Karyn Parsons

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location = Hollywood, California, U.S.
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spouse = Alexandre Rockwell (2003-present) 2 children

Karyn Parsons (born October 8, 1966 [cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/BornInYear?1966|title=Born in the year 1966|date=2008-09-25|publisher=IMDB.com|accessdate=2008-09-25] in Hollywood, California) is an American television and film actress and model best known for the role of Will Smith's spoiled and self-centered cousin Hilary Banks on the NBC sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air".

Early life

Parsons was born in Hollywood, California to a black mother, Louise H., and a white father, Kenneth B. Parsons. [ [http://www.boston.com/yourlife/articles/2006/10/16/shore_leave/ Karyn Parsons is on shore leave - The Boston Globe ] ] She attended Santa Monica High School. [ [http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800234162/bio Karyn Parsons Biography - Yahoo! Movies ] ]

Career

Parsons is known for her role as Hilary Banks on the sitcom "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air", which ran from 1990 to 1996. She co-created, co-produced and co-starred in the sitcom "Lush Life" in 1996, which only lasted four episodes before it was canceled. In 2001, she starred in the critically acclaimed but short-lived television series "The Job" with Denis Leary.

Besides television, Parsons has also starred in several films, particularly in comedies such as "Class Act" (1992), "Major Payne" (1995) and "The Ladies Man" (2000).

Parsons' current project is Sweet Blackberry, producing a line of DVD animated films about notable unsung black heroes. The first in the series is about Henry Box Brown, a slave who mailed himself to freedom [cite web | url = http://www.sweetblackberry.com/news1.html | title = Delivered from slavery, Henry Box Brown's daring journey to freedom is told on DVD. | first = Michelle | last = Maltais | publisher = Los Angeles Times | month = December | year = 2005 | accessdate = 2006-07-31 ] .

Personal life

Parsons' first marriage was to "Young and the Restless" actor Randy Brooks. They divorced in the '90s. Parsons has been married to director Alexandre Rockwell since February 8, 2003. They have a daughter named Lana (born March 2003) and a son named Nico (born May 2007) [http://www.canada.com/components/print.aspx?id=4be1d8ff-4338-4477-9de3-fcb3f42fa633&sponsor= Parson's 8mo old son] together.

Filmography

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External links

*imdb name|id=0663854|name=Karyn Parsons
* [http://www.sweetblackberry.com Sweet Blackberry website]