ACTOR
Annie Parisse
- Known for
- Friends from College (2017), And So It Goes (2014), The Looming Tower (2018), The First (2018)
18 archived facts 4 topics 1 source Last reviewed Oct 2026
Annie Parisse is an actor best known for Friends from College, And So It Goes and The Looming Tower.
All facts (18)
- #001
Annie Parisse teaches camera acting in Fordham University's Theatre Program.
- #002
Annie Parisse is one of six members of the Law & Order (1990) cast — along with S. Epatha Merkerson, Milena Govich, Jeremy Sisto, Jerry Orbach and Camryn Manheim — who played a different character in an earlier episode before joining the cast in a later season. (Michael Imperioli also played more than one role, but his Det. Nick Falco was not a permanent addition to the cast.)
- #003
Annie Parisse's father is of half Italian and half Slovak descent. Her mother is of half Italian and half Lebanese-Syrian descent.
- #004
Annie Parisse is the sister-in-law of Elisabeth Waterston, Katherine Waterston and Graham Waterston.
- #005
Annie Parisse took her stage name from her late great-grandmother Anna Maria Parisse, who lived in Washington and was the wife of her great-grandfather Gaetano Cancelmi.
- #006
Annie Parisse was nominated for a 2009 Lucille Lortel Award for her performance in the Off-Broadway play "Becky Shaw" (Best Actress).
- #007
Annie Parisse has two children with her husband Paul Sparks: a son, Emmett Sparks (b. October 2009), and a daughter, Lydia Sparks (b. 2014).
- #008
Annie Parisse studied at Fordham University in New York City.
- #009
Annie Parisse was nominated for a 2007 Drama Desk Award for her performance in "The Internationalist" (Best Actress in a Play).
- #010
Annie Parisse's mother is a teacher at Saint Kilian Parish School in Cranberry Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania.
- #011
Annie Parisse's father is a senior executive at Alaska Air, and her mother is a first-grade teacher at Newport Heights Elementary School.
- #012
Annie Parisse's paternal grandfather was an agent of the Pennsylvania Department of Justice (1934-1941) and Western Pennsylvania District Supervisor of the state parole board (1942-1968).
- #013
Annie Parisse graduated from Mercer Island High School near Seattle, WA.
- #014
Annie Parisse's siblings are actor and writer Louis Cancelmi and Italian teacher Michael Cancelmi.
- #015
Annie Parisse's parents are Louis G. "Lou" and Annette Cancelmi.
- #016
Annie Parisse's godfather is her uncle Harry J. Cancelmi, Jr., a defense attorney.
- #017
Annie Parisse's grandparents are Harry J. Cancelmi, Sr. and Mary Smetana Cancelmi.
- #018
Annie Parisse has two uncles, Norbert A. Cancelmi of Bethel Park and Harry J. Cancelmi, Jr. of Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania, and three cousins.
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