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Molly Parker is a Canadian actress known for her roles in independent films and TV

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BirthdayJune 30, 1972
NationalityCanadian
FamousFilm & Theater Personalities, Actresses
SpousesMatthew Bissonnette (m. 2002 – div. 2012)
SiblingsHenry Parker
ChildrensWilliam Strummer Bissonnette
Universities
  • Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Birth PlaceMaple Ridge, British Columbia
Height165
GenderFemale
Sun SignCancer
Born inMaple Ridge, British Columbia
Famous asActress
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Who is Molly Parker?

Molly Parker is a Canadian actress known for her roles in independent films and on television. At the age of three, she started attending ballet classes, and when she was 14, she discovered her passion for acting. She often performed in her high school plays and at the drama club. Soon, her actor uncle took her to his agency and she started going to auditions. Gradually, she started getting small roles in television series and movies, both in the United States and Canada. Her role in the film ‘Kissed’, which about a woman who is a necrophiliac, changed her career. It fetched her the Genie Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. She then made waves for her role in the provocative film ‘The Center of the World’, which earned her a nomination for a Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress. In the United States, this versatile actress is known for playing the role of a widow in the cable-TV series ‘Deadwood’. She also attracted attention when she played the role of the daughter of a lesbian military officer in the TV movie ‘Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story’, and earned critical acclaim for her performance.

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Childhood & Early Life

Molly Parker was born on June 30, 1972 in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, near Vancouver. She was raised on a farm in Pitt Meadows, where her parents owned a seafood store.

At the age of three, she started attending ballet classes, which she continued till the age of 17. She also attended the Royal Winnipeg Ballet of Canada. When she was 14, she realized her passion for acting and began taking part in high school plays and the local drama club productions.

She joined her actor uncle’s agency at the age of 15 and went to auditions, which she found to be fun. Gradually, over the next few years, she began getting small roles in television series and films in the United States as well as in Canada.

After receiving acting scholarships and grants, she enrolled herself for a three-year course with Mel Austin Tuck at Gastown Actors' Studio in Vancouver. Simultaneously, she took voice and singing lessons.

Career

During the initial phase of her career, Molly Parker bagged some guest roles in TV series like ‘Neon Rider’ and ‘Outer Limits.’ In 1995, she portrayed Alice Ramsey in the episode ‘The Wrath of Kali’ of ‘Highlander: The Series’.

Her breakthrough role came when she got to play the role of the daughter of a lesbian military officer in the 1995 television movie ‘Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story’. Aired on NBC, the movie bagged multiple awards.

Also in 1995, she appeared in the television movie ‘Ebbie’, where she played the niece of Susan Lucci's character “Scrooge.” The movie was aired on Lifetime television. It was a retelling of ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens, with a female character in place of the original Ebenezer Scrooge.

Molly Parker’s role in the film ‘Kissed’ (1996) changed her career. Her cinematographer friend had asked her to audition for a role in one of his low-budget films. This audition led to her meeting with ‘Kissed’s director, Lynne Stopkewich. The film was about a woman who is a necrophiliac. She not only agreed to work in the film but also became a good friend of Stopkewich.

Her performance in ‘Kissed’ was critically acclaimed and it opened up many opportunities for her. Egg Pictures approached her for the lead role in the film ‘Waking the Dead’, a love story by writer-director Keith Gordon.

In 2001, she played the bold character of a lap dancer Florence in the film ‘The Center of the World’. The film received mixed reviews, and was compared to similar movies like ‘Exotica’ and ‘Pretty Woman’. In the same year, she also did the film ‘Last Wedding’, directed by Bruce Sweeney, and the film ‘Rare Birds,’ directed by Sturla Gunnarsson.

Besides her film career, Molly Parker has an equally successful career on the small screen as well. She played a rabbi in the TV series, ‘Six Feet Under’ in which she appeared in the episodes ‘Back to the Garden’ and ‘The Liar and the Whore’.

Created and produced by Alan Ball, ‘Six Feet Under’ premiered on the HBO network in the United States and ran for five seasons. The series was critically acclaimed and was included on TIME magazine's ‘All-TIME 100 TV Shows’.

She starred in HBO's ‘Deadwood’ from 2004-06. Created and co-produced by David Milch, the series had 36 episodes. Highly acclaimed, the series won a number of awards.

In 2008, she played the main role of Susan Miller in the CBS show ‘Swingtown’. The show was about the impact of sexual and social liberation in the UInited States’ suburban households in the 1970s. The series got entangled in a controversy, with the American Family Association and Parents Television Council protesting against the show. The companies Procter & Gamble and Ace Hardware also stopped advertising on the serial.

In 2010, she played the main role of Ella Sullivan in the TV series ‘Shattered’. It was a Canadian police procedural series, in which Molly played the wife of a tough homicide detective who suffers from multiple personality disorder.

In 2011, she appeared as Amy Kettering in the TV film ‘Gone’. In the same year, she did four episodes of the TV series ‘Dexter’, a crime drama mystery. That year, she also did the TV film ‘Meet Jane’.

In 2012, she played Donna Cantwell in the film ‘The Playroom’, directed by Julia Dyer. On the small screen, she played Pauline Hemingway in the HBO film ‘Hemingway & Gellhorn’. She also played the main role of Abby McDeere in the TV series ‘The Firm’. This Canadian-American TV series debuted on NBC and was later aired on AXN.

In 2014, she portrayed a Congresswoman named Jacqueline Sharp in the second season of the Netflix series ‘House of Cards.’ She played this role in the next two seasons as well. Her powerful performance in this American political thriller earned her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.

In 2016, she was seen in the Amazon Video series ‘Goliath’, a legal drama. In February 2017, its second season was announced.

In 2016, she was also featured in the Canadian science fiction film ‘Darwin’, directed by Benjamin Duffield. The same year, she played Dalton in the film ‘The 9th Life of Louis Drax’, a Canadian-American supernatural thriller, directed by Alexandre Aja.

She played Laura in the Canadian film ‘Weirdos’, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Her performance earned her a nomination for the Canadian Screen Award for Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role. In the same year, she appeared as Dr. Sheila Smith in the film ‘American Pastoral’.

In 2017, she played Charlotte Boyd in the film ‘Small Crimes’, directed by E. L. Katz. She also appeared as Arlette James in the film ‘1922’, an American horror drama film, released on Netflix in October 2017. In the same year, she did the main role of Alice Olson in the six-part docudrama miniseries, ‘Wormwood’, released on Netflix in December.

In 2018, she began playing the main role of Maureen Robinson in the American science fiction television series, ‘Lost in Space’. It was released on Netflix in April 2018, and in May 2018, its second season was announced.

She played Evangeline in the 2018 film ‘Madeline’s Madeline’, written and directed by Josephine Decker. The film was first shown at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2018, and then at the Berlin Film Festival in February 2018. The American film was critically acclaimed.

Major Works

One of Molly Parker’s best known films is ‘Kissed’, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival. It was based on Barbara Gowdy's short story ‘We So Seldom Look On Love’. Molly Parker played the role of Sandra Larson, a woman who goes to study embalming at a mortuary school, and finds herself sexually attracted to the corpses. The film also stars Peter Outerbridge as Matt.

The film ‘Kissed’ earned a special jury citation and was distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Ltd. in the United States. Molly won the Genie Award for Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role and was featured on the cover of ‘Variety.’

Critics praised her performance as a lap dancer in the 2001 film ‘The Center of the World’. Directed by Wayne Wang, it also starred Peter Sarsgaard, who played a millionaire who hires the lap dancer played by Molly to stay with him in Las Vegas for three days. The film was screened at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. She was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for best female lead for her performance in the film.

Personal Life

In 2002, Molly Parker married Matt Bissonnette, who is a director, writer, and producer. They separated in 2009 and ended their marriage in 2012. They have a son, William Strummer Bissonnette, who was born on October 13, 2006.

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Molly Parker biography timelines

  • // 30th Jun 1972
    Molly Parker was born on June 30, 1972 in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, near Vancouver. She was raised on a farm in Pitt Meadows, where her parents owned a seafood store.
  • // 1995
    During the initial phase of her career, Molly Parker bagged some guest roles in TV series like ‘Neon Rider’ and ‘Outer Limits.’ In 1995, she portrayed Alice Ramsey in the episode ‘The Wrath of Kali’ of ‘Highlander: The Series’.
  • // 1995
    Her breakthrough role came when she got to play the role of the daughter of a lesbian military officer in the 1995 television movie ‘Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story’. Aired on NBC, the movie bagged multiple awards.
  • // 1995
    Also in 1995, she appeared in the television movie ‘Ebbie’, where she played the niece of Susan Lucci's character “Scrooge.” The movie was aired on Lifetime television. It was a retelling of ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens, with a female character in place of the original Ebenezer Scrooge.
  • // 1996
    Molly Parker’s role in the film ‘Kissed’ (1996) changed her career. Her cinematographer friend had asked her to audition for a role in one of his low-budget films. This audition led to her meeting with ‘Kissed’s director, Lynne Stopkewich. The film was about a woman who is a necrophiliac. She not only agreed to work in the film but also became a good friend of Stopkewich.
  • // 2001
    In 2001, she played the bold character of a lap dancer Florence in the film ‘The Center of the World’. The film received mixed reviews, and was compared to similar movies like ‘Exotica’ and ‘Pretty Woman’. In the same year, she also did the film ‘Last Wedding’, directed by Bruce Sweeney, and the film ‘Rare Birds,’ directed by Sturla Gunnarsson.
  • // 2001
    Critics praised her performance as a lap dancer in the 2001 film ‘The Center of the World’. Directed by Wayne Wang, it also starred Peter Sarsgaard, who played a millionaire who hires the lap dancer played by Molly to stay with him in Las Vegas for three days. The film was screened at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. She was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award for best female lead for her performance in the film.
  • // 2004 To 2006
    She starred in HBO's ‘Deadwood’ from 2004-06. Created and co-produced by David Milch, the series had 36 episodes. Highly acclaimed, the series won a number of awards.
  • // 2008
    In 2008, she played the main role of Susan Miller in the CBS show ‘Swingtown’. The show was about the impact of sexual and social liberation in the UInited States’ suburban households in the 1970s. The series got entangled in a controversy, with the American Family Association and Parents Television Council protesting against the show. The companies Procter & Gamble and Ace Hardware also stopped advertising on the serial.
  • // 2010
    In 2010, she played the main role of Ella Sullivan in the TV series ‘Shattered’. It was a Canadian police procedural series, in which Molly played the wife of a tough homicide detective who suffers from multiple personality disorder.
  • // 2011
    In 2011, she appeared as Amy Kettering in the TV film ‘Gone’. In the same year, she did four episodes of the TV series ‘Dexter’, a crime drama mystery. That year, she also did the TV film ‘Meet Jane’.
  • // 2012
    In 2012, she played Donna Cantwell in the film ‘The Playroom’, directed by Julia Dyer. On the small screen, she played Pauline Hemingway in the HBO film ‘Hemingway & Gellhorn’. She also played the main role of Abby McDeere in the TV series ‘The Firm’. This Canadian-American TV series debuted on NBC and was later aired on AXN.
  • // 2014
    In 2014, she portrayed a Congresswoman named Jacqueline Sharp in the second season of the Netflix series ‘House of Cards.’ She played this role in the next two seasons as well. Her powerful performance in this American political thriller earned her a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series.
  • // 2016 To Feb 2017
    In 2016, she was seen in the Amazon Video series ‘Goliath’, a legal drama. In February 2017, its second season was announced.
  • // 2016
    In 2016, she was also featured in the Canadian science fiction film ‘Darwin’, directed by Benjamin Duffield. The same year, she played Dalton in the film ‘The 9th Life of Louis Drax’, a Canadian-American supernatural thriller, directed by Alexandre Aja.

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Molly Parker's FAQ

  • What is Molly Parker birthday?

    Molly Parker was born at 1972-06-30

  • Where is Molly Parker's birth place?

    Molly Parker was born in Maple Ridge, British Columbia

  • What is Molly Parker nationalities?

    Molly Parker's nationalities is Canadian

  • Who is Molly Parker spouses?

    Molly Parker's spouses is Matthew Bissonnette (m. 2002 – div. 2012)

  • Who is Molly Parker siblings?

    Molly Parker's siblings is Henry Parker

  • Who is Molly Parker childrens?

    Molly Parker's childrens is William Strummer Bissonnette

  • What was Molly Parker universities?

    Molly Parker studied at Royal Winnipeg Ballet

  • How tall is Molly Parker?

    Molly Parker's height is 165

  • What is Molly Parker's sun sign?

    Molly Parker is Cancer

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    Molly Parker is famouse as Actress

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    Molly Parker's twitter is https://twitter.com/themollyparker/