With the popular production “Sex and the City” as her most shocking success, the American actress Sarah Jessica Parker (58) has become a talented and popular superstar. Her role as Carrie Bradshaw in the series – which combines drama with comedy – made her a true phenomenon, although she is just one of her characters in a sprawling career that spans more than 50 years. Because, furthermore, the life of the actress was not always easy or rosy, as they say.
Because before being the talented and valued actress, Sarah Jessica Parker he knew need and poverty up close. Or rather, directly from within. And her mother, Barbara, and her stepfather, Paul, were fundamental during the celebrity’s childhood, since they were always by her side and sacrificed everything for the success of Sarah, who -fortunately and deservedly- arrive.
The difficult childhood of Sarah Jessica Parker and the fundamental role of her mother
Before “Sex and the City”before “Abracadabra” and also before his first leading role in a film (“Footlose”, from 1984), the life of Sarah Jessica Parker and his family was not easy. Because she was born in Ohio (United States) she was the fourth of 8 siblings, and her parents separated from her when she was only 3 years old. After her father abandoned them, Barbara took it upon herself to raise Sarah. And the need was such that the girl and her brothers ate every day only what they were given at school and that had no cost. In her house, meanwhile, they didn’t even have enough to pay the electricity bills.
Later, the mother of Sarah Jessica Parker she met a shipper, Paul Forste, whom she remarried. And both became a fundamental pillar for the, at that time, girl. Because it was at that time that Sarah Jessica Parker He discovered his taste and passion for acting, only attending galas and staging to which he could enter for free.
During these years, Barbara (mother of Sarah Jessica Parker) accepted any informal job offer in order to have some money for the family. And it was in 1966, when the current actress was 11 years old, that her mother and her stepfather accompanied her in her first audition that would end up being her boost for her career. By then, a Sarah Jessica Parker girl was confirmed for one of the main roles in the play “The Innocents”. Paul, Sarah’s stepfather, got a job as well and as an assistant principal.
After the successful debut with “Los Inocentes”, Sarah Jessica Parker and her siblings Tobi, Andrew, Rachel and Megan were cast in “The Sound of Music” (theatrical version), while her mother Barbara served as costume designer for the entire cast on that tour.
“My mother. Mom of 8, grandmother of 13. It is unimaginable to be able to be without her care and advice, without her strength to love and devotion. We love you,” she wrote a few days ago Sarah Jessica Parker about his mother on instagram and in a special and emotional thank you.
Since those first roles in the theater, the career of Sarah Jessica Parker He did not stop growing until his greatest successes in film and television arrived. And although she is one of the most popular actresses today, the life of the protagonist of “Sex and the City”.