53 Facts About Parker Posey

Parker Christian Posey was born on November 8,1968 and is an American actress.

Parker Posey has received nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and an Independent Spirit Award.

Parker Posey has worked with Christopher Guest in his mockumentary films Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, For Your Consideration, and Mascots.

On television, Parker Posey has starred in the Netflix science fiction series Lost in Space, the HBO Max miniseries The Staircase, and the third season of the HBO anthology series The White Lotus.

Parker Posey was born November 8,1968, in Baltimore, Maryland, to Lynda, a chef, and Chris Parker Posey, owner of a car dealership.

Parker Posey was named after model Suzy Parker, and has a twin brother, Christopher.

Parker Posey studied ballet and traveled to the University of North Carolina School of the Arts for training during their summer programs.

Parker Posey attended the State University of New York at Purchase, where she studied drama.

In 1993, Parker Posey made her first film appearances in Steve Barron's comedy Coneheads, Steven Starr's romance film Joey Breaker, and Richard Linklater's coming-of-age comedy Dazed and Confused.

In 1994, Parker Posey appeared in Hal Hartley's short film Opera No 1 and was featured in his crime comedy Amateur.

Parker Posey took on the role of a perky Dairy Queen employee in Christopher Guest's mockumentary Waiting for Guffman, about a community theatre group.

In 1996, Parker Posey played a young woman living in a small town in Richard Linklater's SubUrbia, gallery owner Mary Boone in Julian Schnabel's Basquiat, and an apathetic sister in Greg Mottola's The Daytrippers.

Parker Posey starred alongside Lisa Kudrow, Toni Collette and Alanna Ubach in Clockwatchers, which depicted the lives of four friends working in an office.

Dustin Putman of TheFilmFile called it a "jewel of a film" and praised the performances of the cast, describing Parker Posey as "winning and humorous".

Parker Posey received positive reviews for her role as a delusional woman in love with her own brother in The House of Yes.

Parker Posey was nicknamed "Queen of the Indies" by Time in 1997.

Parker Posey has often considered the title somewhat of a hindrance, and during a 2012 interview with IndieWire, recalled:.

In 1998, Parker Posey appeared as the unemployed sister of a socially inept garbageman in Hartley's Henry Fool, a gold-digging widow in Alastair Reid's What Rats Won't Do, and the title role in Brian Skeet's The Misadventures of Margaret.

Parker Posey appeared in Robert Dornhelm's The Venice Project as part of an ensemble cast led by Dennis Hopper and Lauren Bacall.

In Christopher Guest's Best in Show, which revolved around the dog show circuit, Parker Posey starred as a stereotypical yuppie and the owner of a Weimaraner.

Parker Posey's performance earned her positive reviews and a MTV Movie Award nomination.

Parker Posey appeared as a villainous record label CEO in Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan's musical comedy Josie and the Pussycats which, despite mixed reviews and lackluster box office returns, later gained a cult following.

In 2001, Parker Posey made her Broadway debut, playing one half a of struggling Manhattan couple, in Elaine May's Taller Than a Dwarf, which was directed by Alan Arkin and ran at the Longacre Theatre.

Parker Posey played a "terrified bride" in Roger Kumble's romantic comedy The Sweetest Thing.

Parker Posey starred with Kyra Sedgwick and Fairuza Balk in Rebecca Miller's drama Personal Velocity: Three Portraits, about three women who escape from their afflicted lives.

In 2003, Parker Posey starred as an assistant district attorney in Thom Fitzgerald's drama The Event, and as a former juvenile delinquent and folk band member in Guest's A Mighty Wind, for which she sang and learned to play the mandolin.

In 2006, Parker Posey appeared in Superman Returns as Kitty Kowalski, Lex Luthor's ditzy sidekick, a character based on Eve Teschmacher from the 1978 film Superman.

Parker Posey was the only actress considered for the role.

Parker Posey was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 33rd Saturn Awards.

Parker Posey starred as a single career woman in Zoe Cassavetes's romantic dramedy Broken English, which screened at the Sundance Film Festival and the 29th Moscow International Film Festival.

The film was nominated at the 23rd Independent Spirit Awards for Best First Screenplay and Parker Posey was nominated for Best Female Lead.

Parker Posey signed on for her first regular role on television in The Return of Jezebel James, as a successful children's book editor who, unable to have children herself, asks her estranged younger sister to carry her baby.

In David Moreau and Xavier Palud's The Eye, a remake of the Hong Kong horror film, Parker Posey played the sister of a violinist who receives an eye transplant that allows her to see into the supernatural world.

Parker Posey starred with Amy Poehler and Rachel Dratch in Ryan Shiraki's Spring Breakdown, a comedy about three long-time friends vacationing together at a popular travel destination for college co-eds.

Artie Mandelberg's crime film Inside Out, in which Parker Posey starred as the wife of an ex-con, did not connect with critics nor audiences.

In 2013, Parker Posey appeared as the mother of a teenage genius and outcast in Billy Kent's Hair Brained, a mayor in Andrew Meieran's Highland Park, and a hospital volunteer in Zack Bernbaum's And Now a Word from Our Sponsor.

Parker Posey appeared in Hartley's Ned Rifle, the third and final film in his Henry Fool trilogy, again reprising her role of Fay Grim.

In Woody Allen's mystery drama Irrational Man, Parker Posey portrayed an unsatisfied chemistry professor, opposite Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone.

David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that Parker Posey "plays on her eccentricities as an actor while still keeping them firmly in check, finding both desperation and amusing acerbity" in her role.

Parker Posey collaborated with Allen again in Cafe Society, in which she played a "witty and engaging" modeling-agency owner and high-society fixture, alongside Steve Carell, Jesse Eisenberg, and Blake Lively.

Parker Posey was described as "vibrant" and "excellent" by Geoff Berkshire of Variety and Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian, respectively.

Parker Posey played the "unstable" assistant of a "volatile" filmmaker in James Oakley's caper film The Con Is On, co-starring Uma Thurman, Crispin Glover, and Alice Eve.

From 2018 to 2021, Parker Posey appeared as Dr Smith, a petty criminal, in Lost in Space, the Netflix remake of the 1965 television series.

In 2022, Parker Posey portrayed prosecutor Freda Black in the HBO Max miniseries The Staircase.

Parker Posey described the part as both a "homecoming" and a "distinct honor", as Black is one of the only real-life people she has portrayed in her work.

In 2025, Parker Posey portrayed a wealthy matriarch as part of the main cast of the third season of the HBO anthology series The White Lotus.

Parker Posey spent six months in Thailand, where shooting took place, beginning in February 2024.

Parker Posey starred as an eccentric neighbour in the comedy horror film The Parenting.

Parker Posey dated actor Stuart Townsend after meeting on the set of The Venice Project.

Parker Posey was in a relationship with rock singer Ryan Adams from 2003 to 2005.

Parker Posey provided vocals on several of his records from his album Rock n Roll.

Parker Posey has lived in both Greenwich Village and the East Village in New York City.

Parker Posey has taken up pottery and sewing as hobbies, practices Ashtanga yoga, and is a follower of Ayurvedic medicine, which she discovered while filming The Eye in Albuquerque, New Mexico.