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Karyn Parsons

Karyn Parsons

Actor · b. 1966 · Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

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.

Series13

  • TV4.7

    Tamron Hall

    2019 · 20 votes

  • TV5.8

    Melrose Place

    1992 · 191 votes

  • TV7.1

    Hunter

    1984 · 102 votes

  • TV7.9

    The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

    1990 · 2.5K votes

  • TV8.0

    Static Shock

    2000 · 233 votes

  • TV6.9
  • TV6.2

    Blossom

    1990 · 114 votes

  • TV4.1

    The Rosie O'Donnell Show

    1996 · 19 votes

  • TV6.7

    The Job

    2001 · 62 votes

  • TV7.3

    Gulliver's Travels

    1996 · 143 votes

  • TV7.8

    Out All Night

    1992 · 6 votes

  • TV7.5

    Lush Life

    1996 · 4 votes

  • TV7.0

    Cartoon Sushi

    1998 · 1 votes

Movies11

  • Movie6.5

    Major Payne

    1995 · 936 votes

  • Movie5.4

    The Ladies Man

    2000 · 156 votes

  • Movie
  • Movie8.1
  • Movie6.3

    Class Act

    1992 · 128 votes

  • Movie5.2

    Death Spa

    1988 · 106 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Sweet Thing

    2020 · 30 votes

  • Movie5.2

    Mixing Nia

    1998 · 9 votes

  • Movie4.0

    Nobody Wants Your Film

    2005 · 3 votes

  • Movie5.5

    13 Moons

    2002 · 28 votes

  • Movie