Mary-Louise Parker was born in August 1964 in Fort Jackson, United States.
He studied drama at the North Carolina School of the Arts; and after graduating, he joined the cast of the series “Ryan’s Hope“.
In 1990 he made his Broadway debut in the production “Prelude to a Kiss“, playing the main character, Rita, for which he won the Clarence Derwent Award for her performance, also being nominated for an award Tony.
That same year he worked, winning the applause of the public and critics, on the feature film “Inseparable companions“, who was followed”Grand Canyon: the soul of the city” Y “Fried Green Tomatoes“.
During the 90’s she could be seen in movies like “The client“(1994),”Bullets over broadway“(1994),”Boys on the Side “(1995),”Reckless” (nineteen ninety five), “Portrait of a lady“(1996), or”The Maker“(1997).
Following her participation in various independent films and plays, she was seen in “Let The Devil Wear Black” and in “The Five Senses” (1999).
Already in the new millennium, he participated in feature films such as “The Red Dragon“(2002),”Saved!“(2004),”Romance & Cigarettes“(2005),”The murder of Jesse James by the coward Robert Ford “(2007) or”The Spiderwick Chronicles“(2008)
Among his works for television, Parker was part of the acclaimed production of Mike nichols, “Angels in america“, receiving the Golden Globe 2003 and award nominations Screen Actors Guild already Emmy, to which she was also nominated for her role as Amy gardner on “The West Wing of the Casablanca“.
Currently reaps great success on television with the series of Showtime, “Weeds“, where he gives life to a widow who is dedicated to trafficking and cultivating marijuana in order to maintain her lifestyle. This interpretation earned her a Golden Globe in 2006.
In regards to your personal life, Parker He spent seven years with the actor Billy Crudup, with whom he had his first child in 2004. In 2007, at the age of 43, he adopted an African girl named Ash.