Andrea Parker Biography

Andrea Nicole Parker (born March 8, 1970 in Monterey County, California) is an American actress and former ballet dancer.

Career

Parker began ballet training at age 6 and at age 15 she joined a professional dance company. She quit her career in ballet after three years of touring and trained to become an actress while working as a bartender. Her first documented film role was at age 19 in the movie Rented Lips in which she played a dancer/nurse.

Parker appeared in Married with Children as a Go-Go Dancer in 2 episodes - Prom Queen: The Sequel (1989) and Prom Queen: Part 1 (1989). Parker got her break in television playing a nurse on the award-winning Seinfeld episode "The Contest" in 1992. After that first speaking role, she had several other guest-starring roles in television series and movies, most notably a recurring role in ER as Linda Farrell, the love interest of Dr. Doug Ross, and as Caitlin Pike in JAG. She was a body double for Julia Roberts in the movie Pretty Woman; hers are the legs seen in the opening scene of the main character zipping up her boots. She also did several pilots before she gained a cult-following for her role as Miss Parker on the NBC television series The Pretender. She also played a rich, snooty neighbor on the television show My Name Is Earl.

After The Pretender was cancelled by NBC in 2000, Parker did another guest spot on JAG before signing on to reprise her role as Miss Parker in the telemovies for The Pretender, which aired on TNT in 2001. She then returned to series television in 2002 and starred in the ABC network comedy Less than Perfect, playing Lydia Weston until it was cancelled in 2006. She has made several guest appearances on television talk shows and celebrity events such as the various celebrity poker tournaments.

Parker supports various charities such as the National Hospice Palliative Care Organization, Glenn Siegel's My Good Friend charity organization, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's research and Project Angel Food. Parker is also trained as a stunt-driver and can handle firearms.

In February 2006, Parker attended a benefit with former Pretender co-stars Michael T. Weiss and James Denton for Cure Autism Now.

Awards

Wins

• Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy - WIN (Women's Image Network) Awards 2005 (Less than Perfect)
• Best Actress in a Comedy - Primetime TV Awards 2003 (Less than Perfect)

Nominations

• Golden Satellite Award in the Satellite Awards 1999 for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama for The Pretender

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Rented Lips	Dancer / Nurse
1988	Earth Girls Are Easy	Dancer in Beauty Salon
1993	'	Miss France
1994	Brush with Death	Colleen
1994	Body Shot	Shark Club Dancer
2000	Delicate Instruments	Dr. Anne Harper
2007	Deeply Irresponsible

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	Married with Children	Go-Go Dancer	Episodes: "Married... with Prom Queen: Parts 1 & 2"
1992	Seinfeld	Nurse	Episode: "The Contest"
1993	Dave's World	Alicia	Episode: "It's a Small Van After All"
1993	Herman's Head	Heather Brookshire	Episode: "A Decent Proposal"
1993	'	Rita Avnet	Episodes: "Deep in the Heart of Dixie", "A.K.A. Kansas"
1994	XXX's & OOO's	Kelly Morgan	TV film
1994	Ellen	Joanna	Episode: "The Dentist"
1994	Coach	Penny	Episode: "Coach for a Day: Part 2"
1994"1995	ER	Linda Farrell	Recurring role (10 episodes)
1995	Dream On	Winnie	Episode: "She Won't Do It, But Her Sister Will"
1995	JAG	Cmdr. Caitlin 'Kate' Pike	Episodes: "Pilot: Parts 1 & 2", "Brig Break"
1996	JAG	Cmdr. Caitlin 'Kate' Pike	Episode: "Ares"
1996	Can't Hurry Love	Kit	Episode: "Valentine's Day Massacred"
1996	Ed McBain's 87th Precinct: Ice	Det. Eileen Burke	TV film
1996	Coach	Jean Brandow	Episode: "Dauber's Vehicle"
1996	Murder, She Wrote	Anne Larkin	Episode: "Race to Death"
1996"2000	'	Miss Parker/Catherine Parker	Main role (86 episodes)
2001	JAG	Cmdr. Caitlin 'Kate' Pike	Episode: "Touch and Go"
2001	'	Catherine Parker	TV film
2001	'	Miss Parker	TV film
2002	First Monday	FBI Agent Dawson	Episode: "Dangerous Words"
2002"2006	Less than Perfect	Lydia Weston	Main role (81 episodes)
2005	Kitchen Confidential	Suze	Episode: "Exile on Main Street"
2006	Help Me Help You	Krista	Episode: "Inger Management"
2008	Starting Under	Gina	TV film
2008	'	Ann Meier	Episode: "Red-Handed"
2009	My Name Is Earl	Rich Lady	Episode: "Friends with Benefits"
2009	CSI: Miami	Allison Burgess	Episode: "In Plane Sight"
2011	Suits	Tory	Episode: "The Shelf Life"
2011"2012	Desperate Housewives	Jane Carlson	Recurring role (11 episodes)
2012	Beautiful People	Roberta	TV film
2012	Common Law	Laura the A.D.A.	Episode: "Pilot"
2013	Devious Maids	Brenda Coulfax	Episode: "Pilot" (uncredited)
2011, 2013"present	Pretty Little Liars	Jessica DiLaurentis	Season 2: Episode Never Letting Go Season 4: Recurring role