--- name: "Molly Parker" canonical: "https://film.one/person/molly-parker" fi1m_id: "molly-parker" imdb_id: "nm0662504" tmdb_id: 27125 wikidata_id: "Q435312" roles: ["Actor"] born: "30 June 1972" reviewed_on_fi1m: 4 average_fi1m_score: 79 average_as: "actor" average_over: 4 updated: "2026-10-03T01:28:06.953464+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Molly Parker ## Identity Molly Parker - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/molly-parker - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** molly-parker - **IMDb ID:** nm0662504 - **TMDB ID:** 27125 - **Wikidata ID:** Q435312 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Parker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q435312, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0662504/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27125 Actor. Born 30 June 1972 in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 30 June 1972, Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada - **Active:** 2004–present - **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as actor, over 4 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 84 (3), 2020s 66 (1) - **Fi1m against the critics:** 79 to 72 across 4 titles - **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 3, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Western 1 - **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $28m across 1 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly_Parker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q435312, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0662504/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/27125 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Deadwood*](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md) (91) - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Road*](https://film.one/film/the-road-2009.md) (78) - **Netflix:** [*Pieces of a Woman*](https://film.one/film/pieces-of-a-woman.md) (66) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Molly Parker > Molly Parker plays women who cannot say what they want, and she lets us watch them not say it. In *Deadwood* that stillness holds its own against the loudest talkers on television, and it remains the fullest use of her we have seen. Watch Alma Garret listen. The camp in *Deadwood* (2004) is full of men who talk in paragraphs, and Molly Parker spends much of the first season standing in a corset and a good dress while they do it. She does not fidget and she does not perform attention. She waits, and something behind the eyes keeps working, so that when she does speak the sentence lands harder than it would from anyone louder. Ian McShane's Al Swearengen gets the speeches. Parker gets the silences, and by the end of the first season we found we were waiting for hers more than for his. She has said the clothes taught her the part: "putting on those clothes, right away there is this physical impediment that you have to fight through in order to just live as a full human being." That is Alma exactly, and it is close to a description of the whole career. Parker's women are held in by something, a marriage, a drug, a room full of men with more power, and what she plays is the effort of living inside the constraint rather than the moment of breaking it. The career began in Canadian television in the early 1990s, after ballet and drama training in Vancouver, in the small parts that exist to be somebody's daughter. *Kissed* (1996) changed that: a lead as Sandra Larson, a medical student with a sexual attachment to the dead, in a film built to provoke and one of two she made with director Lynne Stopkewich. It got her noticed, and it announced an appetite for parts other actors would have thought about twice. Then *Deadwood*, three seasons with David Milch, with whom she has worked four times. Her scenes with Paula Malcomson's Trixie are where the series is most patient and least showy; they deny us the easy pleasure of a commanding speech, and they reward the viewer who stays with them. The risk of this kind of acting is that it can be mistaken for doing nothing, and in the first hours of *Deadwood* a newcomer may well think so of her, as of Timothy Olyphant's Bullock. Give it a few episodes. Since then television has had most of her: Jacqueline Sharp in *House of Cards* (2014–2016), Maureen Robinson in *Lost in Space* (2018–2021), Arlette James in *1922* (2017), and a lead in *Doc* (2025). We have not reviewed these and will not judge them here, but the shape is consistent: long-form, ensemble, a woman who has to wait for her turn. If you have never seen *Deadwood*, start there, and watch what she does while the men are talking. ## Biography Molly Parker is a Canadian actress. Born on 30 June 1972 in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, she trained in ballet from a young age and later studied acting at Vancouver's Gastown Actors' Studio. Her uncle, an actor, helped secure her first roles in Canadian television. She received early critical attention for her lead role in the film *Kissed* (1996). Parker is known for playing Alma Garret in the HBO series *Deadwood* (2004–2006) and its 2019 film continuation, Jacqueline Sharp in the Netflix series *House of Cards* (2014–2016), and Maureen Robinson in *Lost in Space* (2018–2021). She was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for *House of Cards*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org, deadwood.fandom.com.* ## On Fi1m (4) - *Pieces of a Woman* (2020), Fi1m 66, as Eva Woodward — [page](https://film.one/film/pieces-of-a-woman.md) - *Party Down* (2009), Fi1m 82, as Melinda Weintraub — [page](https://film.one/tv/party-down.md) - *The Road* (2009), Fi1m 78, as Friendly Woman — [page](https://film.one/film/the-road-2009.md) - *Deadwood* (2004), Fi1m 91, as Alma Garret — [page](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md) ## Complete filmography (103) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Doc* (2025), series, as Dr. Amy Larsen - *You Gotta Believe* (2024), as Kathy Kelly - *Peter Pan & Wendy* (2023), as Mary Darling - *Essex County* (2023), series, as Anne - *Accused* (2023), series, as Laura Broder - *Jockey* (2021), as Ruth Wilkes - *Pieces of a Woman* (2020), as Eva Woodward — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/pieces-of-a-woman.md) - *Words on Bathroom Walls* (2020), as Beth - *Deadwood: The Movie* (2019), as Alma Ellsworth - *Madeline's Madeline* (2018), as Evangeline - *Lost in Space* (2018), series, as Maureen Robinson - *Magic Bullet* (2018), as Rachel - *Wormwood* (2017), series, as Alice Olson - *1922* (2017), as Arlette James - *Bird* (2017), Director, Writer - *Wormwood* (2017), as Alice Olson - *Small Crimes* (2017), as Charlotte Boyd - *American Pastoral* (2016), as Sheila Smith - *Goliath* (2016), series, as Callie Senate - *2149: The Aftermath* (2016), as Lillian - *Weirdos* (2016), as Laurie - *The 9th Life of Louis Drax* (2016), as Dalton - *Heritage Minutes: Nursing Sisters* (2015), as Narrator (voice) - *Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs* (2014), as Janine Jeffs - *Pete's Christmas* (2013), as Pamela - *Hold Fast* (2013), as Aunt Ellen - *The Playroom* (2013), as Donna Cantwell - *Motive* (2013), series, as Chloe Myton - *House of Cards* (2013), series, as Jackie Sharp - *Hemingway & Gellhorn* (2012), as Pauline Hemingway - *The Firm* (2012), series, as Abby McDeere - *Gone* (2011), as Amy Kettering - *That's What I Am* (2011), as Sherri Nichol - *Oliver Sherman* (2011), as Irene Page - *Trigger* (2010), as Kat - *Shattered* (2010), series, as Ella Sullivan - *Human Target* (2010), series, as Rebecca Brooks - *The Quinn-tuplets* (2010), as Rebecca Quinn-Adatto - *The Road* (2009), as Friendly Woman — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-road-2009.md) - *Party Down* (2009), series, as Melinda Weintraub — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/party-down.md) - *Swingtown* (2008), series, as Susan Miller - *Rear Projection: Molly Parker* (2006), Actor - *Dexter* (2006), series, as Lisa Marshall — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/dexter.md) - *The Wicker Man* (2006), as Sister Rose / Sister Thorn - *Hollywoodland* (2006), as Laurie Simo - *Who Loves the Sun* (2006), as Maggie Claire - *Nine Lives* (2005), as Lisa - *Break a Leg* (2005), as Kate - *Deadwood* (2004), series, as Alma Garret — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md) - *The Good Shepherd* (2004), as Madeline Finney - *Iron Jawed Angels* (2004), as Emily Leighton - *Marion Bridge* (2003), as Agnes - *Odd Job Jack* (2003), series, as Alberta Malone (voice) - *Undying Love* (2002), as Narrator - *Men with Brooms* (2002), as Amy Foley - *Pure* (2002), as Mel - *Max* (2002), as Nina Rothman - *Looking for Leonard* (2002), as Monica · Executive Producer - *Rare Birds* (2001), as Alice - *Last Wedding* (2001), as Sarah - *Suspicious River* (2001), as Leila Murray - *Six Feet Under* (2001), series, as Rabbi Ari — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/six-feet-under.md) - *The Center of the World* (2001), as Florence - *The War Bride* (2001), as Sylvia - *Waking the Dead* (2000), as Juliet Beck - *Ladies Room* (1999), as Julia - *The Intruder* (1999), as Daisy - *Sunshine* (1999), as Hannah Wippler - *The Five Senses* (1999), as Anna Miller - *Wonderland* (1999), as Molly - *Under Heaven* (1998), as Cynthia - *Twitch City* (1998), series, as Hope - *Intensity* (1997), as Chyna Shepherd - *Intensity* (1997), series, as Chyna Shepherd - *Bliss* (1997), as Connie - *Contagious* (1997), as Flight Attendant Stephanie - *Titanic* (1996), series, as Lulu Foley - *Hard Core Logo* (1996), as Band Member - Jenifur (uncredited) - *Kissed* (1996), as Sandra Larson - *Poltergeist: The Legacy* (1996), series, as Liz Barrow - *The Sentinel* (1996), series, as Switchman - *Ebbie* (1995), as Frannie - *Deceived by Trust: A Moment of Truth Movie* (1995), as Rachel Morton - *Freefall: Flight 174* (1995), as Norma Sax - *Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years* (1995), series, as Frances Phillips - *Last of the Dogmen* (1995), as Nurse - *Wings of Courage* (1995), as Jean's Dance Partner (uncredited) - *The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky* (1995), as Sue - *The Outer Limits* (1995), series, as Jennifer - *The Marshal* (1995), series, as Teri Sinclair - *Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story* (1995), as Lynette - *Little Criminals* (1995), as Social Worker - *Paris or Somewhere* (1994), as Peg Kennedy - *One More Mountain* (1994), as Eliza Williams - *The Substitute* (1993), as Courtney - *Madison* (1993), series, as Karen - *Just One of the Girls* (1993), as Lynne - *Highlander: The Series* (1992), series, as Alice Ramsey - *Nightmare Cafe* (1992), series, as Ivy - *My Son Johnny* (1991), as Lori Spoda - *Silent Motive* (1991), as 2nd Female Questioner - *Heritage Minutes* (1991), series, as Narrator - *Neon Rider* (1989), series, as Dora 'Susie' Brody, Kate, Gloria Miller ## Gallery - ![Molly Parker](https://film.one/media/person/61233/gallery-92130d26e162.jpg) Molly Parker — https://www.flickr.com/photos/urbanmixer/, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Canadian_actress_Molly_Parker-_March_2009.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![A Canadian actress Molly Parker at the premiere of "Trigger" directed by Bruce McDonald, during the Toronto International Film Festival, 2010.](https://film.one/media/person/61233/gallery-f13ba7d39346.jpg) A Canadian actress Molly Parker at the premiere of "Trigger" directed by Bruce McDonald, during the Toronto International Film Festival, 2010. — Josh Jensen, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Molly_Parker.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Molly Parker speaking at the 2018 WonderCon, for "Netflix's Lost in Space", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Sk](https://film.one/media/person/61233/gallery-6cbfdd12c68d.jpg) Molly Parker speaking at the 2018 WonderCon, for "Netflix's Lost in Space", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Sk — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Molly_Parker_%2827234286608%29.jpg/1280px-Molly_Parker_%2827234286608%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Toronto International Film Festival 2016 (2017)](https://film.one/media/person/61233/gallery-6745bcc26733.jpg) Toronto International Film Festival 2016 (2017) — Gordon Correll, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Molly_Parker_%2833128872045%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Molly Parker](https://film.one/media/person/61233/gallery-c06490ac8b60.jpg) Molly Parker — Image via TMDB - ![Molly Parker](https://film.one/media/person/61233/gallery-243f1a427556.jpg) Molly Parker — Image via TMDB - ![Molly Parker](https://film.one/media/person/61233/gallery-9e959bc03738.jpg) Molly Parker — Image via TMDB - ![Molly Parker speaking at the 2018 WonderCon, for "Netflix's Lost in Space", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Sk](https://film.one/media/person/61233/gallery-605528b997cc.jpg) Molly Parker speaking at the 2018 WonderCon, for "Netflix's Lost in Space", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Sk — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Molly_Parker_%2840212321135%29.jpg/1280px-Molly_Parker_%2840212321135%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Molly Parker speaking at the 2018 WonderCon, for "Netflix's Lost in Space", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Sk](https://film.one/media/person/61233/gallery-908f9ec7a6c4.jpg) Molly Parker speaking at the 2018 WonderCon, for "Netflix's Lost in Space", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Sk — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Molly_Parker_%2840212325805%29.jpg/1280px-Molly_Parker_%2840212325805%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Molly Parker](https://film.one/media/person/61233/gallery-8f22946f6e81.jpg) Molly Parker — Image via TMDB - ![Molly Parker](https://film.one/media/person/61233/gallery-da5b845dabd3.jpg) Molly Parker — Image via TMDB - ![Molly Parker](https://film.one/media/person/61233/gallery-282fc32d9c8b.jpg) Molly Parker — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Genie Awards 1997: Genie Awards (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. 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