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Parker's Biography

Full Name: Parker Christian Posey
Nickname: "Missy"
Date of Birth: November 8, 1968
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland
High School: North Carolina School of the Arts
College: State University of New York at Purchase

The following is an article from the Sacramento Bee, written by Joe Baltake in 1998

Every year, Entertainment Weekly devotes one of its more disposable issues to the coolest people in show business, an arbitrary assortment (invariably headed by Madonna and Bruce Willis) selected by its writers and editors. Don't be surprised if this year's cover girl turns out to be the ubiquitous Parker Posey.

The difference is that Posey deserves the distinction. She's the real thing. Her cool is genuine, coming by way of the whopping 25 movies she's made since her debut in 1993. Twenty-five movies in five years - all of them hip and most of them, with the exception of three, independent features.

The exceptions, all mainstream movies made for big studios, are Steve Barron's "Coneheads'' (1993) and Nora Ephron's "Mixed Nuts'' (1994), both weird enough to fit in comfortably with the counterculture slant of Posey's work, and the upcoming Chris Farley-Matthew Perry flick, "Edwards and Hunt.''

Her latest movie, "The House of Yes,'' directed by Mark Waters, is the apotheosis of hip, in which Posey gives another stylish performance as a cracked young woman with an unhealthy fascination for both the late Jacqueline Kennedy and her beloved twin brother (played by Josh Hamilton).

Her rich performance won Posey the best actress award at the Sundance Film Festival last January, and you can see why. As Jackie-O, as the character calls herself, Posey does a nifty update of Katharine Hepburn, playing her wildly neurotic heroine with the same brittle charm and sharp intelligence that have marked Hepburn's characters. And it helps that Posey has an angular, offbeat beauty also reminiscent of the venerable actress - patrician looks with good cheekbones and a spray of freckles.

At 28, Posey is the Gen X answer to Katharine Hepburn. In film after film, Posey has oozed a surefire combination of elegance, attitude and mayhem. She's become the madcap ruler of independent movies. That's why she's been dubbed "The Queen of the Indies.''

Posey's current reign started in 1993 when she was hired by Richard Linklater to make her debut in his multicharacter piece, "Dazed and Confused,'' a film that has the distinction of also introducing Matthew McConaughey, Renee Zellwegger and Joey Lauren Adams and Ben Affleck (stars of the recent "Chasing Amy''). In it, Posey played a whip-smart but nasty teen named Darla, spitting nails with her dialogue.

Prior to "Dazed and Confused,'' Posey did a stint on the CBS soap "As the World Turns,'' playing bad girl Tess Shelby. She came to that role fresh out of college - the State University of New York at Purchase. She had settled at Westchester County's SUNY Purchase, majoring in drama, after spending her childhood in Laurel, Miss., with her twin brother, Chris, and their parents who, according to Posey, "valued imagination as much as reality.''

Her father, owner of a car dealership, thought it would be great to name her after the chic 1950s supermodel and sometime actress, Suzy Parker.

In "Coneheads,'' her second feature, Posey started out as a glorified extra, but through her persistence ended up playing Stephanie, the best friend of the character Connie Conehead.

The movie was a huge failure but Posey made a good impression on its producer, Lorne Michaels (from "Saturday Night Live''), which would prove to be handy in a couple of years. In the meantime, Posey racked up credits in Amos Poe's "Joey Breaker'' (1993); Ephron's "Mixed Nuts'' and Rory Kelly's "Sleep with Me'' (1994).

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Parker's Biography Full Name: Parker Christian Posey Nickname: "Missy" Date of Birth: November 8, 1968 Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland High School: North Carolina School of the Arts College: State University of New York at Purchase The following is an article from the Sacramento Bee, written by Joe Baltake in 1998 Every year, Entertainment Weekly devotes one of its more disposable issues to the coolest people in show business, an arbitrary assortment (invariably headed by Madonna and Bruce Willis) selected by its writers and editors. Don't be surprised if this year's cover girl turns out to be the ubiquitous Parker Posey. The difference is that Posey deserves the distinction. She's the real thing. Her cool is genuine, coming by way of the whopping 25 movies she's made since her debut in 1993. Twenty-five movies in five years - all of them hip and most of them, with the exception of three, independent features. The exceptions, all mainstream movies made for big studios, are Steve Barron's "Coneheads'' (1993) and Nora Ephron's "Mixed Nuts'' (1994), both weird enough to fit in comfortably with the counterculture slant of Posey's work, and the upcoming Chris Farley-Matthew Perry flick, "Edwards and Hunt.'' Her latest movie, "The House of Yes,'' directed by Mark Waters, is the apotheosis of hip, in which Posey gives another stylish performance as a cracked young woman with an unhealthy fascination for both the late Jacqueline Kennedy and her beloved twin brother (played by Josh Hamilton). Her rich performance won Posey the best actress award at the Sundance Film Festival last January, and you can see why. As Jackie-O, as the character calls herself, Posey does a nifty update of Katharine Hepburn, playing her wildly neurotic heroine with the same brittle charm and sharp intelligence that have marked Hepburn's characters. And it helps that Posey has an angular, offbeat beauty also reminiscent of the venerable actress - patrician looks with good cheekbones and a spray of freckles. At 28, Posey is the Gen X answer to Katharine Hepburn. In film after film, Posey has oozed a surefire combination of elegance, attitude and mayhem. She's become the madcap ruler of independent movies. That's why she's been dubbed "The Queen of the Indies.'' Posey's current reign started in 1993 when she was hired by Richard Linklater to make her debut in his multicharacter piece, "Dazed and Confused,'' a film that has the distinction of also introducing Matthew McConaughey, Renee Zellwegger and Joey Lauren Adams and Ben Affleck (stars of the recent "Chasing Amy''). In it, Posey played a whip-smart but nasty teen named Darla, spitting nails with her dialogue. Prior to "Dazed and Confused,'' Posey did a stint on the CBS soap "As the World Turns,'' playing bad girl Tess Shelby. She came to that role fresh out of college - the State University of New York at Purchase. She had settled at Westchester County's SUNY Purchase, majoring in drama, after spending her childhood in Laurel, Miss., with her twin brother, Chris, and their parents who, according to Posey, "valued imagination as much as reality.'' Her father, owner of a car dealership, thought it would be great to name her after the chic 1950s supermodel and sometime actress, Suzy Parker. In "Coneheads,'' her second feature, Posey started out as a glorified extra, but through her persistence ended up playing Stephanie, the best friend of the character Connie Conehead. The movie was a huge failure but Posey made a good impression on its producer, Lorne Michaels (from "Saturday Night Live''), which would prove to be handy in a couple of years. In the meantime, Posey racked up credits in Amos Poe's "Joey Breaker'' (1993); Ephron's "Mixed Nuts'' and Rory Kelly's "Sleep with Me'' (1994). more of biograpghy
	Not that she didn't give Hollywood an occasion stab. Posey auditioned for - but lost out on - the roles subsequently played by Sandra Bullock and Lauren Holly in "Speed'' and "Turbulence,'' respectively. But she worked steadily in the indies, usually for the hottest directors - Hal Hartley (in "Amateur''), Noah Baumbach ("Kicking & Screaming'') and Gregg Araki ("The Doom Generation''). That same year, in 1995, she was among the ensemble cast of the American Playhouse production of "Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City,'' for PBS, and also got her first lead role in a movie that would become her career signature - Daisy von Scherler Mayer's "Party Girl,'' for which she was paid a paltry $75 a day. Mary, her flitty character in "Party Girl,'' is like a more neurotic Mary Richards - a nightclubber, a fixture in New York's smoky demimonde, whose seemingly unappealing day job, as a librarian, teaches her responsibility. The film crystallized the fact that Posey was not made for a conventional movie like "Speed.'' And Posey herself, who has lived in the Chelsea section of New York for six years now, became known as the party girl among independent players: She enjoys traveling from film to film, set to set, getting inside new characters, meeting new people and working with old friends. Against the wishes of her management, she took two supporting roles, both in 1996, after the success of "Party Girl'' - in Hartley's "Flirt'' and Julian Schnabel's "Basquiat,'' in which she played New York art dealer Mary Boone and got to meet the real-life Boone. When Christopher Guest was looking for someone to play the Dairy Queen counter girl in his improvisational "Waiting for Guffman,'' released earlier this year, he called Lorne Michaels, his old "Saturday Night Live'' boss, for some suggestions. Michaels immediately recommended Posey. The riotous "Waiting for Guffman'' is one of five Parker Posey films released this year - so far - and in it, she gets laughs by playing her character as a sad, delusional young woman. The role also gave Posey a chance to sing and dance on screen (she does a hilarious version of Doris Day's "Teacher's Pet'' in the audition scene), fulfilling a lifelong dream. Posey once flirted with the idea of being a musical comedy star, having applied to the North Carolina School of the Arts, before opting for the theater/drama program at SUNY Purchase. This year, Posey has also appeared in Linklater's "SubUrbia,'' Peter Coen's "Drunks'' and Greg Mottola's "The Daytrippers,'' one of the best films of the year. Coming up either later this year or in early 1998 will be Jill Sprecher's "Clockwatchers,'' a comedy co-starring Toni Colette ("Muriel's Wedding''), Lisa Kudrow (TV's "Friends'') and Alanna Ubach ("Denise Calls Up''); Hartley's "Henry Fool''; and Shawn Alex Thompson's black comedy, "Dinner at Fred's,'' co-starring Gil Bellows (Billy on TV's "Ally McBeal''). A staple of the film-festival circuit, Posey had the distinction this year of having three films - "The House of Yes,'' "Clockwatchers'' and "Suburbia'' - in contention at Sundance. In "The House of Yes,'' this year's critics' darling, she does a provocative on-screen investigation of her relationship with her own twin. That may be why the performance is so unsettling - and successful. Now, there's talk of an Oscar, or at least a nomination. After a stint on the L.A. stage this past spring in John Patrick Shanley's play, "Four Dogs and a Bone,'' opposite Brendan Fraser, Posey went to London and Paris for a film titled "The Misadventures of Margaret,'' co-starring Rupert Everett and Jeremy Northam. She's also co-written the script for "Dumb in Love'' with her "Sleep With Me'' director, Rory Kelly. Steven Spielberg has noticed all of this. He's asked Posey to develop a TV pilot, tentatively titled "The Prisoner,'' for his company, DreamWorks. Barely taking a breath, she will head back to London this spring for "What Rats Won't Do,'' a comedy which Posey recently described to New York magazine as "lovely and quick'' and "not another good career move.'' But who cares? Parker Posey, despite how success is measured in the area of Hollywood and Vine, remains the actress of choice of those of us who venture to see films beyond the cineplexes in the malls. That's because she has the ability to turn in performance after performance that seems authentic and real, free of anything phony, and yet highly stylized. Posey acts up a storm, you know she's acting up a storm, and yet you utterly believe everything she does. NOTE: This article was taken from http://www.parkerposey.org/ go to top of page