Molly Parker

Molly Parker

1972-06-30 Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada 75 Credits

Biography

Molly Parker (born June 30, 1972) is a Canadian actress. She garnered critical attention for her portrayal of a necrophiliac medical student in the controversial drama Kissed (1996). She subsequently starred in the television thriller Intensity (1997) before landing her first major American film role in the drama Waking the Dead (2000). She gained further notice for her role as a Las Vegas escort in the drama The Center of the World (2001), for which she was nominated for the Independent Spirit ...

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You Gotta Believe

You Gotta Believe

2024

as Kathy Kelly

6.4
Acting

After dedicating the season to a teammate’s ailing father, a group of underestimated Ft. Worth youth baseball players takes its Cinderella run all the...

Peter Pan & Wendy

Peter Pan & Wendy

2023

as Mary Darling

5.4
Acting

Wendy Darling, a young girl afraid to leave her childhood home behind, meets Peter Pan, a boy who refuses to grow up. Alongside her brothers and a tin...

Jockey

Jockey

2021

as Ruth Wilkes

5.8
Acting

An aging jockey is determined to win one last championship, but his dream is complicated when a young rookie shows up claiming to be his son.

Pieces of a Woman

Pieces of a Woman

2020

as Eva Woodward

7.0
Acting

When a young mother's home birth ends in unfathomable tragedy, she begins a year-long odyssey of mourning that fractures relationships with loved ones...

Words on Bathroom Walls

Words on Bathroom Walls

2020

as Beth

7.8
Acting

Diagnosed with a mental illness halfway through his senior year of high school, a witty, introspective teen struggles to keep it a secret while fallin...

Deadwood: The Movie

Deadwood: The Movie

2019

as Alma Ellsworth

6.7
Acting

Follow the 10-year reunion of the Deadwood camp to celebrate South Dakota's statehood. Former rivalries are reignited, alliances are tested and old wo...

Madeline's Madeline

Madeline's Madeline

2018

as Evangeline

5.8
Acting

Madeline has become an integral part of a prestigious physical theater troupe. When the workshop's ambitious director pushes the teenager to weave her...

Magic Bullet

Magic Bullet

2018

as Rachel

Acting

Over the course of a night, Rachel, a bereaved clinical psychologist, combats her grief with elaborate self-soothing rituals while Lia, a regional sho...

Wormwood

Wormwood

2017

as Alice Olson

6.9
Acting

In this genre-bending tale, Errol Morris explores the mysterious death of a U.S. scientist entangled in a secret Cold War program known as MK-Ultra.

1922

1922

2017

as Arlette James

5.9
Acting

A simple yet proud rancher conspires to murder his wife for financial gain, convincing his teenage son to participate.

Bird

Bird

2017

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

When Sam, a woman mired in regret, goes to visit her aged parents, the disappearance of her mother's pet bird threatens to unravel her tenuous hold on...

Small Crimes

Small Crimes

2017

as Charlotte Boyd

5.4
Acting

A disgraced former cop, fresh off a six-year prison sentence for attempted murder, returns home looking for redemption but winds up trapped in the mes...

American Pastoral

American Pastoral

2016

as Sheila Smith

6.2
Acting

Set in postwar America, a man watches his seemingly perfect life fall apart as his daughter's new political affiliation threatens to destroy their fam...

2149: The Aftermath

2149: The Aftermath

2016

as Lillian

6.5
Acting

In an oppressive future, where everyone's only contact is their computer, one lonely young man is forced to venture forth in search of human contact.

Weirdos

Weirdos

2016

as Laurie

7.0
Acting

It's July 1976, and two Nova Scotian teens, Kit and Alice, are hitting the road with their sights on Sydney and their minds on the future. With them i...

The 9th Life of Louis Drax

The 9th Life of Louis Drax

2016

as Dalton

6.4
Acting

A psychologist who begins working with a young boy who has suffered a near-fatal fall finds himself drawn into a mystery that tests the boundaries of ...

Heritage Minutes: Nursing Sisters

Heritage Minutes: Nursing Sisters

2015

as Narrator (voice)

Acting

Nursing Sisters serve at the No. 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital in France during the First World War.

Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs

Outlaw Prophet: Warren Jeffs

2014

as Janine Jeffs

6.0
Acting

Cult leader Warren Jeffs rises to power in the polygamist Mormon sect once headed by his late father, but some of his wives fight back to bring him to...

Pete's Christmas

Pete's Christmas

2013

as Pamela

5.7
Acting

An overlooked middle child finds himself in the unexpected spotlight when he realizes his family's terrible Christmas day keeps repeating. As the only...

Hold Fast

Hold Fast

2013

as Aunt Ellen

5.4
Acting

Two teenage boys escape an unhappy home, embarking on a perilous journey of self-discovery that takes them deep into the Newfoundland wilderness.

The Playroom

The Playroom

2013

as Donna Cantwell

5.4
Acting

Four children in their attic hideaway make up a fantastic story, while downstairs their parents weave a drunken intrigue of their own.

Hemingway & Gellhorn

Hemingway & Gellhorn

2012

as Pauline Hemingway

6.1
Acting

Writer Ernest Hemingway begins a romance with fellow scribe Martha Gellhorn.

Gone

Gone

2011

as Amy Kettering

5.2
Acting

The kidnapping of a young girl propels her mother into a web of conspiracies.

That's What I Am

That's What I Am

2011

as Sherri Nichol

6.8
Acting

A coming-of-age story that follows 12-year-old Andy Nichol, a bright student who, like most kids his age, will do anything to avoid conflict for fear ...

Oliver Sherman

Oliver Sherman

2011

as Irene Page

5.8
Acting

Feeling lost and disconnected, with no family of his own, veteran Sherman Oliver sets out to the countryside in search of the soldier who saved him ba...

Trigger

Trigger

2010

as Kat

4.8
Acting

Ten years after ending their partnership as rock musicians, two women become re-acquainted in the course of one night.

The Quinn-tuplets

2010

as Rebecca Quinn-Adatto

Acting

A set of quintuplets have had their lives documented on television. Now they are adults with professional lives

The Road

The Road

2009

as Friendly Woman

7.0
Acting

A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough t...

Rear Projection: Molly Parker

2006

Acting

2006 experimental short by Mark Lewis

The Wicker Man

The Wicker Man

2006

as Sister Rose / Sister Thorn

4.3
Acting

A sheriff investigating the disappearance of a young girl from a small island discovers there's a larger mystery to solve among the island's secretive...

Hollywoodland

Hollywoodland

2006

as Laurie Simo

6.1
Acting

When Hollywood superstar George Reeves dies in his home, private detective Louis Simo is hired to investigate his death and gets caught in a web of li...

Who Loves the Sun

Who Loves the Sun

2006

as Maggie Claire

5.4
Acting

A man (Lukas Haas) encounters a childhood friend (Adam Scott) who had an affair with his wife (Molly Parker) five years earlier.

Nine Lives

Nine Lives

2005

as Lisa

6.1
Acting

Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life.

Break a Leg

Break a Leg

2005

as Kate

3.4
Acting

A talented but struggling actor is willing to go to any length to get a job - including "breaking a leg" - especially those of other actors!

The Good Shepherd

The Good Shepherd

2004

as Madeline Finney

5.1
Acting

When a clergyman is accused for the murder of a social worker, the parish priest recruits a reporter (and his ex-girlfriend) to clear his name.

Iron Jawed Angels

Iron Jawed Angels

2004

as Emily Leighton

6.9
Acting

Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.

Marion Bridge

Marion Bridge

2003

as Agnes

6.2
Acting

When three estranged sisters reunite to care for their dying mother, old conflicts and secrets return to the surface.

Undying Love

2002

as Narrator

Acting

"Undying Love" tells the poignant, enduring, and miraculous love stories of the survivors of World War II. Against the brutalized landscape of post-wa...

Men with Brooms

Men with Brooms

2002

as Amy Foley

5.2
Acting

A decade ago, curler Chris Cutter disappeared suddenly on the verge of stardom, dropping his curling stones to the bottom of a lake and leaving his fi...

Pure

Pure

2002

as Mel

6.2
Acting

A young boy trying to deal with his mother's heroin addiction befriends a waitress who helps him cope with the tough situation.

Max

Max

2002

as Nina Rothman

6.1
Acting

In 1918, a young, disillusioned Adolf Hitler strikes up a friendship with a Jewish art dealer while weighing a life of passion for art vs. talent at p...

Looking for Leonard

Looking for Leonard

2002

as Monica

4.3
Acting

Ted, his girlfriend Jo, and his brother Johnny are small-time robbers in Montreal. The brothers spend their time watching TV, while Jo rereads Leonard...

Looking for Leonard

Looking for Leonard

2002

Executive Producer

4.3
Producing

Ted, his girlfriend Jo, and his brother Johnny are small-time robbers in Montreal. The brothers spend their time watching TV, while Jo rereads Leonard...

Rare Birds

Rare Birds

2001

as Alice

5.4
Acting

A down-and-out restaurateur and his neighbor hatch a plan to lure bird watchers to their small Newfoundland town and increase tourism by announcing th...

Last Wedding

Last Wedding

2001

as Sarah

3.2
Acting

Three couples in Vancouver navigate their relationships: first jobs, first crises, professional jealousy, an affair, and lack of communication. Noah a...

Suspicious River

Suspicious River

2001

as Leila Murray

5.6
Acting

A young married woman sells her body, not just for money, to guests at the motel where she works as a receptionist.

The Center of the World

The Center of the World

2001

as Florence

5.0
Acting

A couple checks into a suite in Las Vegas. In flashbacks we see that he's a computer whiz on the verge of becoming a dot.com millionaire, she's a lap ...

The War Bride

The War Bride

2001

as Sylvia

5.9
Acting

During World War II, a Cockney woman marries a Canadian soldier and adjusts to life in Alberta.

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead

2000

as Juliet Beck

6.1
Acting

A congressional candidate questions his sanity after seeing the love of his life, presumed dead, suddenly emerge.

Ladies Room

Ladies Room

1999

as Julia

3.8
Acting

In an ethereal, high-ceilinged room, women stand, waiting. Perhaps it's Purgatory and they're dead. In the room, two young women, one an actress and t...

The Intruder

The Intruder

1999

as Daisy

4.1
Acting

Catherine meets Nick by accident and, after a whirlwind romance, the two get married and Catherine moves into Nick's apartment only that's the start o...

Sunshine

Sunshine

1999

as Hannah Wippler

6.5
Acting

The fate of a Hungarian Jewish family throughout the 20th century.

The Five Senses

The Five Senses

1999

as Anna Miller

5.7
Acting

Interconnected stories examine situations involving the five senses. Touch is represented by a massage therapist who is treating a woman, while her da...

Wonderland

Wonderland

1999

as Molly

6.6
Acting

There's little wonder in the working-class lives of Bill, Eileen, and their three grown daughters. They're lonely Londoners. Nadia, a cafe waitress, p...

Under Heaven

Under Heaven

1998

as Cynthia

4.2
Acting

Two young lovers try to con a wealthy woman out of her inheritance by pretending to be brother and sister.

Intensity

Intensity

1997

as Chyna Shepherd

6.9
Acting

Chyna Shepherd is a twenty-six-year-old psychology student who survived an extremely troubled past. While visiting Laura Templeton's house, a farm in ...

Bliss

Bliss

1997

as Connie

5.5
Acting

On his wedding day, Joseph nervously admits that his wife is not quite like other women. But his beautiful bride is more than just the "impulsive, com...

Contagious

Contagious

1997

as Flight Attendant Stephanie

4.3
Acting

When shrimp from Mexico, tainted with Cholera, is served to people on a plane bound for LA, an outbreak ensues. A doctor sets out to find the source a...

Hard Core Logo

Hard Core Logo

1996

as Band Member - Jenifur (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

Bruce Macdonald follows punk bank Hard Core Logo on a harrowing last-gasp reunion tour throughout Western Canada. As magnetic lead-singer Joe Dick hol...

Kissed

Kissed

1996

as Sandra Larson

6.5
Acting

Over the years, a child's romantic ideals about death blossom into necrophilia, the study of embalming and the most profound relationship of her life.

Ebbie

Ebbie

1995

as Francine/Frannie

4.4
Acting

In this updated retelling of Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," ruthless business-woman and shopping store owner Elizabeth "Ebbie" Scrooge is taught the tr...

Deceived by Trust: A Moment of Truth Movie

Deceived by Trust: A Moment of Truth Movie

1995

as Rachel Morton

7.0
Acting

When a student confides to her guidance counselor that the high school principal has been sexually harassing her, the guidance counselor attempts to h...

Freefall: Flight 174

Freefall: Flight 174

1995

as Norma Sax

5.5
Acting

True story of a brand-new Canadian airliner running out of fuel in-flight and forced to glide to the nearest airfield.

Last of the Dogmen

Last of the Dogmen

1995

as Nurse

6.7
Acting

A Montana bounty hunter is sent into the wilderness to track three escaped prisoners. Instead he sees something that puzzles him. Later with a female ...

Wings of Courage

Wings of Courage

1995

as Jean's Dance Partner (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

In 1930 South America, a small group of French pilots struggle to prove they can offer a reliable airmail service over the Andes. When one of the youn...

The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky

The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky

1995

as Sue

5.7
Acting

A young ranger in the Montana wilderness discovers the great forces of nature while learning the importance of honor, trust and integrity. Legendary v...

Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story

Serving in Silence - The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story

1995

as Lynette

5.7
Acting

After serving in the military for more than twenty years, including a tour of duty in Vietnam, Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer (Glenn Close) had seen h...

Little Criminals

Little Criminals

1995

as Social Worker

7.3
Acting

Des is an eleven year old kid who has had a really bad deal in life. Crime and mischief are the main staples of his life and he and his friends cruise...

Paris or Somewhere

Paris or Somewhere

1994

as Peg Kennedy

1.0
Acting

A confessed killer wanders into a small community in the Canadian prairies.

One More Mountain

One More Mountain

1994

as Eliza Williams

5.3
Acting

Margaret Reed, a wealthy and proud woman of Chicago unwillingly finds herself a member of the Donner party - a group of pioneers making their way to C...

The Substitute

The Substitute

1993

as Courtney

4.7
Acting

A high school substitute English teacher resorts to murder to protect her murderous dark past while seducing a student who begins to suspect her true ...

Just One of the Girls

Just One of the Girls

1993

as Lynne

5.4
Acting

To save himself from the biggest bully in school, Chris Calder has to dress himself up like a girl to avoid Curt. When the disguise works, he is force...

My Son Johnny

My Son Johnny

1991

as Lori Spoda

6.0
Acting

Anthony Cortino lives with his mother in a quiet suburb. His father is dead, and his violent criminal brother is a long way off, in the city, and if A...

Silent Motive

Silent Motive

1991

as 2nd Female Questioner

1.0
Acting

Notorious for writing the most successful - and scandalous - scripts in Hollywood, hit screenwriter Laura Bardell suddenly finds herself implicated in...

The Mothership

N/A

Acting

One year after her husband mysteriously disappears, Sara Morse discovers a strange, extraterrestrial object underneath their home. Sara and her kids e...