Karyn Parsons
ActingAlso Known As
Karyn Rockwell
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'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.
Movies
(11 total)
Major Payne
as Emily Walburn
The Ladies Man
as Julie Simmons
Class Act
as Ellen
Death Spa
as Brooke
Sweet Thing
as Eve
13 Moons
as Lily
Mixing Nia
as Nia
On Monday of Last Week
as Tracy
TV Shows
(13 total)
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
as Hilary Banks
Static Shock
as Tracy Flackman (voice)
Melrose Place
as Jackie Zambrano
Gulliver's Travels
as Lady-in-Waiting
Blossom
as Hilary Banks
Hunter
as Elizabeth Childs
The Job
as Toni
Tamron Hall
as Self - Guest
The John Larroquette Show
as Annie
Lush Life
as Margot Hines
