Parker Posey
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Parker Christian Posey was born on November 8, 1968 in Baltimore, Maryland. She is an American actress.
Posey is best known for her work in not-quite-mainstream movies like Dazed and Confused (1993), Kicking and Screaming (1995) and the Christopher Guest spoofs Best In Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003) and For Your Consideration (2006).
Her best-known role may be Jackie-O, the disturbed twin sister who thinks she's Jackie Kennedy, in the 1997 film The House of Yes.
Her other films include You've Got Mail (1998), Laws of Attraction (2004) and Superman Returns (2006).
In 2000, Posey co-starred in Best in Show, a film co-written and directed by Christopher Guest of Waiting for Guffman. The following year, she appeared in a live-action film version of the cartoon Josie and the Pussycats.
In the past, she has dated Stuart Townsend. Parker dated Ryan Adams until 2005.
Filmography
- Spring Breakdown (2008)
- The Eye (2008)
- "The Return of Jezebel James" (2007)
- Broken English (2007)
- Superman Returns (2006)
- "Boston Legal" (4 episodes, 2006)
- Fay Grim (2006)
- For Your Consideration (2006)
- Superman Returns (2006)
- The Oh in Ohio (2006)
- Adam & Steve (2005)
- Blade: Trinity (2004)
- The Sisters of Mercy (2004)
- Frankenstein (2004)
- Laws of Attraction (2004)
- A Mighty Wind (2003)
- The Event (2003)
- Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay (2002)
- The Sweetest Thing (2002)
- Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002)
- "Will & Grace" (2 episodes, 2001)
- The Anniversary Party (2001)
- "Further Tales of the City" (2001)
- Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
- Best in Show (2000)
- "The Simpsons" (1 episode, 2000)
- "Futurama" (1 episode, 2000)
- Scream 3 (2000)
- The Venice Project (1999)
- Gunshy (1999)
- Dinner at Fred's (1999)
- The Misadventures of Margaret (1998)
- You've Got Mail (1998)
- What Rats Won't Do (1998)
- "More Tales of the City" (1998)
- Henry Fool (1997)
- Clockwatchers (1997)
- The House of Yes (1997)
- SubUrbia (1996)
- Waiting for Guffman (1996)
- Basquiat (1996)
- The Daytrippers (1996)
- The Doom Generation (1995)
- Kicking and Screaming (1995)
- Flirt (1995)
- Frisk (1995)
- Drunks (1995)
- Party Girl (1995)
- An Eviction Notice (1995)
- Mixed Nuts (1994)
- Sleep with Me (1994)
- Amateur (1994)
- Iris (1994)
- Opera No. 1 (1994)
- Dead Connection (1994)
- Tracey Takes on New York (1993)
- Flirt (1993)
- Dazed and Confused (1993)
- Coneheads (1993)
- Joey Breaker (1993)
- "Tales of the City" (1993)
- The Wake (1993)
- Description of a Struggle (1993)
- "As the World Turns" (1956)
- First Love, Fatal Love (1991)
Awards
- Sundance Film Festival Special Prize for Acting "The House of Yes" 1997
