Mary-Louise Parker
Mary-Louise Parker was born August 2nd in 1964. She is an American actress. Following her Broadway debut as Rita in Craig Lucas's Prelude to a Kiss in 1990 (for which she was awarded an Tony Award nomination), Parker came to prominence for roles in films such as Grand Canyon (1991), Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), The Client (1994), Bullets over Broadway (1994), A Place for Annie (1994), Boys on the Side (1995), The Portrait of a Lady (1996), and The Maker (1997). Parker was awarded the 2001 Tony Award as Best Actress in an independent film for her performance in David Auburn's Proof of Catherine Llewellyn. In the NBC TV series The West Wing she starred as Amy Gardner, and was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sustained actress in the Drama Series. As part of her performance as Harper Pitt in the HBO miniseries Angels in America, she was awarded a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. She also won an award for her performance in the series, a Primetim...