What is Mary-Louise Parker?
{{Infobox actor | image = Mary-Louise_Parker_(2008).jpg | caption = Mary-Louise Parker, 2008 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1967|8|2}} | birth_place = {{nowrap|[[Columbia, South Carolina|Columbia]], [[South Carolina]], U.S.}} | yearsactive = 1975–present }} '''Mary-Louise Parker''' (born August 2, 1967) is an [[Americans|American]] television and movie actress. ==Early life== Parker was born in 1967 in [[Fort Jackson (South Carolina)|Fort Jackson]], [[South Carolina]]. Her mother was [[Sweden|Swedish]] and her father was a [[judge]] and served in the [[United States Army]]. They lived in [[Thailand]] where she attended the International School Bangkok.<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/8/Mary-Louise-Parker.html Mary-Louise Parker Biography (1964-)]. Film Reference.com.</ref><ref>[http://www.hwwilson.com/_home/bios/1992002118.htm ''Today's Profile'']. 2006 Biography from Current Biography.</ref> Parker studied [[drama]] at the [[North Carolina School of the Arts]]. Her first job in television was a small part on the [[soap opera]] ''[[Ryan's Hope]]'' in 1975. In the late 1980s, she moved to [[New York City|New York]], where she got a job measuring feet at [[ECCO]] (a [[shoe]] shop). After a few small roles, she had her first part in a [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] [[Play (theatre)|play]] in 1990. The play was called ''[[Prelude to a Kiss (play)|Prelude to a Kiss]]'' and she played the main character called Rita. She won the Clarence Derwent Award for this play and was nominated for a [[Tony Award]]. Parker dated her co-star [[Timothy Hutton]] for a short time. That same year, Parker was noticed by critics when she appeared in a movie called ''[[Longtime Companion]]''. It was one of the first movies about [[AIDS]]. After that, she acted in 1991's ''[[Grand Canyon (1991 film)|Grand Canyon]]'', which also starred [[Mary McDonnell]], [[Danny Glover]], [[Alfre Woodard]] and [[Kevin Kline]]. Parker's next film was ''[[Fried Green Tomatoes (film)|Fried Gre