Born Sarah Jessica Parker on the 25th March 1965, in Nelsonville, Ohio USA, she is an award-winning stage, television and film actress, perhaps best known to the world for playing Carrie Bradshaw in the highly-acclaimed TV series “Sex and the City”, also as Dolores Fuller in the film “Ed Wood”, while on stage she is noted for her portrayal of the title role in the Broadway musical “Annie”, among many other roles she has secured so far in her career.
Have you ever wondered how rich Sarah Jessica is, as of early 2018? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Sarah Jessica’s net worth is as high as $100 million, an amount earned through her successful career, active since the mid- ‘70s.
Sarah Jessica Net Worth $100 Million
Of Jewish, English and German ancestry, Sarah is a daughter of Barbara and Stephen Parker. Her parents divorced when she was young and her mother remarried to Paul Forste.
From an early age, Sarah attended ballet and singing classes, and so had a role in the musical “The Innocents”. Her mother and her now stepfather helped her professional education by moving to Dobbs Ferry, close to New York City, and she started developing a career as a child actress, which saw moves to Roosevelt Island, later Manhattan, and eventually Englewood, New Jersey, where Sarah attended Dwight Morrow High School, and trained at the School of American Ballet, then the New York Professional Children’s School, and the School for Creative and Performing Arts. She also went to Hollywood High School in Los Angeles, once her career took off.
Sarah’s acting career started with a role in the musical “The Sound of Music” at the outdoor Municipal Theatre, located in St. Louis, Missouri, and was then chosen for the part of July in the musical “Annie” in 1977, but soon replaced Andrea McArdle in the lead role. She played Annie for another year before she became more focused on screen roles; she was chosen for the part of Patty Greene in the TV series “Square Pegs” (1982-1983), while in 1983 starred in the fantasy drama film “Somewhere, Tomorrow”. Although she started pursuing screen roles, Sarah remained true to the theater, and throughout her career has made a number of successful appearance on and off-Broadway, which have increased her net worth. Some of her most successful appearances have been in “The Heidi Chronicles”, “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying”, and “Once Upon a Mattress”, all adding to her net worth.
After the lead role in “Somewhere, Tomorrow”, Sarah portrayed Rusty in the highly-successful romantic drama “Footloose” (1984), starring Kevin Bacon, Lori Singer and John Lithgow, while from 1987 she appeared in all 22 episodes of the TV series “A Year in the Life”, playing Kay Ericson Gardner. The ‘90s for Sarah are regarded as her golden years – she started the decade with the double role in the romantic thriller film “Honeymoon in Vegas”, starring next to Nicolas Cage and James Caan, then starred with Bette Midler and Kathy Najimy in the fantasy comedy film “Hocus Pocus”, while in 1994 she appeared in the biopic “Ed Wood” about the film director, alongside Johnny Depp and Martin Landau. Her net worth was soaring as the decade progressed.
In 1996 she had a supporting role in the comedy film “The First Wives Club”, which was nominated for an Academy Award, and then in 1998 was chosen for the part of Carrie Bradshaw in the TV romantic comedy-drama series “Sex and the City”, based on the book by Candace Bushnell; this role really launched her to stardom, making her popular throughout the world, and adding a substantial amount to her net worth, as the series aired until 2004, while two spin-off films were made, “Sex and the City” (2008), and “Sex and the City 2”, which further increased Sarah’s exposure and wealth, especially as she received four Golden Globe and two Primetime Emmy awards for her work.
After the series ended, she decided to focus on films, and in 2005 starred in the Golden Globe award-nominated romantic comedy-drama film “The Family Stone”, next to Dermot Mulroney and Claire Danes, then in 2006 stared with Matthew McConaughey and Kathy Bates in the romantic comedy “Failure to Launch”. Since then, she hasn’t had great success, mainly appearing in the romantic comedies, while most recently she accepted a role in the TV comedy series the “Divorce” (2016-2018), for which she received a Golden Globe Award nomination.
She is now working on the romantic drama film “Blue Night”, alongside Renée Zellweger and rapper Common. The film is in post-production but is yet to receive a release date.
Aside from acting, Sarah is also a designer; she has collaborated with Steve & Barry’s to launch her own clothing line – “Bitten” – then the shoe collection “SJP”, and has also signed an endorsement deal with The Gap, worth $38 million, all of which added a considerable amount to her net worth.
When it comes to her personal life, Sarah has been married to Matthew Broderick since 1997; the couple lives in New York with their three children.
Before marrying Matthew, Sarah was in a relationship with Robert Downey Jr. from 1984 until 1991, while also had a brief relationship with John F. Kennedy Jr.
Sarah is a philanthropist, as she serves as a UNICEF Ambassador, while she also sits on the board of The New York City Ballet. Furthermore, she often holds fundraisers for New York schools.
School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Dwight Morrow High School, Professional Children's School, Hollywood High School, School of American Ballet
Nationality
American
Spouse
Matthew Broderick
Children
Marion Loretta Elwell Broderick, James Wilkie Broderick, Tabitha Hodge Broderick
Parents
Barbra Forste, Stephen Parker
Siblings
Pippin Parker, Timothy Britten Parker, Megan Forste, Allegra Forste, Andrew Forste, Aaron D. Forste, Rachel Parker
Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy...
Nominations
Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress – Comedy, People's Choice Award for Favorite Cast, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress in a Play, Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Movie Actress, People's Choice Award for F...
Movies
Hocus Pocus, Sex and the City, Footloose, The Family Stone, I Don't Know How She Does It, Sex and the City 2, Honeymoon in Vegas, Failure to Launch, Girls Just Want to Have Fun, Did You Hear About the Morgans?, The First Wives Club, Mars Attacks!, L.A. Story, New Year's Eve, Miami Rhapsody, All Road...
TV Shows
Sex and the City, Equal Justice, A Year in the Life, Square Pegs, Divorce, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, 3-2-1 Contact, TV Land Moguls
Don't ever let other people's opinions of you be your opinion of yourself.
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People should dress the way they want. If you walk out the door feeling good about yourself, that's what counts.
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[on her rumored feud with Kim Cattrall] I don't think anybody wants to believe that I love Kim. I adore her. I wouldn't have done the movie without her. Didn't and wouldn't.
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You don't want to see me topless.
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I dress like most mothers - quickly!
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When I go to a premiere I like to borrow lovely clothes and shoes from designers. It's like the library: if you return them in good condition, you get to borrow more. I'm very lucky.
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I have a team of style experts for being Carrie, but I am not Carrie. I'm not even much of a shopper. I don't feel I need a lot of clothes. But I work in an industry where appearance is everything and sometimes I have to work hard at looking good.
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I kind of enjoy the idea that you can be a lady and be slightly titillating and you don't have to take all your clothes off. (Vogue - August 2003 - "The Busiest Girl In Town" by Steven Meisel)
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I still want to be an actor for hire, but I can also see myself as a hard-driving producer. A person can have both, and I don't think you have to be male to do that. I understand why a lot of actresses are producing now; I understand how seductive it is and how hard it is not to have control. It's like if you were keeping kosher and then one day you had... bacon! You'd just be like: This is nuts! I can't never have suckling pig! I have to have it! Or if you flew coach all the time and then one day you got on, like, Cathay Pacific First Class, where there's a whole apartment on the plane that's yours? You couldn't possibly go back to coach! You're ruined! [on becoming a producer of Sex and the City (1998), in which she stars.] (Vogue - August 2003 - "The Busiest Girl In Town" by Steven Meisel)
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[on the fact that she adored every costume of Carrie Bradshaw's on Sex and the City (1998).] The hits and misses. It was great fun to make mistakes and also be victorious. If I have a daughter, perhaps I'll give the clothes to her and tell her the extraordinary circumstances under which I received them. (Harper's Bazaar - 2004 - "Sarah Jessica's Next Step" by Wendy Wasserstein)
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Pat knows the historical context of clothes, the periods of costumes and what century is what. But there are no rules with Pat when it comes to fashion. It's liberating. [on working with fashion designer and costumer Patricia Field on Sex and the City (1998).] (Harper's Bazaar - 2004 - "Sarah Jessica's Next Step" by Wendy Wasserstein)
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As a woman, I have an inherent need to be all things to all people, to make certain everybody's taken care of. I know I can't sustain that level all the time, so I'm finding the proper balance and it's made me infinitely happier.
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Regarding her new Steve & Barry line of affordable conservative womenswear: "There's not going to be any inappropriate midriff showing, regardless of your age. I really don't care for it. I feel like, as a culture, we have seen enough damage done by it. It's provocative in a way that I just don't feel comfortable with."
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"I get the feeling people are disappointed with me because I don't have the answers for them. I have to remind them that I don't have a Ph.D. in sex or counseling.
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One of the things that's great about New York is that it is not a one-industry town. It has education, academia, the service industry, arts, publishing, theater, politics, fashion, finance, as well as movie-making. There are so many people who are cogs in the great wheel of the city that a less bright light is shone on our lives. It still exists - there are always paparazzi at our house - but being a public person feels less like a business than it does in LA. And you have to approach it differently. I can't hide behind gates, or in a car, but if I can get a few yards from my front door, I can still get lost in a crowd. I am always moments, just moments, from obscurity on a crowded street in New York.
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Fashion is a part of my work. I feel a responsibility to be presentable, to dress up if the occasion calls for it. But, really, fashion does not play that big a role in my life these days.
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Celebrity and the media are reliant on each other - always have been - but we have lost the elegance in that relationship, somehow.
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The hardest part of leaving the show [Sex and the City (1998)] was this endless gypsy-like life that I'm back into, where it's like being the new kid in school all the time, which for some people is very easy but for me is not. I don't really like change, and I would like everything to be the same constantly, except that I love being terrified.
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Sarah Jessica is fine, Sarah, SJP, SJ, hey you, anything. [on how to address her]
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I tell my friends married life is boring, but that's just a fun thing to say to make single people feel better.
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Thank you. I've never won anything in my life. - on winning her 2000 Golden Globe Award for Sex and the City (1998).
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Once, live on air, she called up the radio show "Opie & Anthony" and called them out for heavy criticism of her and her appearance at the 2000 MTV Movie Awards.
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Has worked twice with Tim Burton, which makes him her most frequent director outside her colleges from the Sex and the City (1998) franchise.
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In May 2015, she created a minor media frenzy. On her Instagram profile, she posted a teasing photo of herself with a shopping bag, that would later be revealed to be a part of her new collaboration with Bloomingdales. However, the photo went viral before the reveal, when it proved so ambiguous, that several fans believed the photo teased a third Sex and the City (2008) movie. Several online outlets reported about the possibility of a new entry in the series and an unaware and puzzled Cynthia Nixon, co-star of the show, was asked about the announcement during a live interview. In the end, Warner Bros. Studios had to make an official statement that there were no plans for a "Sex and the City 3".
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Has been in three movies nominated for an Oscar. The most common category among her represented films is 'Best Original Song'.
In 2014, Vogue created the video "73 Questions with Sarah Jessica Parker" in which an interviewer followed her around her apartment and asked a series of random question, all done in just one shot.
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With an income of $30 million, she ranked #2 in Forbes Magazine list of "10 Highest Paid Actress of 2010-2011". She was placed behind Angelina Jolie, who also earned $30 million. However, $18 million of Parker's income was not based on her work in entertainment, but gathered by her collaborations with Halston and the best-selling fragrance NYC.
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She ranked #7 on Forbes' List of Highest-Paid Actresses in 2012, with an income of $15 million. It was noted that most of her income was profit from her perfume and endorsement deals.
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Her father was of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. Her mother has German, and a smaller amount of English, ancestry.
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Launch of her fragrance "SJP NYC". [2010]
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Launch of her fragrance "Lovely". [2006]
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Launch of her fragrance "Covet". [July 2007]
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Launch of her clothing line "Bitten". [2007]
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Re-negotiated her contract to sell Nutrisse Hair Products in both print and television commercials, for an undisclosed amount believed to be in the seven figure range. [August 2003]
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Orignally, she was set to appear with a cameo in Lovelace (2013) as Gloria Steinem. But eventually her scenes did not make the final cut. The role was originally given to Demi Moore, who dropped out due to health issues. Parker accepted the role a week before filming ended.
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Admits to being quite prudish and clean-living. Even as a teenager, she never rebelled and was very straight-laced; she once went to a party and was so shocked by the amount of alcohol that was there that she made her father take her home straight home. She even had reservations about Sex and the City when she first read its script owing to its explicit content. However, once she signed up to it, she was dedicated to the show and is proud of its success.
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Despite playing the lead in a TV series about sexual relationships, Sarah Jessica Parker has always had a no-nudity clause in her contract. She has never done nude scenes in anything she has ever done and is always careful to take work that does not embarrass any of her family members.
Became the mother for the second and third time at age 44, when her twin daughters, Marion Loretta Elwell Broderick and Tabitha Hodge Broderick, was born on June 22, 2009 via surrogate. The children's father is her husband, Matthew Broderick.
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Gave birth to her first child at age 37, a son James Wilkie Broderick on October 28, 2002. Child's father is her husband, Matthew Broderick.
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Was six months pregnant with her son James when she completed filming on the fifth season of Sex and the City (1998).
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Returned to work six months after giving birth to her son James in order to begin filming the sixth season of Sex and the City (1998).
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Returned to work two months after the birth of her twins Marion and Tabitha in order to begin filming Sex and the City 2 (2010).
She studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City.
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In Hocus Pocus (1993), she played a witch who was executed during the Salem Witch Trials in the late 1600s. While researching her family history for the show Who Do You Think You Are? (2010), Parker was shocked to discover that her 10th great-grandmother Esther Elwell was arrested in Salem in the late 1600s for committing "sundry acts of witchcraft" and choking a neighbour to death. Esther's case never went to court, she escaped with her life and the accusation ended the Salem Witch Trials.
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Was offered the role of Danielle Bowden in Cape Fear (1991) but turned down the part. The role went to a younger player, Juliette Lewis.
Was named "Unsexiest Woman Alive" by Maxim magazine in 2007.
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Was originally slated to star opposite Luke Wilson in Vacancy (2007), but dropped out a few weeks before filming. Kate Beckinsale stepped in to replace her.
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Has received eight consecutive Golden Globe nominations from the Hollywood Foreign Press; the first seven were for Actress in a TV Comedy for her work on Sex and the City (1998) and her eighth was for Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy for The Family Stone (2005).
After her multi-million dollar contract with the Gap was terminated, she rebounded by joining the ranks of J-Lo, Paris Hilton and Joan Collins by marketing herself and coming out with her own perfume, for which she is being paid in the seven figure range.
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Has a new fragrance, called Lovely
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Hosted the MTV Movie Awards in 2000 and did a spoof with her co-stars in Sex and the City (1998) called Sex and the Matrix.
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Ranked #39 in VH1's list of the "100 Greatest Kid Stars"
Many gambling and betting establishments actually stopped accepting some bets on Sarah Jessica Parker for the 2004 Primetime Emmys because she was so widely predicted to walk away with an Emmy Award, and she did.
She grew up having to share clothes with siblings and having only one or two pair of shoes for the entire year. She developed a "shoe fetish" that was also shared by her character on Sex and the City (1998). Parker admitted that she has a closet at her home just for her footwear!
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Is the only one out of the four main female actresses of Sex and the City (1998) not to have done any nudity in the show, because she has a strict no-nudity clause in her contract.
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Finally won an Emmy Award in 2004 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, after five consecutive losses.
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Played a role in the original stage production of "The Heidi Chronicles," only to be replaced when the show moved to Broadway...by Cynthia Nixon, her Sex and the City (1998) co-star. Kim Cattrall played a role in the 1995 film version of the play. That makes Kristin Davis the only regular cast member of Sex and the City (1998) not to appear in some adaptation of the play.
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Attended the School for the Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) in Cincinnati with Rocky Carroll.
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After ending her television run of Sex and the City (1998), she negotiated a multi-million dollar contract to do advertisements for The Gap clothing; a brand she never wore once in her entire Sex and the City (1998) show!