About
| Birth Name: | Parker Christian Posey |
| Birth Notes: | 8 November 1968, Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
| Height: | 5' 5" |
| Nicknames: | Missy, Queen of the Indies |
| Biography: | Parker Posey hails from Laurel, Mississippi. She is the daughter of Chris Posey, owner of Laurel's own Posey Chevrolet. Parker attended high school at R. H. Watkins High School in Laurel, Mississippi, and college at the prestigious SUNY Purchase. While at SUNY she roomed with Sherry Stringfield of TV's "ER" (1994). |
Filmography
| A Mighty Wind (2003) as Sissy Knox |
| Adam & Steve (2005) as Rhonda |
| Clockwatchers (1997) as Margaret Burre |
| Coneheads (1993) as Stephanie |
| Fay Grim (2006) as Fay Grim |
| For Your Consideration (2006) as Callie Webb |
| Happy Tears (2009) as Jayne |
| Henry Fool (1997) as Fay Grim |
| Laws of Attraction (2004) as Serena |
| Scream 3 (2000) as Jennifer Jolie |
| Sleep with Me (1994) as Athena |
| Spring Breakdown (2009) as Becky St. Germaine |
| Superman Returns (2006) as Kitty Kowalski |
| The Anniversary Party (2001) as Judy Adams |
| The Eye (2008) as Helen Wells |
| The House of Yes (1997) as 'Jackie-O' Pascal |
| The Oh in Ohio (2006) as Priscilla Chase |
| The Sweetest Thing (2002) as Judy Webb |
| You've Got Mail (1998) as Patricia Eden |
| Amateur (1994) as Girl Squatter |
| An Eviction Notice (1995) |
| Asphalt Beach (2007) as Sissy |
| Basquiat (1996) as Mary Boone |
| Best in Show (2000) as Meg Swan |
| Blade: Trinity (2004) as Danica Talos |
| Broken English (2007) as Nora Wilder |
| Dazed and Confused (1993) as Darla Marks |
| Dead Connection (1994) as Denise |
| Description of a Struggle (1993) as Wanda |
| Dinner at Fred's (1999) as Celia |
| Drunks (1995) as Debbie |
| Film Trix 2002 (2002) as Herself |
| Flirt (1993) as Emily |
| Flirt (1995) as Emily |
| Frisk (1995) as Ferguson |
| Gunshy (1999) |
| Highland Park (2010) as Shirley Paine |
| Inside Out (2011) as Claire Small |
| Joey Breaker (1993) as Irene Kildare |
| Josie and the Pussycats (2001) as Fiona |
| Kicking and Screaming (1995) as Miami |
| Mixed Nuts (1994) as Rollerblader |
| Opera No. 1 (1994) as Fairy #1 |
| Party Girl (1995) as Mary |
| Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002) as Greta Herskowitz |
| Seamless (2005) as Herself |
| SubUrbia (1996) as Erica |
| The Daytrippers (1996) as Jo Malone |
| The Doom Generation (1995) as Brandi |
| The Event (2003) as Nick |
| The Misadventures of Margaret (1998) as Margaret Nathan |
| The Venice Project (1999) as Myra |
| The Wake (1993) as Beachgoer |
| Waiting for Guffman (1996) as Libby Mae Brown |
| What Rats Won't Do (1998) as Mirella Burton |
Trivia
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* Against the wishes of her management, she accepted two supporting roles right after the unexpected success of Party Girl (1995). * Twin brother, Chris, who practices law in Atlanta. * Named after the 1950s model Suzy Parker . * Named "Queen of Indies" by 'Time' magazine since she has appeared in some 30 films since 1994, most of them low-budget independent movies. * One of Parker's current interests is making pottery. * Is a contributing editor to Open City literary magazine. * Reuters rated her #19 in the 2003 edition of its annual "What Ever Happened to...?" list. * She and the other cast members have been playing concerts in role as the bands from A Mighty Wind (2003). So far they have played at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles in May 2003, and will be doing more concerts in Washington, D.C.; Boston, Massachusetts; and Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, in September 2003. * Her former boyfriend was writer/editor Thomas Beller, editor of the "Open City" literary magazine and publishing house and Mr. Beller's Neighborhood, a literary Web site about New York City. * Former boyfriend is songwriter/musician Ryan Adams . * Measurements: 33B-25-34 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) * Learned to play the mandolin for her role in the Christopher Guest film, A Mighty Wind (2003). * Was considered for the role of "Dorothy Boyd" in Jerry Maguire (1996). * Did her own singing and mandolin-playing in A Mighty Wind (2003). * Favorite musicians are Belle & Sebastian, Sigur Rós, and Miighty Flashlight * Is an accomplished mime. * Has a song named after her, written by "apocalyptic folk artist" Stuart Davis . The song will appear on Davis's upcoming 2006 album. * She and Wesley Snipes both attended college at SUNY at Purchase and then later worked together on Blade Trinity. * Yet another member of the "Purchase Mafia," a group of graduates from S.U.N.Y. Purchase. Alumni actors and filmmakers include Wesley Snipes, Sherry Stringfield, Stanley Tucci , Curtis McClarin, Bob Gosse, Todd Baker , Nick Gomez , and Melissa Leo. * Friend of Zoe R. Cassavetes. * Close friend of Jimmy Fallon. She was one of his neighbors when he lived in New York City. |
Quotes
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* "I think that the past fifteen years--where women have gone to work and left the men--the baby boomers who are now in Hollywood and control a lot of the money are upset that the wives have gone or mommies gone off to work. There are all these scripts where the women, if they're working, are prostitutes and lawyers with an angry streak who'll kill you. It's a reaction to women leaving their men and men being angry about it and saying it on some subconscious level." * "I'm the character actor in Hollywood movies, the girl who has to be annoying so the guy can go to the other girl." * "Being an indie queen, people think I have all these choices. Like I've just been sitting around waiting for the best indie film that I deem acceptable. There are a lot of independent films I've wanted to do that I haven't been cast in." |
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