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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,
|death_date =
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|occupation = {{hlist|Actress|writer|director}}
|years_active =
|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
In the early 2000s, Parker had lead roles in several films, including ''[[Max (2002 film)|Max]]'' (2002), ''[[Pure (2002 film)|Pure]]'' (
▲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:
Parker was born 30 June 1972<ref>{{cite news|
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:
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:
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
===2002–2009:
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=
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:
[[File:Molly Parker
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
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
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>
==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==
* {{
* [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/molly-parker Molly Parker profile], [[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]▼
▲*[https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/molly-parker Molly Parker profile], [[The Canadian Encyclopedia]]
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