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.
