<Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Randy Brooks (m . 1987; div. 1990) Alexandre Rockwell (m . 2003) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Children </Th> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <P> Karyn Parsons (born October 8, 1966) is an American actress and comedian . She is best known for her role as Hilary Banks on the NBC sitcom The Fresh Prince of Bel - Air from 1990--1996 . Parsons also starred in the 1995 film Major Payne 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>

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