Mary-Louise Parker Net Worth

Mary-Louise Parker's Quotes

• [on Demián Bichir in Weeds (2005)] I might use a word that sounds pretentious, but his performance was almost holy. It was beyond being just about depth. He made the film into a Greek tragedy. And he is one of the few actors I know who could make that part humane. He is pretty delicious.
• I don't really ever think about whether or not I like the characters I'm playing. I'm more into the minutiae of their behaviour or what they're doing in a certain scene.
• The theater is who I am - it's where I feel the most inspired, the most at home, the most useful.
• My way to combat anything is just to walk straight into it with my fists up.
• My sister's fish tacos are out of control. I'd give her a restaurant if I were a gazillionaire.

Interesting Facts about Mary-Louise Parker

1. Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1990" in John Willis' Screen World, Vol. 42.
2. Her critically acclaimed role as a jaded London prostitute named Poopay in "Communicating Doors" played in New York City at the Variety Arts Theatre on Third Avenue, 1998.
3. Mary-Louise's maternal grandfather was the son of Swedish immigrants. Her other ancestry includes English, Scottish, Scottish-Irish, German, and Dutch.
4. Performed in "Proof," which first opened at Manhattan Theatre Club, then moving to Broadway. She won the Tony award for Best Actress in a Play for this in 2001.
5. The Counting Crows song "Butterfly in Reverse" was written for her.
6. Graduated from the prestigious North Carolina School of Arts.
7. Split with actor Billy Crudup in November of 2003, after seven years. She was seven months pregnant with his child at the time.
8. Son, William Atticus, born 7 January 2004.
9. Won Broadway's 2001 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for "Proof." She had previously received a Tony nomination in the same category in 1990 for "Prelude to a Kiss."
10. Nominated for the 2005 Tony Award for "Reckless" (Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play).
11. For the film The Best Thief in the World (2004), originally Eric Stoltz was offered the role of her husband, but Mary-Louise Parker wanted someone older so asked the producers to hire the actor David Warshofsky. The film never received a theatrical release.
12. Turned down the opportunity to replace Shannen Doherty on Charmed (1998).
13. Considered for the role of Susan Mayer in Desperate Housewives (2004).
14. [April 8, 2008] Broke up with her Weeds (2005) co-star, Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Later reconciled and became engaged and then broke engagement.
15. At age 43, she adopted her second child, a baby girl from Africa, named Ash. This is apparently a shortened version of her birth name, Aberash. The girl's full name is Caroline Aberash Parker.
16. Good friend of Shelby Lynne.
17. Loves Corona beer. Loves to listen to albums by Willie Nelson, Frank Sinatra, Chet Baker and Tom Waits.
18. Hated school.
19. Was author Stephenie Meyer's original choice for the role of "Esme Cullen" in the film adaptation of her novel, Twilight (2008).
20. Her favorite movie growing up was Meet Me in St. Louis (1944).