Mary-Louise Parker
Acting
Born: August 2, 1964 (age 62) · Fort Jackson, South Carolina, USA
Highest Rated
Biography
Mary-Louise Parker (born August 2, 1964) is an American actress and writer. She is the recipient of two Tony Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award. THEATRE includes The Sound Inside at Studio 54 (Tony Award); How I Learned to Drive (Obie and Lucille Lortel Awards and an Outer Critics Circle nomination), Heisenberg and The Snow Geese at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre; Proof at the Booth Theatre (Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics Circle, Drama League, Lucille Lortel, Obie, and New York Magazine Awards), Prelude to a Kiss at the Helen Hayes Theatre (Tony and Drama Desk nominations, Theatre World and The Clarence Derwent Award); Four Dogs and a Bone at the New York City Centre; Babylon Gardens at the Circle Repertory Theatre; The Art of Success at the Manhattan Theatre Club; Communicating Doors at the Variety Arts Theatre, Reckless at the Biltmore Theatre (Tony nomination); Hedda Gabler at the American Airlines Theatre; Bus Stop at the Circle in the Square theatre; The Importance of Being Earnest at Hartford Stage; Up in Saratoga at the Old Globe Theatre; and Hay Fever at the Studio Arena Theatre. TELEVISION includes The Institute, Weeds (Golden Globe award, four additional nominations, three Emmy nominations, six SAG nominations), Angels in America (Emmy, Golden Globe, and Satellite Awards), The West Wing (Emmy nomination), The Robber Bride (Emmy nomination), Mr. Mercedes, When We Rise, Billions, Sugar Time, Saint Maybe, and A Place for Annie. FILM includes Omni Loop, Red Sparrow, Golden Exits, R.I.P.D, Red and Red 2, Behaving Badly, Pipe Dream, Chronically Metropolitan, Longtime Companion, Grand Canyon, Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café, Naked in New York, The Client, Bullets over Broadway, Boys on the Side, Reckless, The Five Senses, Saved!, Romance & Cigarettes, Red Dragon, Solitary Man, and Howl.
Known for
RED
2010
Red Sparrow
2018
Red Dragon
2002
RED 2
2013
R.I.P.D.
2013
The Blacklist
2013
The Spiderwick Chronicles
2008
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2007
Fried Green Tomatoes
1991
The Client
1994
Billions
2016
Weeds
2005
Photos (9)
Movies (56)
RED
Sarah Ross
Red Sparrow
Stephanie Boucher
The Client
Dianne Sway
RED 2
Sarah Ross
Boys on the Side
Robin
Young Washington
Mary Washington
The Spiderwick Chronicles
Helen Grace
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Zee James
R.I.P.D.
Proctor
Omni Loop
Zoya Lowe
Fried Green Tomatoes
Ruth Jamison
The Portrait of a Lady
Henrietta Stackpole
Woody Woodpecker Goes to Camp
Angie
Bullets Over Broadway
Ellen
Romance & Cigarettes
Constance
Red Dragon
Molly Graham
Solitary Man
Jordon Karsch
Miracle Run
Corrine Morgan-Thomas
Behaving Badly
Lucy Stevens / Saint Lola
Howl
Gail Potter
The Same Storm
Roxy
Saved!
Lillian
Happy Hours
2026
Golden Exits
Gwendolyn
The Oresteia
Montie Middleton
Goodbye Lover
Peggy Blane
Longtime Companion
Lisa
Mr. Wonderful
Rita
Seneca
Agrippina
Jamesy Boy
Tracy
Grand Canyon
Dee
Cupid & Cate
Cate DeAngelo
The Maker
Officer Emily Peck
Murder in Mind
Caroline Walker
Naked in New York
Joanne White
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
Dr. Valerie Crane
Let the Devil Wear Black
Julia Hirsch
Pipe Dream
Toni Edelman
Christmas in Conway
Suzy
The Five Senses
Rona
A Place for Annie
Linda
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
Bonnie Hanssen
Saint Maybe
Lucy Dean Bedloe
Chronically Metropolitan
Annabel
Sugartime
Phyllis McGuire
Reckless
Pooty
Adieu Aurora
Wilma Munro
Signs of Life
Charlotte
Vinegar Hill
Ellen Grier
The Baltimore Waltz
Anna
The Best Thief in the World
Sue Zaidman
The Robber Bride
Zenia Arden
Legalese
Rica Martin
Too Young The Hero
Pearl Spencer
Rachel Carson
Rachel Carson (voice)
El Dorado
Phillipa Rios
TV Shows (19)
The Blacklist
Naomi Hyland · 4 eps
The West Wing
Amy Gardner · 23 eps
Billions
George Minchak · 2 eps
Weeds
Nancy Botwin · 102 eps
Elsbeth
Freya Frostad · 2 eps
American Playhouse
Charlotte · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Lisa · 1 eps
The Institute
Ms. Sigsby · 8 eps
Mr. Mercedes
Janey Patterson · 10 eps
Angels in America
Harper Pitt · 6 eps
Colin in Black and White
Teresa Kaepernick · 6 eps
When We Rise
Roma Guy · 4 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Linda · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Lucy Dean Bedloe · 1 eps
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Cate · 1 eps
The Gray House
Eliza Van Lew · 8 eps
Hemingway
Mary Hemingway (voice) · 1 eps
Hemingway
Marcelline Hemingway (voice) · 1 eps
Master Spy: The Robert Hanssen Story
Bonnie Hanssen · 2 eps
Self / Appearances (9)
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · 1 eps
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self · 1 eps
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · 2 eps
Bonnie
Self
This Changes Everything
Self
Music Box: Counting Crows: Have You Seen Me Lately?
Self
The Assassination of Jesse James: Death of an Outlaw
Self
Warren Ellis: Captured Ghosts
Self
Moments of Discovery: The Making of Fried Green Tomatoes
Self
