Parker Posey

Actresses

Parker Christian Posey (born November 8, 1968) is an American actress. Known for playing eccentric characters in independent films, she was named “Queen of the Indies” by Time in 1997 for her work in several titles. She made her film debut in Joey Breaker (1993), with Richard Edson, Cedella Marley, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Fred Fondren, and Erik King. Other early films include Richard Linklaterā€™s Dazed and Confused (1993), with Jason London, Wiley Wiggins, Ben Affleck, Matthew McConaughey, Milla Jovovich, Cole Hauser, Adam Goldberg, Nicky Katt, Joey Lauren Adams, Rory Cochrane, and Anthony Rapp; Steve Barronā€™s Coneheads (1993), with Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, and Michelle Burke; Dead Connection (1994), with Michael Madsen and Lisa Bonet; Sleep with Me (1994), with Craig Sheffer, Eric Stoltz, Meg Tilly, Dean Cameron, Todd Field, Thomas Gibson, Adrienne Shelly, Susan Traylor, Tegan West, June Lockhart, and Quentin Tarantino; Nora Ephronā€™s Mixed Nuts (1994), with Steve Martin, Madeline Kahn, Rita Wilson, Anthony LaPaglia, Garry Shandling, Rob Reiner, Juliette Lewis, Adam Sandler, and Liev Schreiber.

Films in the mid to late 1990s include Greg Arakiā€™s The Doom Generation (1995), with James Duval, Rose McGowan, and Johnathon Schaech; Party Girl (1995), with Anthony DeSando, Guillermo DĆ­az, Donna Mitchell, Schreiber, Omar Townsend, and Sasha von Scherler; Frisk (1995), with Michael Gunther, Craig Chester, Alexis Arquette, Raoul O’Connell, Jaie Laplante, James Lyons, and Michael Stock; Drunks (1995), with Richard Lewis, Faye Dunaway, Spalding Gray, Amanda Plummer, Dianne Wiest, Howard Rollins, George Martin, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Sam Rockwell, Calista Flockhart, Anna Thompson, Kevin Corrigan, and Zach Grenier; Noah Baumbachā€™s Kicking and Screaming (1995), with Josh Hamilton, Olivia d’Abo, Chris Eigeman, Jason Wiles, Cara Buono, Carlos Jacott, Elliott Gould, and Stoltz; Greg Motollaā€™s The Daytrippers (1996), with Hope Davis, Pat McNamara, Anne Meara, Schreiber, Campbell Scott, and Stanley Tucci; Julian Schnabelā€™s Basquiat (1996), with Jeffrey Wright, David Bowie, Dennis Hopper, Gary Oldman, Michael Wincott, Benicio del Toro, Claire Forlani, and Courtney Love; and SubUrbia (1996), with Jayce Bartok, Amie Carey, Katt, Ajay Naidu, Giovanni Ribisi, Samia Shoaib, Dina Spybey, and Steve Zahn.

More films in the mid to late 1990s include The House of Yes (1997), with Hamilton, Tori Spelling, Freddie Prinze Jr. and GeneviĆØve Bujold; Clockwatchers (1997), with Toni Collette, Lisa Kudrow, and Alanna Ubach; Dinner at Fredā€™s (1997), with Gil Bellows, Kevin McDonald, John Neville, and Valerie Mahaffey; What Rats Won’t Do (1998), with James Frain, Natascha McElhone, Amy Phillips, Valentine Peka, Samantha Bond, Freddie Jones, Chris Jury, and Peter Capaldi; The Misadventures of Margaret (1998), with Jeremy Northam, Craig Chester, Elizabeth McGovern, Brooke Shields, and Corbin Bermson; Youā€™ve Got Mail (1998), with Tom Hanks. Meg Ryan, Jean Stapleton, Dave Chappelle, Zahn, and Greg Kinnear; and The Venice Project (1999), with Hector Babenco, Lauren Bacall, Gerd Bƶckmann, Stockard Channing, Ben Cross, Victoria Duffy, Anna Galiena, John Guare, Hopper, Lucia Hwong, MĆ­a Maestro, Cheech Marin, Linus Roache, Eddie Ruscha, Dean Stockwell, Stuart Townsend, Frederique van der Wal, and John Wood.

Sheā€™s also known for appearing in various films directed by Hal Hartley: Amateur (1994), with Isabelle Huppert, Martin Donovan, Elina Lƶwensohn, and Damian Young; Flirt (1995), with Bill Sage, Dwight Ewell, Miho Nikaido, and Donovan; Henry Fool (1998), with Thomas Jay Ryan, James Urbaniak, Liam Aiken, James Saito, and Kevin Corrigan; Fay Grim (2006), Urbaniak, Aiken, Jeff Goldblum, and Saffron Burrows; and Ned Rifle (2014), Aiken, Aubrey Plaza,, Urbaniak, Ryan, Donovan, Karen Sillas, Burke, and Sage.

She has also worked with filmmaker/actor Christopher Guest in his mockumentary films Waiting for Guffman (1996), with Lewis Arquette, Bob Balaban, Matt Keeslar, Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, and Fred Willard; Best in Show (2000), Levy, Jennifer Coolidge, John Michael Higgins, Michael Hitchcock, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, and Oā€™Hara; A Mighty Wind (2003), with Balaban, Paul Dooley, Michael Higgins, Levy, Lynch, McKean, O’Hara, Ed Begley Jr., Coolidge, Harry Shearer, and Willard; For Your Consideration (2006), with Levy, O’Hara, Shearer, McKean, Willard, Larry Miller, Balaban, Coolidge, Lynch, Begley Jr., Hitchcock, Higgins, and Jim Piddock; and Mascots (2016), with Lynch, Willard, Begley Jr., Christopher Moynihan, Don Lake, Zach Woods, Chris O’Dowd, Balaban, Coolidge, Hitchcock, Higgins, Piddock, and Maria Blasucci.

Films in the early 2000s include Wes Cravenā€™d Scream 3 (2000), with David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Foley, Lance Henriksen, Keeslar, Jenny McCarthy, Emily Mortimer, Deon Richmond, and Patrick Warburton; Josie and the Pussycats (2001), with Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, Rosario Dawson, Alan Cumming, Gabriel Mann, Paulo Costanzo, and Missi Pyle; The Anniversary Party (2001), with Jennifer Jason Leigh (who also directed), Cumming (who also directed), Kevin Kline, John C. Reilly, Jane Adams, Parker Posey, Phoebe Cates, and Gwyneth Paltrow; Rebecca Millerā€™s Personal Velocity (2002), with Kyra Sedgwick, Parker Posey, Fairuza Balk, Ventimiglia, Ron Liebman, and Wallace Shawn; The Sweetest Thing (2002), with Cameron Diaz, Christina Applegate, Selma Blair, Thomas Jane, and Jason Bateman; The Event (2003), with Brent Carver, Olympia Dukakis, Jane Leeves, Don McKellar, and Sarah Polley; Laws of Attraction (2004), with Pierce Brosnan, Julianne Moore, Michael Sheen, Nora Dunn, and Frances Fisher; Blade: Trinity (2004), with Wesley Snipes, Ryan Reynolds, Jessica Biel, Kris Kristofferson, Natasha Lyonne, Patton Oswalt, Parker Posey, James Remar, Dominic Purcell. and Triple H; and Adam & Steve (2005), with Craig Chester (who also directed), Malcolm Gets, Chris Kattan, Kristen Schaal, Julie Hagerty, Paul Sand, Noah Segan, and Sally Kirkland.

Films in the mid to late 2000s include The Oh in Ohio (2006), with Paul Rudd, Danny DeVito, Mischa Barton, Chandra Wilson, Keith David, Liza Minnelli, and Heather Graham; Superman Returns (2006), with Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, James Marsden, Frank Langella, Eva Marie Saint, Kal Penn, Sam Huntington, and Kevin Spacey; Zoe Cassavetteā€™s Broken English (2007), with Melvil Poupaud, Drea de Matteo, Justin Theroux, Peter Bogdanovich, and Gena Rowlands; The Eye (2008), with Jessica Alba, Alessandro Nivola, Rade Å erbedžija, Obba BabatundĆ©, Tamlyn Tomita, Fernanda Romero, Rachel Ticotin, and ChloĆ« Grace Moretz; Spring Breakdown (2009), with Amy Poehler, Rachel Dratch, Amber Tamblyn, Seth Meyers, Sophie Monk, Jonathan Sadowski, Pyle, and Lynch; and Happy Tears (2009), with Demi Moore, Rip Torn, Billy Magnussen, Sebastian RochĆ©, and Ellen Barkin.

Films in the early 2010s include Inside Out (2011), with Triple H, Michael Rapaport, Julie White, Michael Cudlitz and Bruce Dern; The Love Guide (2011), with Christy Scott Cashman, Kathryn Erbe, Jay Harrington, Michael Panes, Naheem Garcia, and Dechen Thurman; Price Check (2012), with Eric Mabius, Annie Parisse, Josh Pais, and Edward Hermann; Highland Park (2013), with Billy Burke, Kimberly Elise, John Carroll Lynch, Danny Glover, Rockmond Dunbar, Eric Laden, Deborah Ann Woll, Haaz Sleiman, Bob Gunton, Michelle Forbes, and Blake Clark; And Now a Word from Our Sponsor (2013), with Bruce Greenwood, Callum Blue, Allie MacDonald, and Rhys Ward; Hair Brained (2013), with Brendan Fraser, Alex Wolff, Julia Garner, Greta Lee, Robin de JesĆŗs, Austin Pendleton, Toby Huss, and Fred Melamed; and Grace of Monaco (2014), with Nicole Kidman, Tim Roth, Langella, Paz Vega, Milo Ventimiglia, and Derek Jacobi.

Films in the mid to late 2010s include Woody Allenā€™s Irrational Man (2015), with Jamie Blackley, Joaquin Phoenix, and Emma Stone; CafĆ© Society (2016), with Jeannie Berlin, Steve Carell, Jesse Eisenberg, Blake Lively, Kristen Stewart, Corey Stoll, and Ken Stott; The Architect (2016), with Eric McCormack, James Frain, and Pamela Reed; Kogonadaā€™s Columbus (2017), with John Cho, Haley Lu Richardson, Forbes, and Rory Culkin; The Con Is On (2018), with Uma Thurman, Roth, Alice Eve, Sofia Vergara, Maggie Q, Crispin Glover, Stephen Fry, and Wilmer Calderon; and Elsewhere (2019), with Aden Young, Ken Jeong, Beau Bridges and Jacki Weaver.

Films in the 2020s include Ari Asterā€™s Beau Is Afraid (2023), with Phoenix. Patti LuPone, Nathan Lane, Amy Ryan, Kylie Rogers, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Hayley Squires, Michael Gandolfini, Zoe Lister-Jones, Armen Nahapetian, and Richard Kind; Thelma (2024), with June Squibb, Fred Hechinger, Richard Roundtree, Clark Gregg, and Malcolm McDowell; The Parenting (2025), with Nik Dodani, Brandon Flynn, Vivian Bang, Kudrow, Dean Norris, Brian Cox, and Edie Falco; and Martin McDonaghā€™s Wild Horse Nine (2026), with John Malkovich, Rockwell, Steve Buscemi, Mariana di Girolamo, AilĆ­n Salas, and Tom Waits.

On television, Posey has starred in the Netflix science fiction series Lost in Space (2018ā€“2021), with Molly Parker, Toby Stephens, Maxwell Jenkins, Taylor Russell, Mina Sundwall, Ignacio Serricchio, Brian Steele, Ajay Friese, and Sibongile Mlambo; the HBO Max miniseries The Staircase (2022), with Colin Firth, Collette, Michael Stuhlbarg, Dane DeHaan, Olivia DeJonge, Sophie Turner, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Odessa Young, Rosemarie DeWitt, Tim Guinee, Juliette Binoche, and Vincent Vermignon; and the third season of the HBO anthology series The White Lotus (2025), with Leslie Bibb, Carrie Coon, Walton Goggins, Sarah Catherine Hook, Jason Isaacs, Lalisa Manobal, Michelle Monaghan, Sam Nivola, Lek Patravadi, Natasha Rothwell, Schwarzenegger, Tayme Thapthimthong, Aimee Lou Wood, Jon Gries, Rockwell, and Scott Glenn – the latter earning her Primetime Emmy, Golden Globe, and Actor Award nominations.

Other TV movie and miniseries include Tales of the City (1993), with Dukakis, Donald Moffat, Chloe Webb, Laura Linney, William Campbell, Paul Gross, Marcus D’Amico, Thomas Gibson, Barbara Garrick, Nina Foch, and Stanley DeSantis; Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay (2002), with Shirley MacLaine and Shannen Doherty; Frankenstein (2004), with Vincent Perez, Thomas Kretschmann, Goldberg, Ivana Miličević, and Michael Madsen; and Philip Kaufmanā€™s Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012), with Kidman, Clive Owen, David Strathairn, Parker, Saverio Guerra, Rodrigo Santoro, Mark Pellegrino, Peter Coyote, Lars Ulrich, Robert Duvall, Tony Shalhoub, Keone Young, and Joan Chen.

Each review will be linked to the title below.

(*seen originally in theaters)

(**seen rereleased in theaters)

  • Joey Breaker (1993) – directed by Steven Starr
  • Dazed and Confused (1993) – directed by Richard Linklater
  • Coneheads (1993)* – directed by Steve Barron
  • Flirt (1993) – directed by Hal Hartley – short
  • Tales of the City (1993) – directed by Alastair Reid – miniseries
  • Description of a Struggle (1993) – directed by Tony Pemberton – short
  • Dead Connection (1994) – directed by Nigel Dick
  • Iris (1994) – directed by Hal Hartley – short
  • Sleep with Me (1994) – directed by Rory Kelly
  • Amateur (1994) – directed by Hal Hartley
  • Mixed Nuts (1994) – directed by Nora Ephron
  • Opera No. 1 (1994) – directed by Hal Hartley – short
  • The Doom Generation (1995) – directed by Gregg Araki
  • Party Girl (1995) – directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer
  • Frisk (1995) – directed by Todd Verow
  • Drunks (1995) – directed by Peter Cohn
  • Flirt (1995) – directed by Hal Hartley
  • Kicking and Screaming (1995) – directed by Noah Baumbach
  • An Eviction Notice (1995) -directed by Jake Paltrow – short
  • The Daytrippers (1996) – directed by Greg Mottola
  • Basquiat (1996) – directed by Julian Schnabel
  • Waiting for Guffman (1996) – directed by Christopher Guest
  • subUrbia (1996) – directed by Richard Linklater
  • The House of Yes (1997) – directed by Mark Waters
  • Clockwatchers (1997) – directed by Jill Sprecher
  • Henry Fool (1997) – directed by Hal Hartley
  • Dinner at Fred’s (1997) – directed by Shawn Thompson
  • More Tales of the City (1998) – directed by Pierre Gang – miniseries
  • What Rats Won’t Do (1998) – directed by Alastair Reid
  • The Misadventures of Margaret (1998) – directed by Brian Skeet
  • You’ve Got Mail (1998) – directed by Nora Ephron
  • Gunshy (1999) – directed by Maura Naughton – short
  • The Venice Project (1999) – directed by Robert Dornhelm
  • 2000 Scream 3 (2000) – directed by Wes Craven
  • Best in Show Meg (2000) – directed by Christopher Guest
  • Josie and the Pussycats (2001) – directed by Harry Elfont & Deborah Kaplan
  • The Anniversary Party (2001) – directed by Alan Cumming & Jennifer Jason Leigh
  • Further Tales of the City (2001) – directed by Pierre Gang – miniseries
  • Personal Velocity (2002) – directed by Rebecca Miller
  • The Sweetest Thing (2002)* – directed by Roger Kumble
  • Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay (2002) – directed by Ed Gernon – TV movie
  • The Event (2003) – directed by Thom Fitzgerald
  • A Mighty Wind (2003) – directed by Christopher Guest
  • Laws of Attraction (2004) – directed by Peter Howitt
  • Frankenstein (2004) – directed by Marcus Nispel – TV movie
  • The Sisters of Mercy (2004) – directed by Hal Hartley – short
  • Blade: Trinity (2004) – directed by David S. Goyer
  • Adam & Steve (2005) – directed by Craig Chester
  • The Oh in Ohio (2006) – directed by Billy Kent
  • Superman Returns (2006) – directed by Bryan Singer
  • For Your Consideration (2006) – directed by Christopher Guest
  • Fay Grim (2006) – directed by Hal Hartley
  • Broken English (2007) – directed by Zoe Cassavetes
  • The Eye (2008) – directed by David Moreau & Xavier Palud
  • Spring Breakdown (2009) – directed by Ryan Shiraki
  • Happy Tears (2009) – by Mitchell Lichtenstein
  • Inside Out (2011) – directed by Artie Mandelberg
  • The Love Guide (2011) – directed by Derek Estlin Purvis
  • Still Screaming: The Ultimate Scary Movie Retrospective (2011) – directed by Ryan Turek – self – documentary
  • Price Check (2012) – directed by Michael Walker
  • Hemingway & Gellhorn (2012) – directed by Philip Kaufman – TV movie
  • Highland Park (2013) – directed by Andrew Meieran
  • And Now a Word from Our Sponsor (2013) – directed by Zack Bernbaum
  • Hair Brained (2013) – directed by Billy Kent
  • Grace of Monaco (2014) – directed by Olivier Dahan
  • Ned Rifle (2014) – directed by Hal Hartley
  • Irrational Man (2015) – directed by Woody Allen
  • CafĆ© Society (2016) – directed by Woody Allen
  • The Architect (2016) – directed by Jonathan Parker
  • Palacetor (2016) – directed by Alex Antitch – short
  • My Art (2016) – directed by Laurie Simmons
  • Mascots (2016) – directed by Christopher Guest
  • Columbus (2017) – directed by Kogonada
  • The Con Is On (2018) – directed by James Oakley
  • Elsewhere (2019) – directed by HernĆ”n JimĆ©nez
  • The Staircase (2022) – directed by Antonio Campos & Leigh Janiak – miniseries
  • Beau Is Afraid Elaine (2023) – directed by Ari Aster
  • Thelma (2024) – directed by Josh Margolin
  • The Parenting (2025) – directed by Craig Johnson
  • Wild Horse Nine (2026) – directed by Martin McDonagh