lucas play, Reckless (1995), alongside Mia Farrow and then in Jane Campion's The Portrait of a Lady (1996) which also starred Nicole Kidman, Viggo Mortensen, Christian Bale, John Malkovich and Barbara Hershey. In 1997, she appeared alongside Matthew Modine in Tim Hunter's The Maker.

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Susan Sarandon - Tommy Lee Jones - The Client - 1994 - John Cusack - Bullets Over Broadway - Boys on the Side - 1995 - Drew Barrymore - Whoopi Goldberg - Reckless - Mia Farrow - Jane Campion - The Portrait of a Lady - 1996 - Nicole Kidman - Viggo Mortensen - Christian Bale - John Malkovich - Barbara Hershey - 1997 - Matthew Modine - Tim Hunter - The Maker

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Parker did not become an instant household name, but rather a darling of the critics. Her theater career continued to flourish when she appeared in Paula Vogel's 1997 critical smash How I Learned To Drive, with David Morse. After several independent film releases, she appeared in Let The Devil Wear Black and then a much-lauded role in 1999's The Five Senses.

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Paula Vogel - 1997 - How I Learned To Drive - David Morse - Let The Devil Wear Black - 1999 - The Five Senses

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