November 8th, 2007 - Happy Birthday Parker Posey!

She became known during the 1990s, after a series of roles in several well-reviewed independent films. As a result, she has often been referred to as the “Queen of the Indies”.

Posey was born in Baltimore, Maryland, the daughter of Lynda, a chef, and Chris Posey, who owned a Chevrolet dealership. She has a fraternal twin brother, Christopher. Posey’s unisex first name was a tribute by her father to 1950s supermodel Suzy Parker. After Posey’s birth, the family moved to Greenwood, Mississippi, where her mother worked as a chef and culinary instructor for the Viking Range Corporation, and her father, after coming back from the Vietnam War with long time friend Bill Pearson, opened a dealership named Posey Chevrolet in Laurel, Mississippi. The family also lived at times in Monroe, Louisiana. Posey was raised in the Catholic religion.

Throughout the late 1990s, Posey starred in a large number of independent films and was named Queen of the Indies by Time Magazine, which cited 32 independent films to her credit, including Personal Velocity, Clockwatchers, Party Girl, and The House of Yes, for which she received especially positive reviews for her portrayal of a delusional woman in love with her own brother. She is part of the acting ensemble that appears in director Christopher Guest’s films, including his four mock documentaries (Waiting for Guffman in 1996, Best in Show in 2000, A Mighty Wind in 2003, and For Your Consideration in 2006). Posey is also a favorite of director Hal Hartley. She appeared in Henry Fool (1998), two of his shorts, Opera No. 1 (1994) (with Adrienne Shelley, another Hartley regular) and “Sisters of Mercy” (2004). Posey also starred in his most recent film, Fay Grim (2006). Posey received acclaim for her performance in Zoe Cassavetes directorial debut Broken English in 2007.

Posey has had supporting roles in several big budget studio films, including Scream 3 (2000), You’ve Got Mail (1998), Josie and the Pussycats (2001), Laws of Attraction (2004) and Blade: Trinity (2004). She also had a small but notable performance in Superman Returns, playing Kitty Kowalski, an assistant to villain Lex Luthor.

Posey will be starring in the up-coming Fox series The Return of Jezebel James.

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