Sarah Jessica Parker — actress with roots in the Russian Empire
Sarah Jessica Parker is an American actress, producer, and fashion icon best known for playing Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City (HBO, 1998-2004) and its revivals. She has won four Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards for the role and is one of American television's most recognisable figures.
Tracing the roots — Russia (Kohen)
Her father Stephen Bar-Kahn (originally Forste) has Russian-Jewish ancestry — his family traces to the Jewish communities of the Russian Empire. Parker has spoken about her Jewish heritage on her father's side. The character of Carrie Bradshaw — the New York woman who observes everything with wit, self-awareness, and survival instincts — carries something of that cultural inheritance.
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Russia (Kohen). At the time, this region lay within the Russian Empire, which spanned from Poland to the Pacific.