Sarah Jessica Parker (born on March 25, 1965) is an American actress and television producer. She is known for her role as Carrie Bradshaw on the HBO television series Sex and the City (from 1998 to 2004). She later reprised the role in films Sex and the City (2008) and Sex and the City 2 (2010), as well as the revival seasons of And Just Like That... (2021–present). She also played Frances Dufresne in the HBO series Divorce ( from 2016 to 2019). Since 2005, she has run her own production company, Pretty Matches, which has been creating content for HBO and other channels. She made her first major film appearances in the 1984 dramas Footloose and Firstborn. Her other film roles include L.A. Story (1991), Honeymoon in Vegas (1992), Hocus Pocus (1993), Ed Wood (1994), The First Wives Club (1996), The Family Stone (2005), Failure to Launch (2006), Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009), and New Year's Eve (2011).