Parker Posey
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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.<ref name="time97">Template:Cite magazine</ref> She has received nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards, 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 third season of the HBO anthology series The White Lotus (2025). Her book, You're on an Airplane: A Self-Mythologizing Memoir, was published in 2018.
Early life
Posey was born November 8, 1968 in Baltimore, Maryland to Lynda (née Patton),<ref>Template:Usurped March 28, 2008, Leader Call</ref><ref>"Now, We're Just Parker Posey's Parents – Humor Keeps Actress's Popularity In Perspective" Template:Webarchive July 2006, Jackson Mississippi Clarion-Ledger</ref>Template:Failed verification a chef, and Chris Posey, owner of a car dealership. She was named after model Suzy Parker, and has a twin brother, Christopher.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Failed verification After Posey's birth, her family lived in Monroe, Louisiana for 11 years.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> As a child, she showcased an inclination for performing, and attended Strong River Camp and Farm in Pinola, Mississippi.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Career
1990s
Posey attended the State University of New York at Purchase, where she studied drama.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> While Posey was studying, a talent agent saw her 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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.<ref name="Carr">Template:Cite news</ref> The latter film is considered to be "the [introduction] for most viewers at the time to the actor herself".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 1994, Posey 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> That year, she appeared in Nora Ephron's black comedy Mixed Nuts, Nigel Dick's thriller Final Combination, and Rory Kelly's dramedy Sleep with Me.
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,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> the film was shot in 19 days.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It was an arthouse success and the first feature film to premiere on the Internet.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Film critic Roger Ebert called it a "showcase leading role for Parker Posey […] who obviously has the stuff, and generates wacky charm."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 1995, Posey played a recovering alcoholic who idolizes Janis Joplin in Peter Cohn's drama Drunks,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> one half of an estranged couple in Hartley's Flirt, the leading lady's "eternal love slave" in Gregg Araki's The Doom Generation,<ref name="time97"/> a serial killer in Todd Verow's Frisk, and a college student in Noah Baumbach's directorial debut Kicking and Screaming.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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 an apathetic 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."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She received positive reviews for her role as a delusional woman in love with her own brother in The House of Yes (1997).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Writing for Entertainment Weekly, Owen Gleiberman asserted that "The House of Yes is knowingly overripe, a kitsch melodrama that dares to make incest sexy,"<ref name="ew"/> and noted that "Parker Posey may never have a role that suits her as perfectly."<ref name="ew">Template:Cite magazine</ref> For her performance, she was awarded a Special Recognition for Acting Award at Sundance.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Posey was nicknamed "Queen of the Indies" by Time in 1997.<ref name="time97"/> She has often considered the title somewhat of a hindrance, and during a 2012 interview with IndieWire, recalled:
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She appeared in Robert Dornhelm's The Venice Project (1999) as part of an ensemble cast led by Dennis Hopper and Lauren Bacall.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2000s
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."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In Wes Craven's horror sequel Scream 3 (2000), she played an ill-fated actress. Her performance earned her positive reviews and a MTV Movie Award nomination. Scream 3 made $161.8 million globally.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>Template:Circular reference 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,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> later gained a cult following.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref name="Carr"/> As a member of the A Mighty Wind cast, she won the Best Cast award from the Florida Film Critics Circle.
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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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In Blade: Trinity, she played a vampire leader, alongside Wesley Snipes, Ryan Reynolds, and Jessica Biel.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Blade made $132 million worldwide despite a negative critical reception.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2005, she portrayed an "unfunny stand-up comic" and the close friend of a gay man in Craig Chester's comedy Adam & Steve,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and acted off-Broadway in David Rabe's Hurlyburly. Chester likened her to Bette Davis, saying, "She's very passionate about her work. She's obsessed with the art of acting. She's disciplined, opinionated, and has high standards."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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.<ref name="Carr"/> She was the only actress considered for the role.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Posey">Template:Cite magazine</ref> Budgeted at over $200 million, Superman Returns was Posey's biggest studio film, and with a worldwide gross of $391.1 million,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> it proved to be her highest-grossing film to date.<ref>https://m.the-numbers.com/person/115830401-Parker-Posey box-office success</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Posey was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the 33rd Saturn Awards.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Hartley's Fay Grim (2006) starred Posey as her Henry Fool character as she attempts to unravel an increasingly violent mystery in Europe.<ref>The New York Times</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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),<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> which screened at the Sundance Film Festival<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and the 29th Moscow International Film Festival.<ref name="Moscow2007">Template:Cite web</ref> The film was nominated at the 23rd Independent Spirit Awards for Best First Screenplay and Posey was nominated for Best Female Lead.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The series was originally given a 13-episode order, but it was cut to seven episodes in anticipation of a pending scriptwriters’ strike.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The Eye grossed $58 million worldwide.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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".<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2010s
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> However, her next film, Michael Walker's comedy Price Check (2012), earned her favorable notices.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In 2012, Posey portrayed Mary Welsh Hemingway, with Nicole Kidman and Clive Owen, in the HBO film Hemingway & Gellhorn, which depicted the relationship between journalist couple Ernest Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> That year, she originated the role of Pony Jones in Will Eno's The Realistic Joneses, which ran at the Yale Repertory Theater,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> She appeared in Hartley's Ned Rifle, the third and final film in his Henry Fool trilogy, again reprising her role of Fay Grim.<ref name="cast">Template:Cite magazine</ref> 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.<ref name="kickstarter">Template:Cite web</ref> The film premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.<ref name="Panorama">Template:Cite web</ref>
In Woody Allen's mystery drama Irrational Man (2015), Posey portrayed an unsatisfied chemistry professor, opposite Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone.<ref name="Posey-Blackley">Template:Cite news</ref> 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."<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The film was released to mixed reviews at Cannes.<ref name="variety1">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> That year, she had a recurring arc as an eccentric aunt in Granite Flats and guest-starred as Mary Phelps Jacob in Drunk History.
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Critically and commercially, the film fared better than Irrational Man.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 2016, she starred as one half of a couple facing a dream-home-building strife in Jonathan Parker's comedy The Architect,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and as an aging dance artist in Guest's Mascots. Her performance in the latter was positively singled out by some critics.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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.<ref name="littlebrown.co.uk">Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> 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."<ref name="littlebrown.co.uk"/> 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."<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
From 2018 to 2021, Posey appeared as Dr. Smith, a petty criminal, in Lost in Space, the Netflix remake of the 1965 television series.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In contrast, Jen Chaney of Vulture characterized her performance as providing "understated, sly comedic touches",<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Beth Elderkin of Gizmodo agreed: "Her performance definitely includes the character's trademark levity and humor."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2020s
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.<ref name="vp">Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref name="vp" /> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In Ari Aster's surrealist tragicomedy Beau is Afraid (2023), Posey appeared as the first love 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".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She played the daughter of the titular character in Josh Margolin's Thelma (2024), alongside June Squibb.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She spent six months in Thailand, where shooting took place, beginning in February 2024.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The series was acclaimed by critics,<ref>Template:Cite Rotten TomatoesTemplate:Cbignore</ref> who largely praised her Southern accent.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She starred as an eccentric neighbour in the comedy horror film The Parenting (2025).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She is featured in the Hyundai Palisade “All That And More” advertising campaign which debuted on 4 September 2025.<ref>"Hyundai's New Ad Campaign with Parker Posey Proves the All-New Palisade Really Is 'All That And More,'" Hyundai Motor America, Wednesday 3 September 2025. Retrieved 14 September 2025.</ref>
Personal life
Posey dated actor Stuart Townsend after meeting on the set of The Venice Project (1999). They broke up in 2001.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She was in a relationship with rock singer Ryan Adams from 2003 to 2005.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She provided vocals on several of his records from his album Rock n Roll.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> From the late 2000s to the early 2010s, she dated visual artist Scott Lenhardt.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Posey has lived in both Greenwich Village and the East Village in New York City.<ref name="Doge">Template:Cite news</ref> She has taken up pottery and sewing as hobbies,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> practices Ashtanga yoga,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and is a follower of Ayurvedic medicine, which she discovered while filming The Eye (2008) in Albuquerque, New Mexico.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Filmography
Film
| 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 J. Burrell | ||
| 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 | Template:Pending film | Post-production |
Television
| 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"<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | |
| 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 |
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Stage
| 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
References
Further reading
External links
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