Parker Posey was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1968.
She will next be seen in two films: Happy Tears, starring opposite Demi Moore and directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein, and Warner Bros.’ Spring Breakdown, starring opposite Amy Poehler.
She has appeared in more than 50 films, including the recent blockbuster Superman Returns, in which she co-starred as Kitty Kowalski, Lex Luthers’ partner-in-crime.
Posey has received numerous awards and distinctions, including Golden Globe and Independent Spirit Award nominations. Among the films in her vast repertoire are four with Christopher Guest (Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, and For Your Consideration), Zoe Cassavetes’ Broken English (Independent Spirit Award nomination), Rebecca Miller’s Personal Velocity (Independent Spirit Award nomination), the CBS film Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay opposite Shirley MacLaine (Golden Globe nomination), The Eye, The Sweetest Thing, The Anniversary Party, Scream 3, You’ve Got Mail, Suburbia, Dazed and Confused, Clockwatchers, The Daytrippers, The Event, and four films with Hal Hartley (Amateur, Flirt, Henry Fool and Fay Grim). For her performance in The House of Yes, she received a Special Jury Prize at The Sundance Film Festival.
On stage, Parker most recently starred off-Broadway in the acclaimed revival of Hurlyburly, for which she received a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actress, and in Lanford Wilson’s Fifth of July (a Lortel nomination for Lead Actress). She also starred in the Los Angeles premiere of John Patrick Shanley’s Four Dogs and a Bone, directed by Lawrence Kasdan, and starred on Broadway opposite Matthew Broderick in Elaine May’s Taller Than A Dwarf.
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