About Me
why we like her?
Parker Posey's mischievous sense of humor, good looks and quirky talent make liking her effortless. We're also impressed by her dogged self-assurance in the face of Hollywood big shots.
why is she famous?
Dubbed the "Queen of the Indies" -- independent movies, that is -- Parker Posey has appeared in dozens of films over the course of her career. The more famous of her many roles have been in Dazed and Confused (1993), Party Girl (1995), The House of Yes (1997), You've Got Mail (1998), Scream 3 (2000), and A Mighty Wind (2003).
Parker Christian Posey was born on November 8, 1968, in Baltimore, Maryland. She and her fraternal twin, Chris, were born prematurely and their parents, Chris and Lynda Posey, didn't expect them to live. As a result, Parker was hastily named after 1950s model Suzy Parker. Parker's grandmother eventually gave her the nickname "Missy" when the family started worrying that Parker's unusual name would cause her to be picked on at school.
The Poseys moved to Laurel, Mississippi, where Parker was raised. By the time she was in high school, Parker was living in North Carolina and attending the North Carolina School of the Arts. She later went to State University of New York at Purchase College, where she studied drama and roomed with future ER star Sherry Stringfield.
parker posey is not dazed and confused
Fresh out of college, Parker quickly established herself as an actress. She landed a role on the CBS soap As the World Turns in 1991 and 1992.
In 1993, Parker made her feature debut in Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused and appeared in five other films that year alone. Her roles were mostly small ones in independent films, with the exception of the forgettable studio film Coneheads. She also had a role in 1993's Sleepless in Seattle, but she ended up on the cutting room floor.
Among her 1994 highlights were Sleep with Me and Mixed Nuts, while in 1995, she had her first starring role in Party Girl, in addition to appearing in Kicking and Screaming and The Doom Generation.
parker posey in the house of yes
In 1996, Parker acted in the acclaimed Basquiat, teamed with Linklater again for SubUrbia and appeared in Waiting for Guffman, the first of a series of films she would make with "mockumentary" director Christopher Guest.
The next year brought Parker added praise when she won the Special Recognition prize for Acting at the Sundance Film Festival for her portrayal of "Jackie-O" in The House of Yes. Parker then took on her most mainstream and high-profile role to date in 1998's You've Got Mail, in which she played Tom Hanks' demanding girlfriend.
parker posey in best in show
After only five or six years in the industry, Parker already had over 30 projects to her credit and she's hardly slackened her pace in recent years.
She appeared in Scream 3 (2000), vamped it up in Josie and the Pussycats (2001), and reunited with Christopher Guest in Best in Show (2000) and A Mighty Wind (2003), for which she did all her own singing and mandolin playing.
In fact, throughout 2003, Parker and other A Mighty Wind cast members took their show on the road, playing fake folk music in character. Her most recent films include Laws of Attraction (2004) and Blade: Trinity (2004).
You'll see more of Parker in 2004 and 2005 films like Adam & Steve, The OH in Ohio and Asphalt Beach.
parker posey up close
In addition to acting, Parker makes pottery in her spare time and is an accomplished mime. She is also a contributing editor for Open City, a New York literary magazine that is also edited by her former boyfriend, Thomas Beller.
Parker's other former beaus have included producer-director Bob Gosse, Zach Leary (son of LSD researcher Dr. Timothy Leary), and actor Stuart Townsend (Charlize Theron's current boyfriend), with whom she moved to London, England in the late 1990s. At last report, she was seeing musician Ryan Adams.
sexiness
Parker Posey's sex appeal comes from her good looks and highly charged personality. While she might be too excitable for some, her playful exuberance is still hard to resist. Even though her wicked sense of humor sometimes gets her into trouble, that's half the fun.
But Parker's personality is not her only feature that might turn some off as easily as it turns others on. She smokes heavily and can definitely hold her own at the bar -- but whether these are enticing or not depends on one's personal taste.
personality & talent
Parker Posey has an energetic, if rather unpredictable, personality. An avid smoker, she can get emotional and melodramatic at times. Parker also has an irrepressible wit, which has often gotten her into trouble. For instance, she wasn't cast in Speed (in the role that made an overnight star of Sandra Bullock) because she kept joking around at her audition. "I just kept laughing because I felt so dumb," she later explained.
Parker's special talent is playing eccentric and oddball characters, from the "kooky sister" to the "icy girlfriend." Indeed, one of her most acclaimed performances was in The House of Yes, in which she played a woman obsessed with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. Parker's abilities have made her a favorite with offbeat directors such as Christopher Guest and Richard Linklater. Linklater explains her skills by saying, "With Parker, it's really subtle things... the way she takes her last drag on a cigarette and flips it away."
Parker Posey in Pepsi Commerial!!!
