Karyn Parsons Biography
Karyn Parsons is an American actress and comedian. She was born on October 8th, 1966 in Los Angeles, California. She said she was biracial in an interview back in 2008. She is the daughter of Louise Parsons and Kenneth B. Parsons. She went to Santa Monica High School.
Karyn Parsons Age
She was born on October 8th, 1966 in Los Angeles, California. She is 52 years old as of 2018.
Karyn Parsons Family
Karyn Parsons Parents
She is the daughter of Louise Parsons and Kenneth B. Parsons.
Karyn Parsons Husband
She was married to actor, Randy Brooks from 1987 to 1990. She then got married to Alexandre Rockwell in 2003 ad they have two children together.
Karyn Parsons Kids | Karyn Parsons Children
She has a daughter, Lana who was born on June 8th, 2003, and a son, Nico born on April 11th, 2007.
Karyn Parsons Movies And TV Shows | Karyn Parsons Movie
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Death Spa | Brooke | Her film debut |
| 1992 | Class Act | Ellen | |
| 1995 | Major Payne | Emily Walburn | |
| 1998 | Mixing Nia | Nia | |
| 2000 | The Ladies Man | Julie Simmons | |
| 2002 | 13 Moons | Lily | |
| 2017 | On Monday of Last Week | Tracy | Short film |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | The Bronx Zoo | Amelia | Episodes: “Changes” and “The Power of a Lie” |
| 1988 | Hunter | Elizabeth Childs | Episode: “Renegade” |
| 1988 | CBS Summer Playhouse | Lynette | Episode: “Roughhouse” |
| 1990–96 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Hilary Banks | Main role |
| 1992 | Blossom | Hilary Banks | Episode: “Wake Up Little Suzy” |
| 1992 | Out All Night | Hilary Banks | Episode: “The Great Pretender” |
| 1995 | The John Larroquette Show | Annie | Episode: “Several Unusual Love Stories” |
| 1996 | Gulliver’s Travels | Lady-in-waiting | Episode: “February 4, 1996” |
| 1996 | Lush Life | Margot Hines | Lead role |
| 1999 | Melrose Place | Jackie Zambrano | Episodes: “How Amanda Got Her Groove” and “Unpleasantville” |
| 1999 | Linc’s | Elaine | Episode: “Dog Day Afternoon” |
| 2001–02 | The Job | Toni | Main role |
| 2002 | Static Shock | Tracy | Voice; Episode: “Static Shaq” |
| 2018 | Fly | Denise Wyatt | Main role; In production |
Karyn Parsons Fresh Prince | Karyn Parsons Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
She played the main role of Hilary Banks in this TV Show from 1990-1996. Will Smith more or less plays himself in this good-natured NBC sitcom. As the show’s popular theme song explains, fictional Will’s mom sends him away from his rough Philadelphia neighborhood to live with wealthy Uncle Phil and Aunt Vivian in Bel-Air. Will often has fun at the expense of stuck-up cousins Carlton and Hilary.
First episode date: 10 September 1990
Final episode date: 20 May 1996
Composer: Quincy Jones
Theme songs: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
Karyn Parsons Fly
She plays the main role of Denise Wyatt in this TV series. Inspired by the real life situation of the first all African-American females to crew a commercial flight, FLY chronicles the lives of 4 young black women in 2009 living in Atlanta as they navigate their tumultuous personal lives, while working for a commercial airline.
Karyn Parsons On Monday of Last Week
She played the role of Tracy in this short film.
Initial release: 2017
Director: Akosua Adoma Owusu
Screenplay: Akosua Adoma Owusu
Story by: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Producer: Akosua Adoma Owusu
Nominations: Efere Ozako Award for Best Short film
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‘Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air’ Star Karyn Parsons’ Debut Novel ‘How High The Moon’ Is Coming In 2019
Source; essence.com
Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star Karyn Parsons, the actress best known as Hilary Banks on the hit 90s comedy, can add author to her resume. She’s set to release her debut novel in spring 2019.
Parsons used the Jim Crow south as the setting for How High the Moon, a historical fiction that’s been described as To Kill a Mockingbird meets One Crazy Summer by her publisher Little, Brown and Company.
The novel follows a girl through those tumultuous times as she attempts to reconnect with her mother and learn the truth about her father.
Parsons tells ESSENCE exclusively that How High the Moon was inspired from her mother’s real-life experience of growing up in the south.
“The stories of my mother’s childhood were so uniquely different from my own that I often found myself wondering what it would be like to grow up in the Jim Crow south,” Parsons said in a statement. “Delving deeper into a time and place that I’d heard so much about but never experienced was very exciting to me. I’m grateful to Little, Brown and thrilled to be able to share How High the Moon with readers.”
It’s not Parsons first foray into creating content she deeply cares about that also celebrates and illuminates Black narratives.
After her turn on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Parsons went on to found and produce Sweet Blackberry, an award-winning series of animated children’s films about little-known Black heroes. The company’s first animated feature was The Journey of Henry ‘Box’ Brown, narrated by Alfre Woodard. Queen Latifah and Chris Rock have also narrated stories for the animated series.
You’ll have to wait until next year to add How High The Moon to your bookshelf. You can pick it up wherever books are sold on March 5, 2019. Pre-order it now!