Parker Posey
Actor
Sexy unpredictability, plus a touch of the Southern belle, made Parker Posey a favorite with hipsters and independent film fans in the 1990s. (Elle magazine called her a "Gen-X Audrey Hepburn," while Time dubbed her "the queen of the indies.") Posey is best known for her work in not-quite-mainstream movies like Dazed and Confused (1993), Kicking and Screaming (1995) and the Christopher Guest spoofs Best In Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003) and For Your Consideration (2006). Her best-known role may be Jackie-O, the disturbed twin sister who thinks she's Jackie Kennedy, in the 1997 film The House of Yes. Her other films include You've Got Mail (1998, with Meg Ryan), Laws of Attraction (2004, with Pierce Brosnan) and Superman Returns (2006, with Brandon Routh as Superman).Extra credit: Posey got her start on the soap opera As The World Turns.
Others associated with independent films: B-movie director Roger Corman, A-movie director Steven Soderbergh and actor Samuel L. Jackson.
Four Good Links
Parker Posey Filmography
From First Love, Fatal Love to A Mighty Wind and beyond
It's Parker!
Fan page with a good bio and photos, nicely indexed
The Women of Superman Returns
Lively 2006 interview from the website SheKnows
Fresh Air: For Your Consideration
Nifty 2006 interview with Posey from the NPR radio show
Vital Stats
Birth
8 November 1968
(age 39)
Birthplace
Death
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Best Known As
Indie goddess and star of Best in Show
