Karyn Parsons Bio, Age, Husband, Kids, Movies And Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Ava Arnold
Published Jan 02, 2026
Karyn Parsons Biography
Karyn Parsons is an American actress and comedian. She was born on October 8th, 1966 in Los Angeles, California. She said she was biracial in an interview back in 2008. She is the daughter of Louise Parsons and Kenneth B. Parsons. She went to Santa Monica High School.
Karyn Parsons Age
She was born on October 8th, 1966 in Los Angeles, California. She is 52 years old as of 2018.
Karyn Parsons Family
Karyn Parsons Parents
She is the daughter of Louise Parsons and Kenneth B. Parsons.
Karyn Parsons Husband
She was married to actor, Randy Brooks from 1987 to 1990. She then got married to Alexandre Rockwell in 2003 ad they have two children together.
Karyn Parsons Kids | Karyn Parsons Children
She has a daughter, Lana who was born on June 8th, 2003, and a son, Nico born on April 11th, 2007.
Karyn Parsons Career
Parsons featured as Hilary Banks on the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, which circulated on NBC from 1990 to 1996. She co-made, co-created, co-composed, and co-featured on the Fox sitcom Lush Life in 1996, which was later dropped after four scenes.
In 2001, she featured in the widely praised however fleeting TV arrangement The Job with Denis Leary. Other than TV, Parsons has featured in a few movies, especially in comedies, for example, Late Nights (1992), Major Payne (1995), and The Ladies Man (2000).
Parsons is the maker of Sweet Blackberry, a line of energized films about uncelebrated dark saints. The first in the arrangement is about Henry “Box” Brown, a slave who sent himself to opportunity.
Karyn Parsons Movies And TV Shows | Karyn Parsons Movie
- Death Spa
- Class Act
- Major Payne
- Mixing Nia
- The Ladies Man
- 13 Moons
- On Monday of Last Week
- The Bronx Zoo
- Hunter
- CBS Summer Playhouse
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- Blossom
- Out All Night
- The John Larroquette Show
- Gulliver’s Travels
- Lush Life
- Melrose Place
- Linc’s
- The Job
- Static Shock
- Fly
Karyn Parsons Fresh Prince | Karyn Parsons Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
She played the main role of Hilary Banks in this TV Show from 1990-1996. Will Smith more or less plays himself in this good-natured NBC sitcom. As the show’s popular theme song explains, fictional Will’s mom sends him away from his rough Philadelphia neighborhood to live with wealthy Uncle Phil and Aunt Vivian in Bel-Air. Will often has fun at the expense of stuck-up cousins Carlton and Hilary.
First episode date: 10 September 1990
Final episode date: 20 May 1996
Composer: Quincy Jones
Theme songs: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Karyn Parsons Fly
She plays the main role of Denise Wyatt in this TV series. Inspired by the real-life situation of the first all African-American females to crew a commercial flight, FLY chronicles the lives of 4 young black women in 2009 living in Atlanta as they navigate their tumultuous personal lives while working for a commercial airline.
Karyn Parsons On Monday of Last Week
She played the role of Tracy in this short film.
Initial release: 2017
Director: Akosua Adoma Owusu
Screenplay: Akosua Adoma Owusu
Story by: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Producer: Akosua Adoma Owusu
Nominations: Efere Ozako Award for Best Short film
Karyn Parsons 13 Moons
A man (Steve Buscemi) employed as a clown and his sidekick (Peter Dinklage) tries to find a kidney donor for the son of a bail bondsman (David Proval).
Initial release: 30 August 2002 (USA)
Director: Alexandre Rockwell
Initial DVD release: 29 June 2004
Producers: Brandon Cole, Michael Din
Screenplay: Alexandre Rockwell, Brandon Cole
Karyn Parsons The Ladies Man
After being ejected from his job for one too many vulgar and inappropriate comments, Leon (Tim Meadows) unsuccessfully seeks employment from every radio station in Chicago. He receives a mysterious letter from his true love asking him to return to her — he just has to figure out who it is!
Initial release: 10 October 2000
Director: Reginald Hudlin
Box office: 13.7 million USD
Budget: 24 million USD
Screenplay: Tim Meadows, Dennis McNicholas, Andrew Steele
Karyn Parsons Melrose Place
This sudsy drama from Aaron Spelling focuses on the lives and loves of young adults in an apartment complex in Los Angeles. From the complicated scheming of scandals to the murderous plots of lovers, the residents at Melrose Place are more messed up than average folk.
First episode date: 8 July 1992
Final episode date: 24 May 1999
No. of episodes: 226 (list of episodes)
Spin-offs: Melrose Place, Models Inc.
