Most Recent Role: Sarah Thomkins on The Return of Jezebel James
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Baltimore, MD
Birthday: 11-8-1968
Birth Name: Parker Christian Posey
Gender: Female
Birthplace: Baltimore, MD
Birthday: 11-8-1968
Birth Name: Parker Christian Posey
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TIME magazine dubbed her "The Indie Queen," and few actresses have worked as often...or received so many critical accolades...as Parker Posey. In her ten years as an actress, she has made more than thirty films, ranging from such independent classics as "Dazed and Confused," "Party Girl," and "The House of Yes," to big budget fare like "You've Got Mail," "Scream 3" and "Josie & the...
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Needles & Schlag
Friday 21 March 2008 on FOX
Sarah helps a 15 years old child get his own book publish. She tries to impress the kid with a Knicks game but she realizes that what the kid wanted was a good bed and bath. Meanwhile, Sarah goes with Coco to her gynecologist's office and discovers what Coco feared most.
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In 1997 Parker won the Special Recognition for Acting Award at the Sundance Film Festival for her role in the film House of Yes.
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In 2003 Parker received a Golden Globe nomination for her supporting role in the made-for-television movie Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay.
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Parker is a close friend of writer/director Zoe Cassavetes. The two worked together in the film Broken English.
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Parker is a fan of film director Hal Hartley.
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Parker was raised Catholic.
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Parker: L.A. doesn't get me. I think I scare them -- or maybe they just don't know what to make of me.
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Parker: Being an indie queen, people think I have all these choices. Like I've just been sitting around waiting for the best indie film that I deem acceptable. There are a lot of independent films I've wanted to do that I haven't been cast in.
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Parker: I've never been bored on a movie set. Give me a costume and I just brighten up.
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Parker: Look around, everyone's crying with you.
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Parker: I like soap opera acting. If it's done really well, there's nothing better. It's old school. It's like what those melodramas in the '30s and '40s were like.
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Other Appearances
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The Return of Jezebel James
Sarah Thomkins |
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Tales of the City
Connie Bradshaw |
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Boston Legal
Can't We All Get a Lung? Marlene Stanger |
Boston Legal
BL: Los Angeles Marlene Stanger |
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Boston Legal
Spring Fever Marlene Stanger |
Boston Legal
Squid Pro Quo Marlene Stanger |
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Futurama
The Deep South Umbriel |
Live with Regis and Kelly
Kate Beckinsale/Parker Posey Herself |
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The Return of Jezebel JamesAmy Sherman-Palladino, creator of Gilmore Girls , brings us this multi-camera comedy about how two estranged sisters who are polar opposites try to raise a baby together. Boston Legal's Parker... more
