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Not to be confused with Parker McKenna Posey or Posie Parker.

Parker Posey
Posey in 2018
Born
Parker Christian Posey

(1968-11-08) November 8, 1968 (age 56)
Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1991–present

Parker Christian Posey (born November 8, 1968) is an American actress. Known for playing eccentric characters in independent films, she was named "Queen of the Indies" by Time in 1997.[1] She has received nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and an Independent Spirit Award.

Posey's film credits include Dazed and Confused (1993), Party Girl, Kicking and Screaming (both 1995), The Daytrippers (1996), The House of Yes, Clockwatchers (both 1997), Henry Fool, You've Got Mail (both 1998), Scream 3 (2000), Josie and the Pussycats (2001), Blade: Trinity (2004), Superman Returns (2006), Broken English (2007), Irrational Man (2015), Café Society (2016), Columbus (2017), and Beau Is Afraid (2023). She has worked with Christopher Guest in his mockumentary films Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), A Mighty Wind (2003), For Your Consideration (2006), and Mascots (2016).

On television, Posey has starred in the Netflix science fiction series Lost in Space (2018–2021), the HBO Max miniseries The Staircase (2022), and the third season of the HBO anthology series The White Lotus (2025).[2][3]

Early life

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Posey was born November 8, 1968, in Baltimore, Maryland, to Lynda (née Patton),[4][5] a chef, and Chris Posey, owner of a car dealership. She has a twin brother, Christopher Posey. After Posey's birth, her family lived in Monroe, Louisiana, for 11 years.[6] They later moved to Laurel, Mississippi, where her mother worked as a chef and culinary instructor for the Viking Range Corporation in Greenwood and her father operated a car dealership She was raised Catholic.[7]

Born "into turbulence", Posey described her family as "fabulous Southern characters", saying "I'm a character actor because I come from a family of characters."[8] As a child, she showcased an inclination for performing, and attended Strong River Camp and Farm in Pinola, Mississippi.[9] She also studied ballet and traveled to the University of North Carolina School of the Arts for training during their summer programs. At 12, she auditioned to attend the school's competitive ballet department but was not accepted. Her father encouraged her to act instead.[10]

Career

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1990s

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Posey attended the State University of New York at Purchase, where she studied drama.[11] While studying, a talent agent saw Posey in a play and took her on as a client, sending her out on auditions for independent films and off-off-Broadway plays. Less than three weeks before graduation, she dropped out of school after landing her first break in television with the eight-episode role of Tess Shelby on the daytime soap opera As the World Turns.[12]

In 1993, Posey made her first film appearances in Steve Barron's comedy Coneheads, Steven Starr's romance film Joey Breaker, and Richard Linklater's coming-of-age comedy Dazed and Confused.[13] The latter film is considered to be "the [introduction] for most viewers at the time to the actor herself".[14] In 1994, Posley appeared in Hal Hartley's short film Opera No. 1 and was featured in his crime comedy Amateur. Those parts marked the beginning of a recurrent collaboration between the director and the actress. That year, she briefly played a rollerblader in Nora Ephron's black comedy Mixed Nuts.

Posey’s role as a free-spirited young woman living in New York City in Daisy von Scherler Mayer's Party Girl (1995) proved to be her breakthrough. Budgeted at $150,000,[15] the film was shot in 19 days.[16] It was an arthouse success and the first feature film to premiere on the Internet.[17] Film critic Roger Ebert called it a "showcase leading role for Parker Posey […] who obviously has the stuff, and generates wacky charm."[18] In 1995, Posey played a recovering alcoholic who idolizes Janis Joplin in Peter Cohn's drama Drunks,[19] one half of a estranged couple in Hartley's Flirt, the leading lady's "eternal love slave" in Gregg Araki's The Doom Generation, [1] a serial killer in Todd Verow's Frisk, and a college graduate in Noah Baumbach's directorial debut Kicking and Screaming.[20]

Posey took on the role of a perky Dairy Queen employee in Christopher Guest's mockumentary Waiting for Guffman (1996), about a community theatre group. Starting with this film, she became a member of a loose repertory group that has appeared in several of Guest's films, in which the actors improvise much of the dialogue and receive the same fee and the same portion of profits.[21] In 1996, Posey played a young woman living in a small town in Richard Linklater's SubUrbia, gallery owner Mary Boone in Julian Schnabel's Basquiat, and a supportive sister in Greg Mottola's The Daytrippers. Janet Maslin of The New York Times commented that "the main action of The Daytrippers is bright, real and even poignant enough to make this journey worth the ride," and felt that Posey played her character as "the apotheosis of blase cool."[22]

Posey starred alongside Lisa Kudrow, Toni Collette and Alanna Ubach in Clockwatchers (1997), which depicted the lives of four friends working in an office. Dustin Putman of TheFilmFile called it a "jewel of a film" and praised the performances of the cast, describing Posey as "winning and humorous".[23] She received positive reviews for her role as a delusional woman in love with her own brother in The House of Yes (1997).[24][25] Writing for Entertainment Weekly, Owen Gleiberman asserted that "The House of Yes is knowingly overripe, a kitsch melodrama that dares to make incest sexy,"[26] and noted that "Parker Posey may never have a role that suits her as perfectly."[26] For her performance, she was awarded a Special Recognition for Acting Award at Sundance.[27]

Posey was nicknamed "Queen of the Indies" by Time in 1997.[1] She has often considered the title somewhat of a hindrance, and during a 2012 interview, recalled:

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 [...] But it's different times. And this stuff gets projected onto me. People are like, "You're here [at the Sundance film festival] every year, you do so many indie movies." And I'm like, "No, I did Broken English five years ago."[28]

In 1998, Posey appeared as the unemployed sister of a socially inept garbageman in Hartley's Henry Fool, a gold-digging widow in Alastair Reid's What Rats Won't Do, and the title role in Brian Skeet's The Misadventures of Margaret. In her first major studio film credit, Nora Ephron's romantic comedy You've Got Mail (1998), she portrayed an abrasive publisher, alongside Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. The film received positive reviews and was a commercial success, grossing over $250 million worldwide.[29] She appeared in Robert Dornhelm's The Venice Project (1999) as part of an ensemble cast led by Dennis Hopper and Lauren Bacall.[30]

2000s

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In Christopher Guest's Best in Show (2000), which revolved around the dog show circuit, Posey starred as a stereotypical yuppie and the owner of a Weimaraner. The film has a 93% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with the website's critical consensus reading, "Best in Show boasts an appealingly quirky premise and a brilliantly talented cast."[31] In Wes Craven's horror sequel Scream 3 (2000), she played an ill-fated actress. Her performance earned her positive reviews and an MTV Movie Award nomination. Scream 3 made $161.8 million globally.[32] She appeared as a villainous record label CEO in Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan's musical comedy Josie and the Pussycats (2001) which, despite mixed reviews and lackluster box office returns,[33] later gained a cult following.[34]

In 2001, Posey made her Broadway debut, playing one half a of struggling Manhattan couple, in Elaine May's Taller Than a Dwarf, which was directed by Alan Arkin and ran at the Longacre Theatre.[35] From 2000 to 2001, she provided her voice for episodes of Futurama and The Simpsons, and guest-starred in Will & Grace. She received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film for playing an ambitious rival in the CBS television film Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay.[36]

Posey played a "terrified bride" in Roger Kumble's romantic comedy The Sweetest Thing (2002). Roger Ebert was critical of the film but called her "invaluable".[37] She starred with Kyra Sedgwick and Fairuza Balk in Rebecca Miller's drama Personal Velocity: Three Portraits (2002), about three women who escape from their afflicted lives. For her performance, she was nominated for Best Female Lead at the 18th Independent Spirit Awards and was the runner-up for Best Supporting Actress from the New York Film Critics Circle. In 2003, Posey starred as an assistant district attorney in Thom Fitzgerald's drama The Event, and as a former juvenile delinquent and folk band member in Guest's A Mighty Wind, for which she sang and learned to play the mandolin.[13] As a member of the A Mighty Wind cast, she won the Best Cast award from the Florida Film Critics Circle.

Posey in May 2007

Posey's two screen outings in 2004 —Laws of Attraction, and Blade: Trinity— received wide theatrical releases. The courtroom-based romantic comedy Laws of Attraction featured her as a divorcing designer, opposite Pierce Brosnan and Julianne Moore. The film was panned by critics and flopped at the box office.[38] In Blade: Trinity, she played a vampire leader, alongside Wesley Snipes, Ryan Reynolds, and Jessica Biel.[39] Blade made $132 million worldwide despite a negative critical reception.[40] In 2005, she portrayed the close friend of a gay man in Craig Chester's comedy Adam & Steve,[41] and acted off-Broadway in David Rabe's Hurlyburly.

In 2006, Posey appeared in Superman Returns as Kitty Kowalski, Lex Luthor's ditzy sidekick, a character based on Eve Teschmacher from the 1978 film Superman.[13] She was the only actress considered for the role.[42][43] Budgeted at over $200 million, Superman Returns was Posey's biggest studio film, and with a worldwide gross of $391.1 million,[44] it proved to be her highest-grossing film to date.[45][46] Posey was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 33rd Saturn Awards.[47] Hartley's Fay Grim (2006) starred Posey as her Henry Fool character as she attempts to unravel an increasingly violent mystery in Europe.[48] Although she had a smaller role in the first film, the director was impressed with her acting and had always intended for the sequel to focus on her character.[49] That year, she starred as a sexually frustrated wife in Billy Kent's comedy The Oh in Ohio and an ingénue in Guest's For Your Consideration. The latter film's cast was honored with Best Ensemble nominations from the Chlotrudis Awards and the Gotham Awards.

Posey starred as a single career woman in Zoe Cassavetes's romantic dramedy Broken English (2007),[50] which screened at the Sundance Film Festival[51] and the 29th Moscow International Film Festival.[52] The film was nominated at the 23rd Independent Spirit Awards for Best First Screenplay and Posey was nominated for Best Female Lead.[53] She signed on for her first regular role on television in The Return of Jezebel James, as a successful children's book editor who, unable to have children herself, asks her estranged younger sister (Lauren Ambrose) to carry her baby.[54] The series was originally given a 13-episode order, but it was cut to seven episodes in anticipation of a pending scriptwriters’ strike.[55][56] It premiered on the Fox television network in 2008 as a mid-season replacement, but was officially canceled after the third episode aired due to low ratings.[57]

In David Moreau and Xavier Palud's The Eye (2008), a remake of the Hong Kong horror film, Posey played the sister of a violinist (Jessica Alba) who receives an eye transplant that allows her to see into the supernatural world. Though not well received by critics,[58] The Eye grossed $58 million worldwide.[59] She starred with Amy Poehler and Rachel Dratch in Ryan Shiraki's Spring Breakdown (2009), a comedy about three long-time friends vacationing together at a popular travel destination for college co-eds. Ray Greene of Boxoffice magazine, after seeing the film at Sundance, gave the film no stars, saying: "The annual Sundance “What the f---” moment has arrived in the form of Spring Breakdown, a very bad genre exercise starring some very good comedic actresses."[60] In Mitchell Lichtenstein's dramedy Happy Tears (2009), Posey portrayed a daughter helping her father with age-related issues. David Fear of Time Out managed to give a film at least one star, writing that "not even the reliable Posey can salvage this slag heap".[61]

2010s

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Artie Mandelberg's crime film Inside Out (2011), in which Posey starred as the wife of an ex-con, did not connect with critics nor audiences.[62] However, her next film, Michael Walker's comedy Price Check (2012), earned her positive notices.[63] Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter asserted that Posey "brings a certain gonzo enthusiasm to the office setting, pulling off the role with expert comic timing."[64] From 2011 to 2012, Posey guest-starred in Parks and Recreation, The Big C, The Good Wife, Louie, and New Girl. She received positive reviews for her four-episode stint as Louis C.K.'s love interest in Louie.[65] Lindsay Bahr of Entertainment Weekly said that Posey "used her arsenal of talent and the material written and directed by C.K. to bring Liz to life".[66] Andy Greenwald of GrantLand felt that she was "funny, engaging, and breathless" and went on to call Posey "one of the most gifted actors alive".[67]

In 2012, Posey portrayed Mary Welsh Hemingway, alongside Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen, in the HBO film Hemingway & Gellhorn, which depicted the relationship between journalist couple Ernest Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn.[68] That year, she originated the role of Pony Jones in Will Eno's The Realistic Joneses, which ran at the Yale Repertory Theater,[69] and was honored with the Excellence in Acting Award at the Provincetown International Film Festival.

In 2013, Posey appeared as the mother of a teenage genius and outcast in Billy Kent's Hair Brained, a mayor in Andrew Meieran's Highland Park, and a hospital volunteer in Zack Bernbaum's And Now a Word from Our Sponsor. The following year, she reunited with Nicole Kidman in Olivier Dahan's biographical film Grace of Monaco, playing the titular character's lady-in-waiting. Opening out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival, the film received largely negative reviews.[70] She appeared in Hartley's Ned Rifle, the third and final film in his Henry Fool trilogy, again reprising her role of Fay Grim.[71] Hartley launched a fundraising campaign through Kickstarter to produce the film, netting a total of $384,000. Posey, along with several other cast members as well as some crew members, appeared in several videos promoting the campaign.[72] The film premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival[73] and the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.[74]

In Woody Allen's mystery drama Irrational Man (2015), Posey portrayed an unsatisfied chemistry professor, opposite Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone.[75] She described her casting as a "relief", explaining that "the independent film way of working is something that was in my bones. It's like being a part of a punk band but no one's singing punk rock anymore. Only a few bands are able to play, and Woody Allen is one of them. That's why I cried."[76] The film was released to mixed reviews at Cannes.[77][78] David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that Posey "plays on her eccentricities as an actor while still keeping them firmly in check, finding both desperation and amusing acerbity" in her role.[79] That year, she had a recurring arc as an eccentric aunt in Granite Falls and guest-starred as Mary Phelps Jacob in Drunk History.

Posey at the premiere of Mascots at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival

Posey collaborated with Allen again in Café Society (2016), in which she played a "witty and engaging" modeling-agency owner and high-society fixture, alongside Steve Carell, Jesse Eisenberg, and Blake Lively.[80] Critically and commercially, the film fared better than Irrational Man.[81] In 2016, she starred as one half of a couple facing a dream-home-building strife in Jonathan Parker's comedy The Architect,[82] and as an aging dance artist in Guest's Mascots. Her performance in the latter was positively singled out by some critics.[83] Her next film role was that of a renowned scholar's longtime assistant in Kogonada's directorial debut Columbus (2017). She was described as "vibrant" and "excellent" by Geoff Berkshire of Variety and Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian, respectively.[84][85] She played the "unstable" assistant of a "volatile" filmmaker in James Oakley's caper film The Con Is On (2018), co-starring Uma Thurman, Crispin Glover, and Alice Eve.[86]

Posey’s first book, You're on an Airplane: A Self-Mythologizing Memoir (2018), was published by Blue Rider Press. Centered on the idea that the reader is sitting next to Posey on an airplane, the book mixes personal anecdotes from her career, random observations, stories about her life, and homemade photo collages.[87][88] The book received critical acclaim. According to Elle magazine, it is "a humour-packed, irreverent, eccentric book packed with personal stories, whimsical how-tos and recipes, as well as collages made by her."[87] Esquire wrote: "Posey is a natural storyteller; performing, in any way really, is mostly about sharing stories. And she's gathered some good ones for her memoir, which also perfectly encapsulates the delightful weirdo you assume she is just by watching her play different people on screen."[89]

From 2018 to 2021, Posey appeared as Dr. Smith, a petty criminal, in Lost in Space, the Netflix remake of the 1965 television series.[90] David Griffin of IGN called it "an excellent sci-fi adventure with a slight villain problem", criticizing Posey's role as an unsophisticated and one-dimensional character who lacks redeeming qualities.[91] In contrast, Jen Chaney of Vulture characterized her performance as providing "understated, sly comedic touches",[92] and Beth Elderkin of Gizmodo agreed: "Her performance definitely includes the character's trademark levity and humor."[93] She was nominated for a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress in Streaming Presentation. In 2019, she starred as a carpenter's object of affections in Hernán Jiménez's romantic comedy Elsewhere, and headlined the eight-episode audio fiction podcast Hunted, wherein she plays a U.S. Deputy Marshal tracking four escaped convicts from a federal maximum-security correctional facility.[94]

2020s

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In 2022, Posey portrayed prosecutor Freda Black in the HBO Max miniseries The Staircase. For her role, she studied videos of Black to learn her mannerisms, and spent a significant amount of time speaking to the people who knew her best.[95] She described the part as both a "homecoming" and a "distinct honor", as Black is one of the only real-life people she has portrayed in her work.[95] That year, she guest-starred in Tales of the Walking Dead, an anthology series based on the AMC series The Walking Dead, and the following year, she acted as the ingénue Irene in an extended off-Broadway run of Thomas Bradshaw's adaptation of The Seagull/Woodstock, NY, at the Pershing Square Signature Center.[96]

In Ari Aster's surrealist tragicomedy Beau is Afraid (2023), Posey appeared as the fling of a mild-mannered but paranoia-ridden man, alongside her Irrational Man co-star Joaquin Phoenix. Despite her limited screen time, David Rooney highlighted her "fabulous performance", noting that it was "fearlessly in line with Aster’s nightmarish vision".[97] She played the daughter of the titular character in Josh Margolin's Thelma (2024), alongside June Squibb.[98] For her two-episode arc as a spy in Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2024), Posey received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.

In 2025, Posey portrayed a wealthy matriarch as part of the main cast of the third season of the HBO anthology series The White Lotus.[99] She spent six months in Thailand, where shooting took place, beginning in February 2024.[100] The series was acclaimed by critics,[101] who largely praised her Southern accent.[102] She starred as an eccentric neighbour in the comedy horror film The Parenting (2025).[103]

Personal life

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Posey dated actor Stuart Townsend after meeting on the set of The Venice Project (1999). They broke up in 2001.[104] She was in a relationship with rock singer Ryan Adams from 2003 to 2005.[105][106] During their relationship, she provided vocals on several of his records.[107] She has lived in both Greenwich Village and the East Village in New York City.[108]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1993 Coneheads Stephanie
Joey Breaker Irene Kildare
Description of a Struggle Wanda
Dazed and Confused Darla Marks
1994 Mixed Nuts Rollerblader
Amateur Girl Squatter
Final Combination Denise
Sleep with Me Athena
1995 Party Girl Mary
Drunks Debbie
Flirt Emily
The Doom Generation Brandi
Kicking and Screaming Miami
1996 Frisk Fergie
subUrbia Erica
Basquiat Mary Boone
1997 The House of Yes "Jackie-O" Pascal
The Daytrippers Jo Malone
Waiting for Guffman Libby Mae Brown
Clockwatchers Margaret Burre
1998 Henry Fool Fay Grim
What Rats Won't Do Mirella Burton
You've Got Mail Patricia Eden
The Misadventures of Margaret Margaret Nathan
1999 Dinner at Fred's Celia
The Venice Project Myra
2000 Scream 3 Jennifer Jolie (aka Judy Jurgenstern)
Best in Show Meg Swan
2001 The Anniversary Party Judy Adams
Josie and the Pussycats Fiona
2002 The Sweetest Thing Judy Webb
Personal Velocity Greta
2003 A Mighty Wind Sissy Knox
The Event Nick
2004 Blade: Trinity Danica Talos
Laws of Attraction Serena Jamison
2005 Adam & Steve Rhonda
2006 For Your Consideration Callie Webb
Fay Grim Fay Grim
The Oh in Ohio Priscilla Chase
Superman Returns Kitty Kowalski
2007 Broken English Nora Wilder
2008 The Eye Helen Wells
2009 Spring Breakdown Becky St. Germaine Direct-to-DVD
Happy Tears Jayne
2011 Inside Out Claire Small
The Love Guide Angelica Lovecraft
2012 Price Check Susan Felders
2013 Highland Park Shirley Paine
Hair Brained Shelia Pettifog
And Now a Word from Our Sponsor Karen Hillridge
2014 Grace of Monaco Madge Tivey-Faucon
Ned Rifle Fay Grim
2015 Irrational Man Rita Richards
2016 Café Society Rad
The Architect Drew
Mascots Cindi Babineaux
2017 Columbus Eleanor
2018 The Con Is On Gina
2019 Elsewhere Marie
2023 Beau Is Afraid Elaine Bray
2024 Thelma Gail
2025 The Parenting Brenda
TBA Wild Horse Nine † Filming
Key
† Denotes film or TV productions that have not yet been released

Television

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Year Film Role Notes
1991 First Love, Fatal Love Television film
1992 As the World Turns Tess Shelby 8 episodes
1993 Tales of the City Connie Bradshaw 4 episodes
Tracey Ullman Takes on New York Libby TV special
1998 More Tales of the City Connie Bradshaw Episode: "1.1"
2000 Futurama Umbriel Voice; episode: "The Deep South"
The Simpsons Becky Voice; episode: "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge"
2001 Further Tales of the City Connie Bradshaw 3 episodes
Will & Grace Dorleen 2 episodes
2002 Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay Jinger Heath Television film
2004 Frankenstein Detective Carson O'Conner Television film
2006 Boston Legal Marlene Stanger 4 episodes
2008 The Return of Jezebel James Sarah Tompkins 7 episodes
2009 Bored to Death Michelle Whiting Episode: "The Case of the Stolen Skateboard"
2011 Parks and Recreation Lindsay Carlisle Shay Episode: "Eagleton"
The Big C Poppy Kowalski 3 episodes
2011–2012 The Good Wife Vanessa Gold 3 episodes
2012 Hemingway & Gellhorn Mary Welsh Hemingway Television film
Louie Liz 4 episodes
New Girl Casey Episode: "Re-Launch"
2014 Inside Amy Schumer Parker Posey Episode: "Allergic to Nuts"
2015 Portlandia Herself Episode: "Fashion"
Granite Flats Alice White 8 episodes
Drunk History Mary Phelps Jacob Episode: "Inventors"
2016 Skylanders Academy Dreamcatcher Voice; episode: "Dream Girls"
Bream Gives Me Hiccups Deborah Katzman Pilot
Search Party "Brick" 3 episodes
2018–2021 Lost in Space Dr. Smith / June Harris 28 episodes
2018 Robot Chicken Lenny Busker / Angela / Sphinx Voice; episode: "Gimme That Chocolate Milk"
2020 High Fidelity Noreen Parker Episode: "Uptown"
2022 The Staircase Freda Black 6 episodes
Tales of the Walking Dead Blair Crawford Episode: "Blair / Gina"[109]
2024 Mr. & Mrs. Smith Second Other Jane 2 episodes
Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Kat Swan Voice; episode: "Dog Day Mid-Afternoon"
2025 The White Lotus Victoria Ratliff 8 episodes
Key
† Denotes series that have not yet been released

Stage

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Year Play Role Theatre
1995 Four Dogs and a Bone Brenda Geffen Playhouse, Regional
2000 Taller Than a Dwarf Selma Miller Longacre Theatre, Broadway
2003 Fifth of July Gwen Landis Peter Norton Space, Off-Broadway
2005 Hurlyburly Darlene Acorn Theatre/37 Arts Theatre, Off-Broadway
2012 The Realistic Joneses Pony Jones Yale Repertory Theatre, Regional
2023 The Seagull / Woodstock, NY Irene Pershing Square Signature Center, Off-Broadway

Awards and nominations

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Year Award Category Work Result
1997 Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Recognition The House of Yes Won
Satellite Awards Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy Nominated
2000 MTV Movie & TV Awards Best Comedic Performance Scream 3 Nominated
2002 Golden Globe Awards Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film Hell on Heels: The Battle of Mary Kay Nominated
Independent Spirit Awards Best Lead Female Personal Velocity Nominated
New York Film Critics Circle Awards Best Supporting Actress Runner-up
2003 Florida Film Critics Circle Awards Best Cast A Mighty Wind Won
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards Best Cast Nominated
2006 Gotham Awards Best Ensemble Cast For Your Consideration Nominated
Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actress Superman Returns Nominated
2007 Independent Spirit Awards Best Lead Female Broken English Nominated
2008 Fright Meter Awards Best Supporting Actress The Eye Nominated
2019 Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actress in Streaming Presentation Lost in Space Nominated
2024 Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Mr. & Mrs. Smith Nominated

References

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