Mary-Louise Parker
Mary-Louise Parker, born August 2 1964 was an American actress. Following her Broadway debut as Rita in Craig Lucas's Prelude to a Kiss in 1990 (for which she won an Tony Award nomination), Parker came to prominence for film roles in 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) as well as The Maker (1997). Parker won the 2001 Tony Award as Best Actress in an independent film for her portrayal in David Auburn's Proof of Catherine Llewellyn. Between 2001 and 2006, she appeared as Amy Gardner in the NBC TV series The West Wing, for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2002. Her performance as Harper Pitt in HBO's acclaimed miniseries Angels in America in 2002 was rewarded with the Primetime Emmy Award as well as a Golden Globe. In 2006, Parker won the Golden Globe Award. ...