Parker Christian Posey is an American actress. She became known during the 1990s after a series of roles in independent films that gained her the nickname "Queen of the Indies", and later playing improvisational roles in Christopher Guest's mockumentaries.
R. H. Watkins High School, State University of New York at Purchase
Nationality
United States of America
Parents
Lynda Patton, Chris Posey
Siblings
Christopher Posey
Nicknames
Parker Christian Posey , Queen of the Indies , Missy
Awards
Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actress
Nominations
Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Motion Picture Made for Television, MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance, Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Ensemble Performance, Satellite Award for Best Performanc...
Movies
Irrational Man, Dazed and Confused, Party Girl, Café Society, Best in Show, Blade: Trinity, Waiting for Guffman, Superman Returns, The House of Yes, Fay Grim, Broken English, You've Got Mail, Scream 3, Henry Fool, Josie and the Pussycats, Happy Tears, A Mighty Wind, Mascots, Kicking and Screaming, ...
TV Shows
The Return of Jezebel James, Bored to Death, Tales of the City (UK), Tracey Ullman Takes On New York
Star Sign
Scorpio
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Quote
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[on if she prefers working in independent film versus the studio system because of the more varied arrange of roles it may offer] I'm trying to work in studio movies, but they won't hire me. I get feedback from my agent saying, 'She's too much of an indie queen.' And then on the other side, my name doesn't get the financing to do a movie over $1 million. And I'm called 'the indie queen.' So it's really a challenging path because I know so much about the indie side of the business. Because I grew up in it. It's like I'm back in junior high here at Sundance. There's John Cooper and Trevor Groth and we all grew up together, you know? But it's different times. And this stuff gets projected onto me. People are like, 'You're here every year, you do so many indie movies.' And I'm like, 'No, I did Broken English (2007) five years ago.' It's just not the same. Our culture's not the same. Independent film and the way people go to the movies in the theater. Maybe it got oversaturated. I don't know...
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[on if independent film or film in general is evolving to something better] It has to. I think people are upset. I don't want my movie to be judged on how much money it makes. This is a great country. Where are those values of those pioneers? Where are those values? They aren't in the film industry anymore. Where's the responsibility? The arts aren't subsidized. You see what the culture focuses on and it's disturbing. As easy as it is to be nostalgic in these times and come here [Sundance Film Festival] and bemoan the old indie days...
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Being an indie queen, people think I have all these choices. Like I've just been sitting around waiting for the best indie film that I deem acceptable. There are a lot of independent films I've wanted to do that I haven't been cast in.
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I'm the character actor in Hollywood movies, the girl who has to be annoying so the guy can go to the other girl.
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I think that the past fifteen years--where women have gone to work and left the men--the baby boomers who are now in Hollywood and control a lot of the money are upset that the wives have gone or mommies gone off to work. There are all these scripts where the women, if they're working, are prostitutes and lawyers with an angry streak who'll kill you. It's a reaction to women leaving their men and men being angry about it and saying it on some subconscious level.
She and the other cast members have been playing concerts in role as the bands from A Mighty Wind (2003). So far they have played at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles in May 2003, and will be doing more concerts in Washington, D.C.; Boston, Massachusetts; and Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, in September 2003.
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Reuters rated her #19 in the 2003 edition of its annual "What Ever Happened to...?" list.
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Is a contributing editor to Open City literary magazine.
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One of Parker's current interests is making pottery.
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Named "Queen of Indies" by 'Time' magazine since she has appeared in some 30 films since 1994, most of them low-budget independent movies.
$10 Million
