The White Lotus has a knack for bringing beloved actors back on our screens, and among them this season is Parker Posey.
The 1990s indie film darling, 56, stars in the highly-anticipated third season of the Mike White show as Victoria Ratliff, a wealthy Southern matriarch, married to Jason Isaacs' Timothy Ratliff, who are parents to Patrick Schwarzenegger's Saxon Ratliff.
Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter about her character, she revealed: "She's spoiled, she's very much a woman-child and a narcissist — a lot of that is due to her sensitivity and her wanting to escape, which she does through taking pills."
She also confessed that she hasn't watched the new season — out Sunday, February 16 on Max — and that she "may not" watch it. "I just started sweating just by the question of it. I probably should, but I don't know."
In real life, the Party Girl actress is far from a snobby Southern matriarch, though she is rather elusive. Here's what we know.
© Getty ImagesHer early life
Parker was born Parker Christian Posey on November 8, 1968 in Baltimore, Maryland, to mom Lynda Patton, a chef, and dad Chris Posey, who owned a car dealership.
Like her The White Lotus character, she did grow up in the south, first in Monroe, Louisiana and later Laurel, Mississippi.
© GettyWhere you know her from
Parker's first major role was in the one and only Dazed and Confused, the cult classic 1993 Richard Linklater coming-of-age comedy also starring Matthew McConaughey and Ben Affleck.
She is also known for other indie classics such as Party Girl, Kicking and Screaming, The Daytrippers, The Doom Generation, Henry Fool, and The House of Yes.
© GettyParker's personal life
Parker keeps her personal life very private, and little is known about her relationships. In the early aughts, she dated singer Ryan Adams, who was married to Mandy Moore from 2009 to 2016, and who has since been accused of sexual misconduct and/or psychological manipulation by several women, including Mandy and fellow singer Phoebe Bridgers.
Speaking about Ryan and other "terrible boyfriends" with Vulture in 2023, she said: "These lines have been crossed for centuries. For centuries! Artists, a lot of them who are men, are very uncomfortable with their feminine side. That's why they make music. Do they have unhealthy relationships with women? Absolutely. And do they treat them badly? Yes."
© GettyShe lives alone in New York
Much else isn't known about other relationships Parker has had, and she does not appear to have kids.
Speaking with the New Yorker in 2022 about her relationship with the city, which she is very much associated with, she said: "When I think about New York and New Yorkers, we have a relationship already to the city, and that really feeds me a lot. And I feel like I'm always, you know, in relationship to it. That sounds so cheesy. I guess I'm just at a place now where I don't mind being alone at all. I'm not the first woman living alone in New York, you know?"
