Parker Posey
Parker Posey is an American actress who was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of Lynda, a chef, and Chris Posey, who owned a Chevrolet dealership. She has a fraternal twin brother, Christopher. Parker's unisex first name was a tribute by her father to 1950s supermodel Suzy Parker. After Parker's birth, the family moved to Laurel, Mississippi where her mother worked as a chef and culinary instructor for the Viking Range Corporation in Greenwood, MS, and her father, after coming back from the Vietnam War, opened a dealership named Posey Chevrolet in Laurel, Mississippi. The family also lived in Monroe, Louisiana.
Parker attended the State University of New York at Purchase, where she roomed with actress Sherry Stringfield. Her first break was in television, when she won the role of Tess Shelby on the daytime soap opera As the World Turns. Her first major role in a feature film was in Dazed and Confused (1993).
Throughout the late 1990s, Parker starred in a large number of independent films and was named Queen of the Indies by Time Magazine, which cited 32 independent films to her credit, including Personal Velocity, Clockwatchers, Party Girl, and The House of Yes, for which she received especially positive reviews for her portrayal of a delusional woman in love with her own brother. She is part of the acting ensemble that appears in director Christopher Guest's films, including his four mock documentaries.
Parker has had supporting roles in several big budget studio films, including Scream 3 (2000), You've Got Mail (1998), Josie and the Pussycats (2001), Laws of Attraction (2004), and Blade: Trinity (2004). She also had a small but notable performance in Superman Returns, playing Kitty Kowalski, an assistant to villain Lex Luthor.
Although Parker primarily works in film, she has appeared in several television projects. she appeared in the television miniseries adaptations of the Armistead Maupin Tales of the City books; her character, Connie, was featured in the original 1993 series and the 1998 miniseries "sequel" covering the second book. In 2000, she provided the voice of Umbriel the mermaid in the Futurama episode The Deep South. Also in 2000, Parker provided the voice of Becky in an episode of The Simpsons titled "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge." She has also had a recurring role on the television series Will & Grace, as Darlene, Jack's high-maintenance boss at Barneys New York. Parker appeared on the season one finale episode of Project Runway in 2005. In 2006, Parker guest-starred as the ambitious, back-stabbing lawyer Marlene Stanger in the legal drama Boston Legal. As of March 2008, she is currently starring in the Fox series The Return of Jezebel James. Parker was previously considered for the roles of Rachel Green in Friends (which went to Jennifer Aniston), of Kimmy in My Best Friend's Wedding (which went to Cameron Diaz), and of Althea in The People vs. Larry Flynt (which went to Courtney Love).
Parker made her stage debut in 2001, and has worked regularly on the stage since. She also dabbles in music; she can play the mandolin. She learned to play as preparation for her role in A Mighty Wind (2003), a film in which she also sang. She used her vocal talents on several records of her ex-boyfriend, Ryan Adams, whom she dated until early 2005. She also played the mandolin on The Dandy Warhols track "I Am Sound" from their Welcome to the Monkey House LP.
Parker enjoys pottery. In the past, she has dated Stuart Townsend. Parker lives in the East Village on East 10th Street with her Bichon Frisé-Maltese mix dog named Gracie. She lives across the street from 80's teen actress Molly Ringwald.
Parker sounds like a hard-working, down-to-Earth woman. There is so much we don't know about her but this we DO know: She needs a personal relationship with Jesus Christ so that we can spend eternity with her. Please pray to that end this week.
--Heidi