Karyn Parsons

Known for ActingBorn 1966-10-08 (age 59)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.Read more

Movies & web series

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion

Static Shock

Out All Night

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air

Lush Life

Gulliver's Travels

Cartoon Sushi

Hunter

Sweet Thing

The John Larroquette Show

The Job

Major Payne

Class Act

Blossom

Melrose Place

13 Moons

The Ladies Man

Mixing Nia

Death Spa

Tamron Hall

Nobody Wants Your Film

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

The Projectionist

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