Known For
Acting
Born
Oct 08, 1966
Place of Birth
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Credits
24 titles
Karyn Parsons
Biography
Karyn Parsons decided to go into acting at the age of 13. She had her first TV role in the NBC drama The Bronx Zoo (1987), but she made her big break as Will Smith's cousin "Hilary Banks" on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990). During the show's six-year run, she starred in movies such as Class Act (1992) and Major Payne (1995). After The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990), she starred in the short-lifted sitcom Lush Life (1996), co-starring Lori Petty, which only lasted three episodes before it was canceled. In 1998, she starred in her first lead role in the award-winning movie Mixing Nia (1998). She guest-starred in TV sitcoms before starring in 13 Moons (2002), in which she met her husband, director Alexandre Rockwell, whom she married in 2003. After their wedding, they had a child and now live in New York.
Known For
Filmography
The Projectionist
Rosa
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion
Self
Sweet Thing
Eve
Tamron Hall
Self - Guest
On Monday of Last Week
Tracy
Nobody Wants Your Film
Self
13 Moons
Lily
The Job
Toni
The Ladies Man
Julie Simmons
Static Shock
Tracy Flackman (voice)
Cartoon Sushi
Mixing Nia
Nia
Lush Life
Margot Hines
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self
Gulliver's Travels
Lady-in-Waiting
Major Payne
Emily Walburn
The John Larroquette Show
Annie
Out All Night
Hilary Banks
Melrose Place
Jackie Zambrano
Class Act
Ellen
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Hilary Banks
Blossom
Hilary Banks
Death Spa
Brooke
Hunter
Elizabeth Childs