Parker Posey

Parker Christian Posey (born November 8, 1968) is an American actress. She was labeled "Queen of the Indies" for her roles in a succession of independent films throughout the 1990s, such as ''Dazed and Confused'' (1993), ''Party Girl'', ''The Doom Generation'', ''Kicking and Screaming'' (all 1995), ''The Daytrippers'' (1996), ''The House of Yes'', ''Clockwatchers'' (both 1997), and ''Henry Fool'' (1998). She is the recipient of nominations for a Golden Globe, a Satellite Award, and two Independent Spirit Awards.

Although she began to work in bigger projects during the late 1990s, Posey has continued to work in small-scale features such as ''Personal Velocity: Three Portraits'' (2002), ''Fay Grim'' (2006), ''Broken English'' (2007), and ''Columbus'' (2017). Her more mainstream credits include ''You've Got Mail'' (1998), ''Scream 3'' (2000), ''Josie and the Pussycats'' (2001), ''The Sweetest Thing'' (2002), ''Blade: Trinity'' (2004), ''Superman Returns'' (2006), ''Café Society'' (2016), and ''Beau Is Afraid'' (2023). She frequently works with Christopher Guest and has co-starred in several of his mockumentaries: ''Waiting for Guffman'' (1996), ''Best in Show'' (2000), ''A Mighty Wind'' (2003), ''For Your Consideration'' (2006), and ''Mascots'' (2016).

On television, Posey appeared in the recurring role of Alice White on BYUtv's ''Granite Flats'' (2015), co-starred as Dr. Smith on all three seasons of Netflix's ''Lost in Space'' (2018–2021), and won critical acclaim for playing Freda Black in the HBO Max miniseries ''The Staircase'' (2022). Provided by Wikipedia