Biography: Molly Parker

Molly Parker (born mid-June 1972 ^{in Maple Ridge, British Columbia), is a Canadian actress, notable for her roles in Canadian and American independent films and the HBO television series Deadwood and Six Feet Under.}

Biography

Molly and her younger brother Henry were raised on a commune in Pitt Meadows, B.C., which she described as "a hippie farm", and she began acting after 13 years at ballet school. After her uncle's agent took her on, she had parts in various Canadian television roles before studying with Vancouver's Gastown Actors' Studio after she graduated from high school.

Her breakthrough role was as the daughter of a lesbian military officer in the TV-movie Serving in Silence; she then won a Gemini nomination for her performance in the TV-movie Paris or Somewhere. She later played a necrophiliac in Lynne Stopkewich's 1996 film Kissed that led the way into major roles for her.

Molly has received much critical praise for her bravery in tackling difficult roles: the aforementioned role in Kissed; as a sympathetic lap dancer and paid escort in The Center of the World; and a female rabbi, Ari Hoffman, in Six Feet Under.

She currently stars in the show Swingtown.

Personal life

Married to director, writer, and producer Matt Bissonnette. The couple have a son, William, born on 13 October 2006.

Filmography

• My Son Johnny (1991) (TV)
• Hate Mail (1992)
• Anything for Love (1993)
• The Substitute (1993) (TV)
• Paris or Somewhere (1994) (TV)
• One More Mountain (1994) (TV)
• Little Criminals (1995)
• Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995) (TV)
• Falling from the Sky: Flight 174 (1995) (TV)
• Wings of Courage (1995)
• The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky (1995) (TV)
• Last of the Dogmen (1995)
• Deceived by Trust: A Moment of Truth Movie (1995) (TV)
• Ebbie (1995) (TV)
• Good Things Too (1996)
• The Chain (1996)
• Kissed (1996)
• Hard Core Logo (1996)
• Titanic (1996) (TV)
• Contagious (1997) (TV)
• Bliss (1997)
• Intensity (1997) (TV)
• Under Heaven (1998)
• Twitch City (1998) (TV series)
• From Morning On I Waited Yesterday (1998)
• Ladies Room (1997)
• Wonderland (1999)
• The Five Senses (1999)
• Looking for Leonard (1999)
• Sunshine (1999)
• The Intruder (1999)
• Waking the Dead (2000)
• Suspicious River (2000)
• The War Bride (2001)
• The Center of the World (2001)
• Last Wedding (2001)
• Rare Birds (2001)
• Men with Brooms (2002)
• Marion Bridge (2002)
• Max (2002)
• Pure (2002)
• Break a Leg (2003)
• Iron Jawed Angels (2004) (TV)
• Deadwood (2004–06) (TV series)
• The Good Shepherd (2006)
• Nine Lives (2005)
• Hollywoodland (2006)
• Who Loves the Sun (2006)
• The Wicker Man (2006)
• The Confessor (2006)
• Swingtown (2008) (TV series)

Footnotes

1. In an interview for the 10/06 ELLE Canada, Parker stated that her birthday is in the middle of June, without specifying a date. She explained that the July dates stems from an IMDb mistake that she has unsuccessfully tried to correct.