ACTRESS KARYN PARSONS(“HILLARY BANKS”) AND KIDS
Celebrity mom Karyn Parsons says she does not miss playing the self-indulgent diva Hilary Banks on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. It could be that she’s too busy juggling play dates in the park for daughter Lana, 4, and son Nico, 10 months, to reminisce about her narcissistic television character.
In addition to parenting, these days, Parsons is thinking about education. In fact, while she was filming The Fresh Prince, her mother would call her with Black history stories. She felt that some of the stories would be well-suited for a children’s book and began working on a compilation. In 2003 Parsons married Alexander Rockwell and started a family. ‘I was thinking about my own responsibilities as a parent that were coming up, and teaching my daughter about her heritage.’ So, in 2004 Parsons started Sweet Blackberry, a production company based in New York, where she and her family live.
She’s written and produced two animated films that are available on DVD.She says that the stories are meant to be a fun way to teach children about their history, ‘especially about Black Americans who we don’t hear about so much. If young people get interested early, it’s something that will stay with them for a lifetime.
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Her daughter looks JUST like her…it’s scary. Both the kids are cute and she looks the same.
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keep it up
i was always a fan on fresh prince and i think that you always looked good for ur age.. by the way my name is nico also
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Wow i just finished watching all fresh prince season again… and i must say im a fan of all charcters Karyn you remind me of my sister shes just like you my dream is to become an actor and musician… your enthusiasm inspires me…
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Hey Karen,
You are truly talented, and i would love to meet you this time.
I saw you a few years back, but i did not think i could be you,
until comming across this page. I’m an animation producer, and
i will definitely try to reach out.
Blessings…………Steve
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I watch the fresh prince all the time and I never get tired of Hillary she was so funny and excellent in that role.
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I’ve watched Fresh Prince for quite a while and found you, Ms. Parsons, very attractive and enjoyed your performance in other movies such as Major Payne and The Ladies Man as well. Your children are beautiful and are a great illustration of the beauty of their mother.
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Karyn’s little boy is adorable.
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Is her little girl an albino, because she looks like one.
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No Just white like her dad. Some black women have biracial children that there is no way you could tell they were half black.
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love U, Good Luck on your productions,videos what ever U do fine.
lovely kids of your.
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She is still so damn hot. I’d hit it.
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I won’t hit it. It was already hit too much.
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@savannah -people with albinism have red eyes, if her father is white then she prob only recived white genes from both sides – it is possible and has happened with a set of twins in the UK.
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Not all albinos have red eyes. A girl I know has blue eyes.
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Her daughter looks albino. Kinda michael Jackson skin complexion
pretty scary.I can only guess her children are by a white man. I
just realized her kids are by Jennifer Beal’s ex. Wow that guy sure
has it for women of biracial background.
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God bless you Karyn and your beautiful family.
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her daughter looks nothing like her
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I shag her
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Her daughter looks JUST like her. I don’t think she is albino at all. Being that she is 75% white she appears to have taken all of those genes. Cute kids.
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Yes, you’re right the daughter doesn’t look like her much.
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She is married to Jennifer Beals EX Husband
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LOL. Her daughter has her eyes and you can tell that the kids have white in them (not albinos..by now ppl don’t know the difference?!) and she is mix so in many cases when that happens the kids turn out close to this
. I love/d that show! and her also! 
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Wow her daughter is a spitting image of her! Her son is cute too.. Karen looks great
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her daughter doesn’t look albino. her father is white and Karyn herself is half white. but her and her children are beautiful. (:
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Kids look just like her, Karyn have neva been cute to me, but I sho luvvvvvved me some Hillary on “Fresh Prince”.
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I wonder why a white man she’s beautiful and talk about her history but those children are cute but blue and green lines don’t mix
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no pun attended, I love Karyn P and think her children are adorable but one questions: 1) is her daughter Albino or mixed?
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Mixed. Karyn is biracial and her children are by a white man.
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ALLOW ME TO SET THE RECORD CORRECT, THERE WERE NO BROTHAS AVAILABLE TO KARIN, SHE SAW A WHITE MAN THAT APPEALED TO HER AND VISE VERA, AND THE REST IS HISTORY. THE CHILDREN LOOK WHITE TO ME. WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AN ALBINO AND A WHITE PERSON? A WHITE PERSON IS STILL WHITE, BUT MIXED WITH VARIOUS OTHER RACES, AND AN ALBINO IS WHITE WITH NO MELANINE AT ALL. ALSO, SOME WHITES HAVE NO MELANINE AND THEY TOO LOOK LIKE VICTIMS OF ALBINISM. DON’T ACCUSE ME OF BEING MEAN, BUT I AM JUST SHARING A BIT OF A BREEZE WITH YOU ALL. ALSO, I BELIEVE KARIN IS ABIT STUCK UP JUST AS HILARY IS ON THE FRESH PRINCE SHOW. SHE PLAYED THAT ROLE TOO GOOD FOR IT NOT TO HAVE EFFECTED HER. SO MAYBE SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS TO GOOD TO GET WITH A BROTHER. ANYWAY, I HOPE SHE IS HAPPY. CHEERIOS..
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HER DAUGHTER LOOKS NOTHING LIKE HER NO COLOR OF BLACK KICKED IN HER DAUGHTER THE SON IS CUTE
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I agree that girl looks nothing like her mother… the son is cute though..
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The child is not albino! She’s jus mixed race. I com from a country of various mixtures of races(Trinidad and Tobago) and that child may very well grow up with a darker shade than that. Her son is cuter though. Someone mentioned that she may b 2 stuck up 2 want 2 b wit a “brother” – mayb a lil – but actually, probably no “brother” was accessible 2 her cuz he’s not interested in a “sista”! Mel. A.
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A brotha is too selfish to be with a sista, most of them are anyway. They are looking for someone to give them something, and just that . They aint thinking about giving back. Who wants someone like that anyway. So good they are not interested in a sista. Sistas should be glad if a brotha is not interested in them. Less trouble they have to deal with. Can do bad by yourself.
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I also believe karyn’s daughter may be albino. Therefore, she aint gon change in her appearance where hue is concerned.
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Um Lana is definately Albino, I am a sociology major and spend hours studying features of all people. My wife is African American Albino,which is possbile(Refering to the folks who only think there are white Albinos;there are also Asian and Latino but the most occurences are actually from African Descent)
So i can say with much conviction that Lana is Albino.
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LANA DOESN’T REALLY LOOK ALBINO SHE JUST HAS BLONDE HAIR. I JUST SAW A MORE RECENT PICTURE OF HER AND SHE HAS A LITTLE MORE COLOUR IN HER SKIN AND IN HER HAIR. REMEMBER SHE IS ONLY A QUARTER BLACK. I THINK PEOPLE EXPECT HER TO LOOK DIFFERENT BECAUSE HER BROTHER HAS MORE COLOUR IN HIS HAIR AND FACE JUST LIKE NAHLA (HALLE & GABRIEL’S DAUGHTER) WHOM IS ALSO ONLY A QUARTER BLACK.
THE SITE FEATURED THE WHOLE ROCKWELL FAMILY…ALEX, KARYN, LANA AND NICO ALL GROWN UP.
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definatly not albino! she’s 75% white,have you seen victoria rowell’s daugther maya? who looks whiter than this girl and she ain’t albino just qaudroon.
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An albino is white no matter which race it came from. they all have no color what so ever. some may have straight hair, some may have whatever other texture of hair, still, they have not at all any melanine or pigmentation.
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Some of you that have commented are so rude and sound quite ignorant. People have already mentioned the difference between an albino and other races. The little girl can not be albino because she has hair colour (blonde) and eye colour as well as redness in her lips. An albino would not be able to have this. They have no colour at all, no melanin so no chance of having any bit of colour on their skin at all.
Also she was married to Randy Brooks and he’s black, so all this useless talk about her not finding a “brotha” is stupid.
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i agree,i think most of the people on here are just jealous of her kids because their mixed but could pass for white.get over it people damn!
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