Molly Parker (born mid-June 1972) is a Canadian actress, notable for her roles in Canadian and American independent films and the HBO television series Deadwood and Six Feet Under.
Parker was born in Maple Ridge, British Columbia to parents who owned a retail seafood store. Parker 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 scho...
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Molly Parker (born mid-June 1972) is a Canadian actress, notable for her roles in Canadian and American independent films and the HBO television series Deadwood and Six Feet Under.
Parker was born in Maple Ridge, British Columbia to parents who owned a retail seafood store. Parker 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.
Parker has received much critical praise for her...
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