Karyn Parsons' Main TV Roles Show Character(s) The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Hilary Banks Out All Night Hillary Banks Lush Life Margot Hines

Main Movie Roles 2000 - The Ladies Man 1995 - Major Payne 1992 - Class Act 1988 - Death Spa

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 (I)'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.


TRIVIA:

• Enjoys dancing, fencing and horseback.
• Is also a Model.
• Has worked with actors such as 'Isaiah Washington (I)' (qv), 'Damon Wayans' (qv) and 'Steve Buscemi' (qv).
• Her husband, 'Alexandre Rockwell' (qv), owns and operates a nightclub in the downtown district of New York.
• Father is white, mother is black.
• Worked with 'Jennifer Beals (I)' (qv) on _13 Moons (2002)_ (qv), who is the ex-wife of her husband 'Alexandre Rockwell' (qv).
• Met her future husband, 'Alexandre Rockwell' (qv), in New York in 1999.
• Has two children, Lana, 4, and son Nico, 10 months.