Karyn Parsons
- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
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.
