Ever since she left home at 15 to become a ballerina, a confident Andrea Parker never had a doubt that she would succeed in whatever she chose to do. After recurring roles in NBC's ER and JAG, she knew, as soon as she started reading the pilot script, that she was destined to play the alluring female lead in The Pretender. "It was kind of strange," says Parker. "As soon as I saw the role of 'Miss Parker,' I said, 'Hey, my name's all over this script.' I knew I had to make it mine. There was just too much synchronicity for it not to happen. After I was cast, I had to tap into a lot of anger and pain in playing her. We're both alike in that we go after what we want, but I would never dream of treating people the way she does." A native Southern Californian, Parker is the oldest of four children. She began to study ballet at age six, dedicated herself to improving daily, and she trained with youth ballet programs during summers in New York, San Francisco and Cleveland. Her hard work paid off when she joined the San Francisco Ballet at 15, with which she performed at the Metropolitan Opera House and toured during her three-year tenure. "Dancing had a lot to do with my self-assurance and goal-setting," says the 5-foot-10-inch Parker. "Rather than going to play with your friends, you learn at a young age to put on your pointe shoes and practice." Parker returned to Southern California and began a career as a contemporary dancer, appearing in videos, commercials and fashion shows. She also tended bar part-time for five years to pay bills while putting herself through acting classes. Her appearance in the Los Angeles play Fine Line got her a manager, who quickly arranged auditions. Despite having no credits or tape to present to casting directors, Parker landed her first speaking part in a small, but memorable, appearance as a hospital nurse in The Contest, a classic, Emmy-winning episode of Seinfeld. More series episodes followed, with guest-starring roles in Dream On, Coach, Dave's World, Ellen, Can't Hurry Love, Married ... With Children and Murder, She Wrote. She soon was cast in recurring roles in The Adventures of Brisco County Jr., JAG (as a Navy lawyer) and ER (as a pharmaceuticals saleswoman who wooed George Clooney's Dr. Ross). Her TV movies include NBC's Ed McBain's 87th Precinct and Victim of Love. Away from the set, Parker enjoys honing her skills as a precision stunt driver as well as testing her marksmanship at the gun range. She also likes to ride horses, read and spend time with her family and friends, and is active in My Good Friend Foundation, a pediatric cancer charity organization. Parker's birthday is March 8.

A movie titled "Delicate Instruments" She plays Dr. Anne Harper.
        Delicate Instruments is the story of 7 intertwining characters that are all a part of a dramatic maze of life, death, sorrow, joy, pain, and redemption. It is the point where passion blurs with madness that we are most alive and sometimes it takes fate to help us understand who and what we really are. 2000

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