<P> Karyn Parsons (born October 8, 1966) is an American actress, best known for her role as Hilary Banks on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel - Air which ran from 1990--96 . She also starred in the 1995 film Major Payne playing opposite Damon Wayans . </P> <P> Parsons was born in Los Angeles, California . In an interview for Essence in 2008, she described her parentage as biracial . Her mother, Louise Parsons, is an African American from Charleston, South Carolina and her father, Kenneth B. Parsons, is of Welsh descent and from Butte, Montana . She attended Santa Monica High School . </P> <P> Parsons starred as Hilary Banks on the sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel - Air, which aired on NBC from 1990 to 1996 . She co-created, co-produced, co-wrote, and co-starred on the Fox sitcom Lush Life in 1996, which was later canceled after four episodes . In 2001, she starred in the critically acclaimed but short - lived television series The Job with Denis Leary . </P> <P> Besides television, Parsons has starred in several films, particularly in comedies such as Late Nights (1992), Major Payne (1995), and The Ladies Man (2000). </P>

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