ACTOR
Mary-Louise Parker
- Known for
- R.I.P.D. (2013), Angels in America (2003), The Portrait of a Lady (1996), When We Rise (2017)
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Mary-Louise Parker is an actor best known for R.I.P.D., Angels in America and The Portrait of a Lady.
All facts (24)
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Mary-Louise Parker and actor Billy Crudup separated in November 2003 after seven years together. At the time, she was seven months pregnant with their child.
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At the age of 43, Mary-Louise Parker adopted her second child, a girl from Africa named Ash. The name appears to be a shortened version of her birth name, Aberash. The girl's full name is Caroline Aberash Parker.
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Mary-Louise Parker broke up with Jeffrey Dean Morgan, her co-star in Weeds (2005). They later reconciled and became engaged, then called off the engagement.
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Mary-Louise Parker turned down the opportunity to replace Shannen Doherty on Charmed (1998).
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Mary-Louise Parker has a long-standing close friendship with Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz. Their birthdays are one day apart: she was born on August 1, 1964, and he was born on August 2, 1964.
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Mary-Louise Parker was author Stephenie Meyer's first choice for the role of Esme Cullen in the film adaptation of her novel Twilight (2008).
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Mary-Louise Parker won the 2001 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for "Proof." She had previously been nominated for a Tony in the same category in 1990 for "Prelude to a Kiss."
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Mary-Louise Parker's son, William Atticus, was born on January 7, 2004.
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Mary-Louise Parker was nominated for the 2005 Tony Award for "Reckless" (Best Performance by an Actress in a Play).
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Mary-Louise Parker graduated from the prestigious North Carolina School of the Arts.
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Mary-Louise Parker was considered for the role of Susan Mayer on Desperate Housewives (2004).
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Mary-Louise Parker's favorite film while growing up was Meet Me in St. Louis (1944).
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Mary-Louise Parker's maternal grandfather was the son of Swedish immigrants. Her other ancestors include English, Scottish, Scotch-Irish, German and Dutch.
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Mary-Louise Parker likes Corona beer. She enjoys listening to albums by Willie Nelson, Frank Sinatra, Chet Baker and Tom Waits.
- #015
Mary-Louise Parker appeared in "Proof," which first opened at the Manhattan Theatre Club and later moved to Broadway. She won the 2001 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for the role.
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Mary-Louise Parker's critically praised role as Poopay, a weary London prostitute, in "Communicating Doors" was performed in New York in 1998 at the Variety Arts Theatre on Third Avenue.
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Mary-Louise Parker graduated from high school at the North Carolina School of the Arts, where she focused on acting alongside Dane DeHaan, Hannah Telle and Anthony Mackie.
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Mary-Louise Parker's father, John Morgan Parker, was a judge who served in the U.S. Army. Because of her father's career, Parker spent part of her childhood in South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas, as well as in Thailand, Germany and France.
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Mary-Louise Parker has supported LGBT youth, an AIDS foundation, the World Orphans foundation, and Hope North for Ugandan child soldiers and victims.
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In 2016, Mary-Louise Parker received the Ally Award, which honored her as an advocate for LGBT rights.
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Mary-Louise Parker graduated from Marcos de Niza High School in Tempe, Arizona, in 1982.
- #022
For the 2004 film The Best Thief in the World, Eric Stoltz was initially offered the role of her husband, but Mary-Louise Parker wanted someone older and asked the producers to hire actor David Warshofsky. The film was never released in theaters.
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Mary-Louise Parker won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for both Proof and The Sound Inside.
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Mary-Louise Parker is a close friend of Shelby Lynne.
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