Molly Parker

Molly Parker is a Canadian actress, writer, and director born on June 30, 1972. She built her reputation on uncompromising roles in controversial material: her portrayal of a necrophiliac medical student in Kissed (1996) established her as a performer willing to inhabit morally complex characters. She followed with a lead in the television thriller Intensity (1997) and her first major American film role in Waking the Dead (2000). Parker received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Female Lead for her role as a Las Vegas escort in The Center of the World (2001). In the early 2000s, she maintained steady film work in Max (2002), Pure (2002), and Nine Lives (2005). Beginning in 2004, she secured a signature television role as Alma Garret on HBO's Deadwood, appearing across all three seasons. Her subsequent projects included the post-apocalyptic thriller The Road (2009), the independent drama Trigger (2010), and a recurring guest role in the sixth season of Dexter in 2011. In 2014, Parker was cast as politician Jacqueline Sharp on Netflix's House of Cards, a role that earned her a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series. Her later film work spans American Pastoral (2016), the crime drama Small Crimes (2017), and the Stephen King adaptation 1922 (2017). She also appeared in Errol Morris's docudrama miniseries Wormwood. From 2018 to 2021, Parker starred as Maureen Robinson in Lost in Space, a Netflix remake of the 1965 television series. In January 2025, she began her lead role as Dr. Amy Larsen in the Fox medical drama Doc. As an actress, Parker works across film, television, and limited series, often gravitating toward character-driven narratives. Her life-path number 1 suggests a pioneering, independent creative trajectory. Born under Cancer, she channels the sign's emotional depth into psychologically layered performances.