Biography
Parker Posey is an American actress. Born on 8 November 1968 in Baltimore, Maryland, she trained at the State University of New York at Purchase and began her career with a role on the soap opera As the World Turns before making her film debut in Joey Breaker (1993).
She gained prominence in independent cinema with roles in Dazed and Confused (1993), Party Girl (1995), The House of Yes (1997) and Clockwatchers (1997), and has collaborated frequently with director Christopher Guest on films including Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003) and For Your Consideration (2006). Other credits include Scream 3 (2000), Superman Returns (2006), Irrational Man (2015), Café Society (2016), Beau Is Afraid (2023) and the series Lost in Space (2018–2021) and The White Lotus (2025). She has received nominations for a Golden Globe Award and two Independent Spirit Awards.
