Parker Posey

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1968-11-08 (56 years old)

Place of Birth Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Also Known As Parker Christian Posey

Parker Posey

Biography

Parker Christian Posey (born November 8, 1968) is an American actress and musician. Posey is the recipient of a Golden Globe Award nomination, a Satellite Award nomination and two Independent Spirit Award nominations. Posey made her film debut in Joey Breaker (1993). Following small roles in Coneheads and the cult classic Dazed and Confused (both also 1993), she was labeled "Queen of the Indies" for starring in a succession of independent films throughout the 1990s, such as Sleep with Me (1994), Frisk, Party Girl, The Doom Generation, Kicking and Screaming (all 1995), The Daytrippers (1996), Henry Fool, The House of Yes and Clockwatchers (all 1997). Her other notable film appearances include You've Got Mail (1998), Scream 3 (2000), Josie and the Pussycats (2001), Personal Velocity, The Sweetest Thing (both 2002), Blade: Trinity (2004), Superman Returns, Fay Grim (both 2006), Broken English (2007), The Eye (2008), Spring Breakdown (2009), Inside Out (2011), Irrational Man (2015), Café Society (2016), and Columbus (2017). She frequently works with Christopher Guest and has appeared in several of his mockumentaries: Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), For Your Consideration (2006), and Mascots (2016). Outside of film, Posey starred in the television movie Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay (2002) and has guest-starred on numerous series, such as Futurama (2000), The Simpsons (2000), Will & Grace (2001), Boston Legal (2006), Parks and Recreation (2011), The Good Wife (2011–12), Louie (2012), Inside Amy Schumer (2014), and Search Party (2016). From 2018 to 2021, she starred as Dr. Smith on the Netflix series Lost in Space. Description above from the Wikipedia article Parker Posey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

2024
Thelma

as Gail

2024
Mr. & Mrs. Smith

as Other Jane

2023
Beau Is Afraid

as Elaine Bray

2022
Tales of the Walking Dead

as Blair Crawford

2022
The Staircase

as Freda Black

2020
The Booksellers

as Self (voice)

2020
Elsewhere

as Marie

2020
High Fidelity

as Noreen Parker

2018
2018
Lost in Space

as June Harris / Dr. Zoe Smith

2017
Columbus

as Eleanor

2016
Mascots

as Cindi Babineaux

2016
My Art

as Angie

2016
Palacetor

as The Magician

2016
2016
Café Society

as Rad Taylor

2016
Search Party

as Brick

2015
2015
Ned Rifle

as Fay Grim

2014
21 Years: Richard Linklater

as Self - Actress

2014
Grace of Monaco

as Madge Tivey-Faucon

2013
Hairbrained

as Sheila Pettifog

2013
Highland Park

as Shirley Paine

2013
2013
Drunk History

as Mary Phelps Jacob

2012
Price Check

as Susan Felders

2012
Hemingway & Gellhorn

as Mary Welsh Hemingway

2011
The Love Guide

as Angelica Lovecraft

2011
Inside Out

as Claire Small

2011
Grab

as Narrator

2011
New Girl

as Casey

2011
Portlandia

as Branding Expert

2010
Louie

as Liz

2009
Happy Tears

as Jane

2009
Spring Breakdown

as Becky St. Germaine

2009
The Good Wife

as Vanessa Gold

2009
Parks and Recreation

as Lindsay Carlisle Shay

2008
The Eye

as Helen Wells

2008
The Return of Jezebel James

as Sarah Tompkins

2007
Broken English

as Nora Wilder

2007
Fay Grim

as Fay Grim

2006
For Your Consideration

as Callie Webb

2006
Superman Returns

as Kitty Kowalski

2006
The Oh in Ohio

as Priscilla Chase

2005
Adam & Steve

as Rhonda

2005
Making Dazed

as Herself

2004
Blade: Trinity

as Danica Talos

2004
Frankenstein

as Detective Carson O'Conner

2004
2004
Project Runway

as Self - Guest Judge

2004
Boston Legal

as Marlene Stanger

2003
A Mighty Wind

as Sissy Knox

2003
The Event

as Nick Devivo

2002
The Sweetest Thing

as Judy Webb

2002
Personal Velocity

as Greta Herskowitz

2001
The Anniversary Party

as Judy Adams

2001
Further Tales of the City

as Connie Bradshaw Fetzner

2000
Best in Show

as Meg Swan

2000
Scream 3

as Jennifer Jolie

1999
1999
Futurama

as Umbriel

1998
1998
You've Got Mail

as Patricia Eden

1998
What Rats Won't Do

as Mirella Burton

1998
Henry Fool

as Fay Grim

1998
1998
Will & Grace

as Dorleen

1998
More Tales of the City

as Connie Bradshaw

1997
The House of Yes

as Jackie-O

1997
1997
Clockwatchers

as Margaret J. Burrell

1997
Drunks

as Debbie

1997
The Daytrippers

as Jo Malone

1997
SubUrbia

as Erica

1997
The View

as Self

1996
Waiting for Guffman

as Libby Mae Brown

1996
Basquiat

as Mary Boone

1996
Frisk

as Ferguson

1995
1995
Flirt

as Emily

1995
Party Girl

as Mary

1994
Mixed Nuts

as Rollerblader

1994
Sleep with Me

as Athena

1994
Amateur

as Girl Squatter

1994
Dead Connection

as Denise

1994
1994
Opera No. 1

as Fairy #1

1993
1993
Flirt

as Emily

1993
Coneheads

as Stephanie

1993
Joey Breaker

as Irena Kildare

1993
Tales of the City

as Connie Bradshaw

1989
The Simpsons

as Becky (voice)

Crew

1992
Laws of Gravity

as Thanks

Producer

2020
The Booksellers

as Executive Producer