Born November 8, 1968, in Baltimore, Md., Parker Posey has been dubbed "Queen of Indies" after acting in more than 30 independent films in her brief career. Posey made her debut in 1991 on the soap opera "As the World Turns."She first made her mark in film in Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused (1993) and appeared in several films written and directed by Hal Hartley, including Amateur (1994), Flirt (1995) and Henry Fool (1997). Her first starring role was in the well-received Party Girl (1995), which led to higher-profile projects such as The Daytrippers (1996), The House of Yes (1997) and Clockwatchers (1997).
Posey is also part of writer-director Christopher Guest's improv ensemble group that has made the comedies Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000) and A Mighty Wind (2003). In 2004, Posey took supporting roles in two big-budget films, Laws of Attraction and Blade: Trinity.
Happy TearsJayne (Parker Posey) and Laura (Demi Moore) return to their childhood home in Pittsburgh to look after their father, Joe (Rip Torn), a lively widower who may be slipping into dementia. The sisters are soon at odds over their father's care -- and over old family dramas. As Joe's condition... Read More
The OH in OhioAfter marrying her high school sweetheart (Paul Rudd), Priscilla Chase (Parker Posey) created the perfect life for herself. But she seems to have left something out: her orgasm. Now, with her husband off exploring his manhood by trying to get in bed with a college coed (Mischa Barton), Priscilla... Read More
Broken EnglishWriter-director Zoe R. Cassavetes's charming indie yarn follows 30ish New Yorker Nora Wilder (Parker Posey), a single woman in a dead-end job whose friends are all happily engaged or paired off in "perfect" marriages. Love seems to elude Nora until she meets an oddball Frenchman (Melvil Poupaud) who... Read More
The House of YesTwins Jackie-O (Parker Posey) and Marty (Josh Hamilton), whose father disappeared the night Pres. John F. Kennedy was shot, have an unusually intimate relationship that blows up when Marty comes home one Thanksgiving with a fiancée (Tori Spelling). The mentally unbalanced Jackie-O -- who thinks... Read More
Fay GrimWhen it's discovered that her deceased ex-husband's manuscript contains information that could threaten national security and implicate the government in a variety of conspiracies, Fay Grim (Parker Posey) is forced to travel to Paris and retrieve the book before it falls into the wrong hands. A... Read More
Price Check (2012) | NR | |
Inside Out (2011) | PG-13 | |
Grab (2011) | NR | |
Happy Tears (2009) | R | |
The Eye (2008) | PG-13 | |
Broken English (2007) | PG-13 | |
Spring Breakdown (2007) | R | |
NR | ||
NR | ||
Fay Grim (2006) | R | |
PG-13 | ||
R | ||
For Your Consideration (2006) | PG-13 | |
Seamless (2005) | NR | |
Adam & Steve (2005) | R | |
Frankenstein (2004) | NR | |
Laws of Attraction (2004) | PG-13 | |
UR | ||
NR | ||
A Mighty Wind (2003) | PG-13 | |
The Event (2003) | R | |
The Sweetest Thing (2002) | UR | |
Personal Velocity (2002) | R | |
NR | ||
TV-MA | ||
The Anniversary Party (2001) | R | |
Josie and the Pussycats (2001) | PG-13 | |
Scream 3 (2000) | R | |
Best in Show (2000) | PG-13 | |
PG | ||
More Tales of the City (1998) | NR | |
Independent's Day (1998) | NR | |
The House of Yes (1997) | R | |
Henry Fool (1997) | R | |
Clockwatchers (1997) | PG-13 | |
Basquiat (1996) | R | |
Waiting for Guffman (1996) | R | |
Frisk (1996) | NR | |
Kicking and Screaming (1995) | R | |
Party Girl (1995) | R | |
The Daytrippers (1995) | R | |
The Doom Generation (1995) | NR | |
R | ||
PG-13 | ||
Sleep with Me (1994) | R | |
Amateur (1994) | R | |
Dazed and Confused (1993) | R | |
Coneheads (1993) | PG | |
Tales of the City (1993) | TV-MA | |
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