Mary-Louise Parker

Mary-Louise Parker (born August 2, 1964) is an American actress and author. In addition to her many films, Parker enjoyed great popularity for her lead role on Showtime's comedy-drama television series Weeds (2005–2012), portraying Nancy Botwin, for which she received three nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series (2007–2009) and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy in 2006. Parker has appeared in films and series, including Red, Red 2, Fried Green Tomatoes, Boys on the Side, The West Wing and Angels in America, for which she received the Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award, for the latter; both for Best Supporting Actress. She is also the recipient of the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance in the Broadway play Proof (2001). In 2017, she starred in the miniseries When We Rise. 2Early life Parker was born in Fort Jackson, South Carolina. The youngest of four children, she is the daughter of Caroline Louise (née Morell) and John Morgan Parker, a judge who served in the U.S. Army. Her ancestry includes Swedish (from her maternal grandfather), English, Scottish, Scots-Irish, German, and Dutch. Because of her father's career, Parker spent parts of her childhood in Tennessee and Texas, as well as in Thailand, Germany, and France. She described her childhood as "profoundly unhappy", further noting that, "My parents did everything they could; I had books, clothes, a home and a warm bed, but I was never happy