She doesnât play the quirky amnesiac, the âuglyâ magazine secretary, the frazzled but funny mom or even the brainy television writer. Instead, Mary-Louise Parker plays the pot-dealing suburban mom on âWeeds.â But like the aforementioned funny ladies, Parker is nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy at the Emmys on September 21.
The former thespian got her big start in âFried Green Tomatoesâ and has gone on to star in productions such as âAngels in Americaâ and âThe West Wing.â
But sheâs also famous for what she didnât star in. According to the Internet Movie Database, Parker turned down Teri Hatcherâs role on âDesperate Housewivesâ and chose not to replace Shannen Doherty on âCharmedâ before settling on Nancy Botwin, her layered and darkly comedic role for which she won a Golden Globe.
âI took it on to be the lead of it,â she recently told Newsweek magazine. âI want it [âWeedsâ] to be as good as it can be.â
Parker also appreciates the difference between television and movie roles. âI don’t watch movies that I’m in, because I feel like once they’re done, they’re out there and I don’t really care. But this has a true line … It’s 13 episodes, and you want to know where it’s going and you want to be able to follow it,â she told Newsweek.
But life doesnât imitate art for Parker â mostly in the aspect that she is not a pot-dealing mom. She is just an ordinary mom to William Atticus, her son with actor Billy Crudup, and âAshâ, her adopted daughter from Africa.
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