26 Movie Stars You Forgot Were on TV

Yes, everyone knows Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw on Sex and the City, but before she landed the role as NYC's most famous fashionista, Parker starred as Patty Greene, an awkward, geeky high school student on the '80s sitcom Square Pegs.

After the show ended in 1983, she made a name for herself in films like LA Story, Hocus Pocus, The First Wives Club, and Miami Rhapsody. She portrayed Carrie Bradshaw from 1998-2004, took on more big-screen roles, and will return to HBO in the upcoming series Divorce in 2016.