Sarah Jessica Parker (SJP) has been acting since the early '70s. She's a legend who isn't celebrated as often as she should be. While she is most known for her iconic role as Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City, SJP has been in oodles of movies and shows adding her unique sense of style and flair to each role.
When SJP isn't killing the streets of New York City in high fashion, she's filming for her show Divorce, being a mom to three kids, and wife to fellow actor Matthew Broderick. Let's take a look back at some projects SJP has been apart of that were totally overshadowed by Sex and the City.
FOOTLOOSE
Even if you weren't around to watch Footloose in 1984, you for sure have seen a young Kevin Bacon dancing across your screen. It's the story of a big city boy moving to a small town where dancing is literally banned.
Kevin Bacon may be the star, but a young SJP makes an appearance in everyone's favorite movie about dancing. In the film, she portrays Ariel's friend Rusty and while it wasn't a large role, it's definitely a role we forgot she was in.
A YEAR IN THE LIFE
From 1987 to 1988, Sarah Jessica Partner portrayed Kay Gardner in A Year in the Life. As the title thoroughly explains, the show focused on the Gardner family and life after the death of their matriarch, Ruth Gardner. Kay was married into the family after marrying Sam Garnder and was the free spirit of the group. The show was a great success and had a good following but was sadly not renewed for its sophomore season.
STRIKING DISTANCE
Striking Distance was a film that his theaters in 1993 and starred Bruce Willis. In a classic Willis-role, his character was a detective for the Pittsburgh Police who goes through a personal trauma with family and a serial killer known as the Polish Hill Strangler.
While it is a good movie that earned $24 million in the box office, SJP played a woman named Jo (and later, Emily) who ends up creating a romantic relationship with Willis's character after she was instructed to keep an eye on him.
THE FIRST WIVES CLUB
The First Wives Club was iconic. Starring SJP, Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, and Diane Keaton, it was a movie about revenge. After all three of their husbands left them for younger women, they teamed up to make something special out of their lives (and to go after their men). Sarah Jessica Parker wasn't one of the first wives though, she was actually the woman one of the husband's left their wife for. SJP did such a good job at being a money-hungry mistress that she was even nominated for Best Supporting Actress.
DUDLEY DO-RIGHT
Dudley Do-Right is about a man (Brendan Fraser) who always believed he'd one day become a Mountie and finally did it. SJP played Nell, Dudley's love interest and a friend he's known since he was a child.
It was a story about good versus bad and how the good guy will eventually come out on top (and leave with the girl!). While the movie had a budget of $70 million, it only made $10 million in the box office. So, this wasn't one of SJP's finest movies but it was a fun one to watch.
THE FAMILY STONE
The Family Stone was a comedy-drama about family and Christmas. With everyone traveling up north for Christmas to spend the holidays with the Stone family, we begin to learn how complexed they really are. SJP plays a very successful (and stonecold) woman named Merideth who's dating Everett Stone. Everette plans on taking Merideth to his family home for Christmas where he can propose to her but that plan is stopped when none of his family members like her. The story gets even more twisted when her sister comes to stay with Merideth and has a great time with her soon-to-be-inlaws.
The film had some big names attached to it, like Diane Keaton, Claire Danes, Rachel McAdams, and more. Sarah Jessica Parker was even nominated for Best Actress at the Golden Globes!
GLEE
Does anyone else remember SJP being in Glee? From 2012-2013, Sarah Jessica Parker was in three episodes of the amazing musical TV show as Isabelle Wright.
Isabelle Wright was Glee's spin on Anna Wintour. She was the Editor In Chief of Vogue.com, a fashion designer, and was someone Kurt looked up to. SJP only made an appearance in season four, but this show and its theatrics is right up her alley.
FAILURE TO LAUNCH
With SJP and Matthew McConaughey, one would assume Failure to Launch would be a fantastic movie. And although it does have its fans, many didn't have the kindest words for the film.
Sarah Jessica Party stars as Paula, a woman who is essentially hired by families who no longer want their adult sons living with them. Parker's role dates and befriends them, making the sons in question realize that they're independent enough for the next step. Once they move out, Paula breaks up with them and heads on to the next client. McConaughey played one of the stay-at-home sons who wasn't ready to leave the nest. In a classic twist, Paula ends up falling for Tripp, blowing her gig.
NEW YEAR'S EVE
New Year's Eve was such a big movie with a huge cast. Along with Sarah Jessica Parker, the movie had Halle Berry, Lea Michele, Hilary Swank, Zac Efron... It makes sense they had such a big budget ($56 million)! With so many different characters, the movie touched base on a lot of different relationships and stories who all ended up intertwining with other stories we've heard throughout the movie.
SJP played Kim Doyle, Paul Doyle's (Zac Efron) older sister. All she wanted to do for New Year's Eve was spend it with her daughter after her husband died, but her daughter would rather spend it with her boyfriend. We see her struggles throughout the film but she a more lighthearted and understanding character by the end of the film.
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE MORGANS?
In 2009, Sarah Jessica Parker joined Hugh Grant in Did You Hear About the Morgans?. In the movie, the two (the Morgans) are a separated couple who are close to divorce. But after the two witnesses a murder in a very bad situation, the Morgans have to join the Witness Protection Program to be safe. They're stripped of their big city living and are moved to Wyoming. The two now had to get along and figure out this new life of theirs while also deciding if they really should divorce or not.