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{{short description|Canadian actress (born 1972)}}
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|caption = Parker at the 2018 [[WonderCon]]
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|6|30}}
|birth_place = [[Maple Ridge, British Columbia|Maple Ridge]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]
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|occupation = {{hlist|Actress|writer|director}}
|years_active = 1991–present1991–present
|children = 1
|spouse = [[Matt Bissonnette (director)|Matt Bissonnette]] ({{abbr|m.|married}} 2002; {{abbr|div.|divorced}} 2016)
|awards = [[List of awards and nominations received by Molly Parker|Full list]]
|works = [[List of Molly Parker performances|Filmography]]
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'''Molly Parker''' (born 30 June 30, 1972) is a Canadian actress, writer, and director. She hasgarnered hadcritical rolesattention for her portrayal of a necrophiliac medical student in the controversial drama ''[[independent filmKissed]]s'' as(1996). wellShe assubsequently television.starred Herin accoladesthe includetelevision twothriller ''[[GenieIntensity Awards(film)|Intensity]],'' one(1997) before landing her first major American film role in the drama ''[[CanadianWaking Screenthe AwardsDead (film)|CanadianWaking Screenthe AwardDead]],'' one(2000). She gained further notice for her role as a [[IndependentLas Spirit AwardsVegas]] nomination,escort onein the drama ''[[PrimetimeThe EmmyCenter Awards|Primetimeof Emmythe AwardWorld]]'' nomination(2001), andfor threewhich nominationsshe was nominated for the [[ScreenIndependent Actors GuildSpirit Award for Best Female Lead]].
 
In the early 2000s, Parker had lead roles in several films, including ''[[Max (2002 film)|Max]]'' (2002), ''[[Pure (2002 film)|Pure]]'' (also 2002), and ''[[Nine Lives (2005 film)|Nine Lives]]'' (2005). Beginning in 2004, she starred as Alma Garret on the [[HBO]] Western series ''[[Deadwood (TV series)|Deadwood]]'', appearing in all three seasons. She subsequently appeared in the [[post-apocalyptic film|post-apocalyptic]] thriller ''[[The Road (2009 film)|The Road]]'' (2009), and the independent drama ''[[Trigger (2010 film)|Trigger]]'' (2010). In 2011, she appeared as a recurring guest star in the sixth season of ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]'', before being cast as politician Jacqueline Sharp on the [[Netflix]] series ''[[House of Cards (American TV series)|House of Cards]]'' in 2014. She appeared in theThe role forearned seasons two through four, earningParker a Primetime Emmy nomination for the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series]] for her performance in the fourth season.▼
A native of the [[Maple Ridge, British Columbia|Maple Ridge]] suburb of [[Vancouver]], British Columbia, Parker began her career in Canadian film and television projects, and garnered critical attention for her portrayal of a [[necrophilia]]c medical student in the controversial drama ''[[Kissed]]'' (1996). She subsequently starred in the television thriller ''[[Intensity (film)|Intensity]]'' (1997) before landing her first major American film, the drama ''[[Waking the Dead (film)|Waking the Dead]]'' (2000). She gained further critical attention for her role as a [[Las Vegas]] [[call girl|escort]] in [[Wayne Wang]]'s low-budget drama ''[[The Center of the World]]'' (2001), for which she was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead|Best Lead Actress]].
 
Parker'sHer subsequent film roles include the drama ''[[American Pastoral (film)|American Pastoral]]'' (2016) and two Netflix-produced features: the crime drama ''[[Small Crimes]]'', and the [[Stephen King]] adaptation ''[[1922 (2017 film)|1922]]'' (both 2017). She also starred in [[Errol Morris]]'s docudrama miniseries ''[[Wormwood (miniseries)|Wormwood]]''. From 2018 to 2021, she starred as Maureen Robinson in ''[[Lost in Space (2018 TV series)|Lost in Space]]'', a Netflix-produced remake of the [[Lost in Space|1965 TV series]].▼
▲In the early 2000s, Parker had lead roles in several films, including ''[[Max (2002 film)|Max]]'' (2002), ''[[Pure (2002 film)|Pure]]'' (also 2002), and ''[[Nine Lives (2005 film)|Nine Lives]]'' (2005). Beginning in 2004, she starred as Alma Garret on the [[HBO]] Western series ''[[Deadwood (TV series)|Deadwood]]'', appearing in all three seasons. She subsequently appeared in the [[post-apocalyptic film|post-apocalyptic]] thriller ''[[The Road (2009 film)|The Road]]'' (2009), and the independent drama ''[[Trigger (2010 film)|Trigger]]'' (2010). In 2011, she appeared as a recurring guest star in the sixth season of ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]'', before being cast as politician Jacqueline Sharp on the [[Netflix]] series ''[[House of Cards (American TV series)|House of Cards]]'' in 2014. She appeared in the role for seasons two through four, earning a Primetime Emmy nomination for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series]] for her performance in the fourth season.
 
▲Parker's subsequent film roles include the drama ''[[American Pastoral (film)|American Pastoral]]'' (2016) and two Netflix-produced features: the crime drama ''[[Small Crimes]]'', and the [[Stephen King]] adaptation ''[[1922 (2017 film)|1922]]'' (both 2017). She also starred in [[Errol Morris]]'s docudrama miniseries ''[[Wormwood (miniseries)|Wormwood]]''. From 2018 to 2021, she starred as Maureen Robinson in ''[[Lost in Space (2018 TV series)|Lost in Space]]'', a Netflix-produced remake of the [[Lost in Space|1965 TV series]].
 
==Biography==
===1972–1990: Earlyearly life===
Parker was born 30 June 1972<ref>{{cite news|agencywork=[[Associated Press News]]|url=https://www.apnews.com/3ab9a7b47c7d4093a58063c7bb1eceb1|title=Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 30–July 6|date=24 June 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20191020054013/https://www.apnews.com/3ab9a7b47c7d4093a58063c7bb1eceb1|archive-date=20 October 2019|url-status=live|access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref> in [[Maple Ridge, British Columbia]], Canada, a suburb of [[Vancouver]], and spent her childhood on a farm in [[Pitt Meadows]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/television/hillary-clinton-lady-macbeth-molly-parker-on-house-of-cards/article16895933|title=Hillary Clinton + Lady Macbeth = Molly Parker on House of Cards|first=Johanna|last=Schneller|newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]]|date=14 February 2014|access-date=29 October 2014}}</ref> She has one younger brother, Henry.<ref name=lost>{{cite news|url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/television/molly-parker-gets-lost-in-space|work=[[Vancouver Sun]]|title=Molly Parker gets Lost in Space for new Vancouver-shot Netflix series|date=10 April 2018|location=Vancouver, British Columbia|last=Gee|first=Dana|access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref> Parker's parents, whom she has described as "[[hippie]]s," operated a [[seafood]] store.{{sfn|Solski|2009|p=23}} Parker trained in [[ballet]] from ages 3 to 17, and spent three years performing with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet Company.{{sfn|Solski|2009|p=23}}
 
She began acting in local productions at age 14.{{sfn|Solski|2009|p=23}} Her uncle's agent represented her early in her career, when she had parts in various Canadian television roles before studying with [[Vancouver]]'s Gastown Actors' Studio.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.tribute.ca/people/molly-parker/3179|title=Molly Parker biodata|work=Tribute.ca|access-date=29 October 2014}}</ref>
 
===1991–2001: Earlyearly work and breakthrough===
In 1993, she had a supporting role in the [[Corey Haim]]-led teen comedy ''[[Anything for Love|Just One of the Girls]]''.<ref name=justone>{{cite web|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|url=https://variety.com/1993/tv/reviews/fox-night-at-the-movies-just-one-of-the-girls-1200433399/|url-status=live|title=Fox Night at the Movies Just One of the Girls|last=Everett|first=Todd|date=13 September 1993|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430073144/https://variety.com/1993/tv/reviews/fox-night-at-the-movies-just-one-of-the-girls-1200433399/|archive-date=30 April 2019}}</ref> She also appeared in the television thriller film ''[[The Substitute (1993 film)|The Substitute]]'', in a supporting role.<ref name=substitute>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1993/tv/reviews/usa-world-premiere-movie-the-substitute-1200433233/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=Review: 'Usa World Premiere Movie the Substitute'|last=Everett|first=Todd|date=22 September 1993|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305075751/http://variety.com/1993/tv/reviews/usa-world-premiere-movie-the-substitute-1200433233/|archive-date=5 March 2016}}</ref> Parker portrayed Alice Ramsey in "The Wrath of Kali" (1995), a fourth-season episode of ''[[Highlander: The Series]]''. She played the daughter of ''[[Margarethe Cammermeyer]]'', a [[lesbian]] military officer, in the television film ''[[Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story|Serving in Silence]]'' (1995), opposite [[Glenn Close]] and [[Judy Davis]].{{sfn|Solski|2009|p=23}} She also appeared in a minor role as a nurse in the Western ''[[Last of the Dogmen]]'' (1995),<ref name=amg>{{cite web|work=[[AllMovie]]|title=Molly Parker Filmography|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/molly-parker-p220528/filmography|access-date=21 October 2019}}</ref> as well as the [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] holiday television film ''[[Ebbie]]'' (also 1995) playing the niece (and sister) of [[Susan Lucci]]'s Scrooge character, in a modern retelling of [[Charles Dickens]]'s ''[[A Christmas Carol]]''.<ref name=ebbie>{{cite web|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|location=Los Angeles, California|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-04-ca-10116-story.html|date=4 December 1995|title=TV REVIEW : 'Ebbie' a Nice Twist on the Dickens Classic|author=Heffley, Lynne|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020090854/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-12-04-ca-10116-story.html|archive-date=20 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> She then won a [[Gemini Award]] nomination for her performance in the Canadian television film ''Paris or Somewhere''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://playbackonline.ca/1996/02/12/5034-19960212/|title=Special Report: Gemini Nominees: Who’sWho's nominated|date=12 February 1996|access-date=22 January 2019}}</ref>{{sfn|Pratley|2003|p=166}} The following year, Parker had her breakthrough portraying a [[necrophilia]]c medical student in [[Lynne Stopkewich]]'s controversial film ''[[Kissed]]'' (1996).{{sfn|Solski|2009|p=23}} The film saw Parker win the Genie Award for Best Actress that year.{{sfn|Solski|2009|p=23}} Also in 1996, Parker appeared in an episode of the Canadian horror series ''[[Poltergeist: The Legacy]]'', as well as [[Bruce McDonald (director)|Bruce McDonald]]'s independent film ''[[Hard Core Logo]]'', in which she portrayed an aspiring actress.<ref name=mpfr>{{cite magazine|title=Molly Parker|ppage=460|workmagazine=Film Review|publisher=Orpheus Pub.|year=2003|location=London|issn=0957-1809}}</ref> In 1997, Parker starred as Chyna Shepard, a kidnap victim, in the television horror-thriller film ''[[Intensity (film)|Intensity]]'', an adaptation of the [[Dean Koontz]] [[Intensity (novel)|novel]].<ref name=intensity>{{cite news|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/05/arts/don-t-go-in-the-house-really-don-t.html|title=Don't Go in the House! Really, Don't!|last=James|first=Caryn|date=5 August 1997|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229220323/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/08/05/arts/don-t-go-in-the-house-really-don-t.html|archive-date=29 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Beginning in 1998, she was cast in the surrealist Canadian [[sitcom]] ''[[Twitch City]]'', which aired for two seasons.<ref name=av/> She subsequently appeared as a pregnant woman in [[Michael Winterbottom]]'s ''[[Wonderland (1999 film)|Wonderland]]'' (1999), and in the historical drama ''[[Sunshine (1999 film)|Sunshine]]'' (also 1999), playing a Hungarian Jew during [[World War II]].{{sfn|Solski|2009|p=23}} She also co-starred with [[Charlotte Gainsbourg]] and [[Nastassja Kinski]] in the Canadian-British thriller film ''[[The Intruder (1999 film)|The Intruder]]'', about a woman who murders her husband's lover.<ref name=intruder>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/the-intruder-4-1200459309/|title=Review: 'The Intruder'|last=Nesselson|first=Lisa|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=25 October 1999|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190607044032/https://variety.com/1999/film/reviews/the-intruder-4-1200459309/|archive-date=7 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Parker's first major American film was the drama ''[[Waking the Dead (film)|Waking the Dead]]'' (2000), in which she co-starred with [[Billy Crudup]] and [[Jennifer Connelly]], playing the socialite girlfriend of a political candidate.{{sfn|Solski|2009|p=23}} The same year, Parker reunited with Lynne Stopkewich for the drama ''[[Suspicious River]]'' (2000) in which she portrayed a rape victim.{{sfn|Pratley|2003|p=211}} For her performance, Parker was nominated for a [[Leo Awards|Leo -Award]] for Best Actress. She also starred in ''[[The War Bride]]'' (2001), which earned her a Genie Award nomination for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]]. The same year, Parker appeared in the low-budget independent film ''[[The Center of the World]]'', directed by [[Wayne Wang]], in which she starred as a [[stripper]] who accompanies a man (played by [[Peter Sarsgaard]]) on a weekend in [[Las Vegas]] for $10,000. Parker gained critical notice for the film, earning an [[Independent Spirit Awards|Independent Spirit Award]] nomination for [[Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead|Best Female Lead]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/bal-artslife-news-spiritawards-jan09-story.html|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|location=Chicago, Illinois|title=Spirit Awards tilt toward true independence|last=Munoz|first=Lorenza|date=9 January 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170723232440/http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/bal-artslife-news-spiritawards-jan09-story.html|archive-date=23 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
===2002–2009: Mainstreammainstream success===
In 2002, Parker appeared opposite [[Keira Knightley]] in the drama film ''[[Pure (2002 film)|Pure]]'', portraying a mother suffering from heroin addiction.{{sfn|Solski|2009|p=23}} The same year, she had a supporting role in the thriller ''[[Max (2002 film)|Max]]'', starring [[John Cusack]] and [[Noah Taylor]],{{sfn|Pratley|2003|p=140}} and also guest-starred in two episodes of the [[HBO]] series ''[[Six Feet Under (TV series)|Six Feet Under]]'', playing a [[rabbi]]. Also in 2002, Parker married her first husband, writer and director Matthew Bissonette,<ref name=divorce>{{cite web|url=https://etcanada.com/news/177515/molly-parker-and-husband-file-for-divorce-7-years-after-separating/|work=[[Entertainment Tonight Canada]]|title=Molly Parker And Husband File For Divorce – 7 Years After Separating|date=29 October 2016|last=Furdyk|first=Brent|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328200500/http://etcanada.com/news/177515/molly-parker-and-husband-file-for-divorce-7-years-after-separating/|archive-date=28 March 2017|url-status=livedead}}</ref> and was one of the executive producers of his debut feature film ''[[Looking for Leonard]]''.<ref>David Spaner, "Molly relishes producing role: Parker behind and in front of the camera for latest film, Looking for Leonard". ''[[The Province]]'', 29 November 2002.</ref>
 
Parker starred opposite [[Christian Slater]] in the drama ''[[The Confessor (film)|The Good Shepherd]]'' (2004).<ref name=goodshepherd>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2004/film/reviews/the-good-shepherd-3-1200530765/|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|title=The Good Shepherd|last=Elley|first=Derek|date=27 September 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191021040745/https://variety.com/2004/film/reviews/the-good-shepherd-3-1200530765/|archive-date=21 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Derek Elley of ''Variety'' praised the performances, writing: "Slater and Parker make a sharp pair of leads, each handling their dialogue with crisp efficiency."<ref name=goodshepherd/> The same year, she starred in the historical drama ''[[Iron Jawed Angels]]'', opposite [[Hilary Swank]] and [[Frances O'Connor]], which charts the lives of several suffragists, including [[Alice Paul]] and [[Lucy Burns]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/13/movies/tv-weekend-determined-women-finding-their-voice.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=13 February 2004|title=TV Weekend; Determined Women, Finding Their Voice|last=Stanley|first=Alessandra|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180915122255/https://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/13/movies/tv-weekend-determined-women-finding-their-voice.html|archive-date=15 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
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In 2008, Parker starred in the [[CBS]] show ''[[Swingtown]]'', a 1970s-set relationship drama, which aired for one season. The following year, she guest-starred in one episode of ''[[Party Down]]'',<ref name=tvg>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/molly-parker/credits/167080/|work=[[TV Guide]]|title=Molly Parker Credits|access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref> and subsequently appeared in a supporting role in the [[post-apocalyptic film|post-apocalyptic]] thriller ''[[The Road (2009 film)|The Road]]'', playing a woman trying to survive after an apocalyptic event.<ref>{{cite news|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/25/movies/25road.html|date=25 November 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006074223/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/25/movies/25road.html|archive-date=6 October 2019|url-status=live|title=Father and Son Bond in Gloomy Aftermath of Disaster|author=Scott, A. O.}}</ref> In 2009, Parker separated from her husband, Bissonnette and later divorced.<ref name=divorce/>
 
===2010–present: Televisiontelevision and other projects===
[[File:Molly Parker @ Toronto International Film Festival 2010.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Parker at the 2010 [[Toronto International Film Festival]]]]
In 2010, Parker starred in the Canadian police procedural ''[[Shattered (Canadian TV series)|Shattered]]'', which also aired for a single season, and had a lead role in the independent drama ''[[Trigger (2010 film)|Trigger]]'', opposite [[Tracy Wright]], in her final film appearance before her death.<ref name=trigger>{{cite webnews|worknewspaper=[[Toronto Sun]]|url-status=dead|url=http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/movies/2010/09/29/15521096.html|location=Toronto, Ontario|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001090354/http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment/movies/2010/09/29/15521096.html|archive-date=1 October 2012|title=McDonald's 'Trigger' profound|last=Kirkland|first=Bruce|date=30 September 2010}}</ref> The following year, she had a guest-starring role on several episodes of the [[Dexter (season 6)|sixth season]] of the [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]] series ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]''. Parker followed this with more television work, starring as [[Abby McDeere]] on the thriller series ''[[The Firm (2012 TV series)|The Firm]]'' (2012), an adaptation of the [[John Grisham]] [[The Firm (novel)|1991 novel]] and its [[The Firm (1993 film)|1993 film adaptation]].<ref name=MollyParker>{{cite web|last=Seidman|first=Robert|title=Molly Parker ('Deadwood,' 'Swingtown') Joins Cast of NBC's New Legal Drama 'The Firm'|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/07/29/molly-parker-deadwood-swingtown-joins-cast-of-nbcs-new-legal-drama-the-firm/99220/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118082737/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2011/07/29/molly-parker-deadwood-swingtown-joins-cast-of-nbcs-new-legal-drama-the-firm/99220/|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 January 2012|work=TV by the Numbers|access-date=29 July 2011}}</ref> Parker also appeared as [[Pauline Pfeiffer]], second wife of [[Ernest Hemingway]], in the [[Philip Kaufman]]-directed HBO television film ''[[Hemingway & Gellhorn]]'' (2012), starring opposite [[Clive Owen]] (as Hemingway) and [[Nicole Kidman]] (as [[Martha Gellhorn]]).<ref name=hemingway>{{cite web|work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/05/No-Time-for-Tulips-On-Hemingway-Gellhorn|title=No Time for Tulips: On Hemingway & Gellhorn|last=Wolcott|first=James|date=3 June 2012}}</ref>
 
In 2014, she appeared as Congresswoman Jacqueline Sharp in the second season of the [[Netflix]] series ''[[House of Cards (American TV series)|House of Cards]]''. Parker continued in the role in seasons 3 and 4. For her performance in the fourth season, Parker was nominated for a [[Primetime Emmy Award]] for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series|Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series]]. In early 2015, Parker appeared in a [[Toronto]] stage production of the [[Simon Stephens]] play ''[[Harper Regan]]''.<ref name=harper>{{cite web|work=[[Toronto Star]]|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2015/01/05/molly_parker_to_star_in_harper_regan_for_canadian_stage.html|title=Molly Parker to star in Harper Regan for Canadian Stage|last=Ouzounian|first=Richard|date=5 January 2015|archive-url=https://archive.today/20191020094737/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/television/2015/01/05/molly_parker_to_star_in_harper_regan_for_canadian_stage.html|archive-date=20 October 2019|url-status=live|access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref> Parker was subsequently cast alongside [[Jamie Dornan]], [[Sarah Gadon]], and [[Aaron Paul]] in the supernatural thriller ''[[The 9th Life of Louis Drax]]'' (2016), directed by [[Alexandre Aja]].<ref name="Sarah Gadon Joins Miramax’sMiramax's 'The 9th Life of Louis Drax'">{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2014/10/oliver-platt-molly-parker-barbara-hershey-aiden-longworth-cast-louis-drax-862697 |title=Oliver Platt, Molly Parker, Barbara Hershey & Aiden Longworth Round Out 'The 9th Life of Louis Drax'|work= Deadline|access-date=31 January 2016}}</ref> Also in 2016, Parker co-starred in the [[Amazon Studios]] legal series ''[[Goliath (TV series)|Goliath]]'', as well as [[Bruce McDonald (director)|Bruce McDonald]]'s independent drama film ''[[Weirdos (film)|Weirdos]]'', for which she won the [[Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film|Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress]] and the [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Supporting Actress]]. She also had a supporting role as a therapist in [[Ewan McGregor]]'s ''[[American Pastoral (film)|American Pastoral]]'', based on the 1997 [[Philip Roth]] [[American Pastoral|novel of the same name]]. In October 2016, Parker divorced her husband, Bissonnete, after a protracted seven-year -separation.<ref name=divorce/>
 
In 2017, Parker appeared in three productions for [[Netflix]]: First, she starred opposite [[Nikolaj Coster-Waldau]] and [[Gary Cole]] in the crime film ''[[Small Crimes]]'' (2017), playing a nurse who becomes romantically involved with a former police officer. She also starred in the horror film ''[[1922 (2017 film)|1922]]'', a film adaptation of the [[Stephen King]] [[1922 (novella)|novella of the same name]], playing the wife of a farmer in 1920s Nebraska; this was followed with a lead role in [[Errol Morris]]'s miniseries ''[[Wormwood (miniseries)|Wormwood]]'', based on the life of scientist [[Frank Olson]]. The same year, Parker made her debut as a director and writer with the short film ''Birds'', which premiered at the 2017 [[Toronto International Film Festival]], where it competed for the festival's Short Cuts award.<ref>{{cite web|work=[[Toronto International Film Festival]]|url=https://www.tiff.net/the-review/tiff-2017-short-cuts|title=TIFF '17's Short Cuts: Big Films in Small Packages|date=9 August 2017|author=Anderson, Jason|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328170855/http://www.tiff.net/the-review/tiff-2017-short-cuts|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
SheParker co-starred in [[Josephine Decker]]'s 2018 feature film ''[[Madeline's Madeline]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ebiri |first=Bilge |date=28 January 2018 |title="Madeline’sMadeline's Madeline": The Best Film I Saw at Sundance |url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2018/01/28/madelines-madeline-the-best-film-i-saw-at-sundance/ |newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131183137/https://www.villagevoice.com/2018/01/28/madelines-madeline-the-best-film-i-saw-at-sundance/ |archive-date=31 January 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> Beginning in 2018, Parker appeared as Maureen Robinson in ''[[Lost in Space (2018 TV series)|Lost in Space]]'', the Netflix remake of the [[Lost in Space|1965 TV series]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Andreeva|first1=Nellie|title=‘Lost'Lost In Space’Space': Molly Parker To Star In Netflix Series Remake|url=https://deadline.com/2016/09/molly-parker-star-lost-in-space-netflix-remake-toby-stephens-1201827718/|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=28 September 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/21/17035988/netflix-lost-in-space-reboot-streaming-april-13th-trailer-watch|title=Netflix’sNetflix's Lost in Space reboot begins streaming on April 13th|work=The Verge|access-date=1 August 2018}}</ref> Parker reprised her role of Alma Garret for the HBO television film ''[[Deadwood: The Movie]]'', released in May 2019. In March 2021, it was announced that she would be playing Mrs. Darling in [[Disney+]]'s ''[[Peter Pan & Wendy]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-03-16|title=Peter Pan & Wendy Begins Production, Adds Alan Tudyk & More to Cast|first=Math|last=Erao|url=https://www.cbr.com/peter-pan-wendy-begins-production-alan-tudyk-mr-darling/|website=Cbr.com|language=en-US}}</ref>
 
==Filmography==
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==Sources==
* {{cite book|last=Pratley|first=Gerald|author-link=Gerald Pratley|year=2003|title=A Century of Canadian Cinema: Gerald Pratley's Feature Film Guide, 1900 to the Present|publisher=Lynx Images|location=Toronto, Ontario|isbn=978-1-894-07321-9}}
* {{cite book|last=Solski|first=Ruth|year=2009|location=Napanee, Ontario|title=Famous Female Actors Gr. 4-8|publisher=On The Mark Press|isbn=978-1-770-72777-9}}
 
==External links==
* {{commonsIMDb categoryname|id=0662504|name=Molly Parker}}
* [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/molly-parker Molly Parker profile], [[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]▼
*{{IMDb name|id=0662504|name=Molly Parker}}
▲*[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/molly-parker Molly Parker profile], [[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]
 
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