Karyn Parsons

Karyn Parsons decided to go into acting at the age of 13 She had her first TV role in the NBC drama The Bronx Zoo 1987 but she made her big break as Will Smiths cousin Hilary Banks on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of BelAir 1990 During the shows sixyear run she starred in movies such as Class Act 1992 and Major Payne 1995 After The Fresh Prince of BelAir 1990 she starred in the shortlifted sitcom Lush Life 1996 costarring Lori Petty which only lasted three episodes before it was canceled In 1998 she starred in her first lead role in the awardwinning movie Mixing Nia 1998 She gueststarred in TV sitcoms before starring in 13 Moons 2002 in which she met her husband director Alexandre Rockwell whom she married in 2003 After their wedding they had a child and now live in New York