Sarah Jessica Parker & Nelsonville

A Nelsonville beginning

Sarah Jessica Parker was born in Nelsonville on March 25, 1965. Her early years were followed by childhood performing work and, later, a move east as her stage career developed. She went on to build a long career across Broadway, film, television, producing, and fashion.

For Nelsonville, the connection is unusually visible: one of the world's most recognizable performers began life in this small Appalachian Ohio town.

A return home

In October 2004, Parker returned to southeastern Ohio and was presented with a key to the city of Nelsonville. The moment gave a modern public spotlight to a hometown connection that remains part of Nelsonville's story.

Part of a larger Nelsonville story

Nelsonville has never been defined by one famous person. Its history also belongs to coal and clay workers, star-brick makers, bootmakers, artists, musicians, educators, small businesses, families, and generations of residents who built the community.

This page is here because Parker's Nelsonville roots are worth documenting accurately, alongside the rest of the town's history.