Molly Parker

Personal context

Summary

Molly Parker is a Canadian actor known for independent films including Kissed and The Center of the World, and television roles in Deadwood, House of Cards, and Lost in Space. She has often played complex, unconventional women. Parker has said she has long tried to bring awareness of how women are represented into her work, argued that film and television do not adequately reflect the diversity of the world, and voiced support for the #MeToo movement and women’s empowerment. She has also discussed how women’s underrepresentation in leadership shaped her approach to playing a woman in power. No public partisan affiliation or political campaign activity is on record.