Biography
After getting her start in a number of television movies, many of which were filmed in Vancouver, Parker developed a reputation for uncompromising portrayals in edgy independents like "Kissed" (1996) and "The Center of the World" (2001), both of which were highly-charged portrayals of unorthodox sexuality. Following performances as more reserved women in the speculative "Max" (2002) and the acclaimed cable movie "Iron Jawed Angels" (HBO, …
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Career Milestones
2009 | Cast in the feature adaptation of Joe Penhall's novel, "The Road" | |
2008 | Cast as a series regular in the CBS wife-swapping drama "Swingtown" | |
2006 | Featured in Neil Labute's remake of the 70s horror film, "The Wicker Man" | |
2005 | Cast in Rodrigo García's ensemble "Nine Lives," which offers glimpses into the lives of nine women | |
2004 | Cast as Alma Garret in the critically acclaimed HBO series "Deadwood" | |
2004 | Played a young suffragette in HBO Films' "Iron Jawed Angels" opposite Hilary Swank and Angelica Houston | |
2002 | Starred in the Canadian feature "Marion Bridge" | |
2002 | Played a female rabbi in two episodes of HBO's acclaimed drama "Six Feet Under" | |
2001 | Portrayed a stripper hired to accompany a rich young millionaire to Las Vegas in "The Center of the World" | |
2000 | Played the socialite girlfriend of Billy Crudup's congressional hopeful in the Sundance-screened "Waking the Dead" | |
1999 | Played Hannah Sors, a Catholic convert married to Ralph Fiennes in Istvan Szabo's "Sunshine" | |
1999 | Acted in the Canadian ensemble feature "The Five Senses" | |
1999 | Played a single mother-to-be in Michael Winterbottom's "Wonderland" | |
1998 | Cast in the short-lived Canadian sitcom "Twitch City" | |
1997 | Played the lead role in the FOX mini-series "Intensity" | |
1997 | Made American feature film debut in "Bliss" | |
1996 | Breakthrough role as a sympathetically portrayed necrophiliac in the Canadian feature "Kissed" | |
1995 | Played a supporting role in the NBC fact-based TV-movie "Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story" | |
1993 | Made episodic TV debut in the ABC sitcom "Jack's Place" | |
1993 | Featured in the FOX comedy "Just One of the Girls" | |
1991 | Made professional acting debut in the Canadian TV-movies "Silent Motive" and "My Son Johnny" | |
1975 | Began taking ballet lessons at age three | |
| Raised on a farm in Pitt Meadows, British Columbia | ||
Awards
2007 | Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series in Deadwood |
2002 | Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead in The Center of the World |