She number one come to public attention in the 1996 Lynne Stopkewich film Kissed, in which Parker asterisked as a sympathetically pictured necrophiliac. She received the Genie Award, Canada's equivalent to the Oscar, for her performance in the moving picture.

Parker has received good deal critical praise for her bravery within tackling hard roles; for example the aforesaid necrophiliac, a sympathetic lap dancer & paid escort in The Center of the World, and the female rabbi in Six Feet Under.

Filmography
Summer Baby (2006) Nine Exists (2005) A Expert Shepherd (2004) Deadwood (2004) (TV series) Iron Jawed Angels (2004) (TV) Break the Leg (2003) Pure (2002) Max (2002) Marion Bridge (2002) Men with Brooms (2002) Uncommon Birds (2001) Go Wedding (2001) A Center of the Globe (2001) A War Bride (2001) Suspicious Flow of any stream (2000) Waking a Dead (2000) A Trespasser (1999) Sunshine (1999) Wanting to find Leonard (1999) A 5 Senses (1999) Wonderland (1999) Ladies Room (1997) From either Morning In We Waited Yesterday (1998) Twitch City (1998) (TV series) Under Heaven (1998) Intensity (1997) (TV) Blissfulness (1997) Contagious (1997) (TV) Titanic (1996) (TV) Hard Core Logo (1996) Kissed (1996) A Chain (1996) Skillful Items As well (1996) Ebbie (1995) (TV) Deceived by Trust: The Moment of Truth Picture show (1995) (TV) Last of the Dogmen (1995) the Ranger, a Cook & a Hole in the Sky (1995) (TV) Wings of Bravery (1995) Falling from either a Sky: Flight 174 (1995) (TV) Serving inside Silence: A Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995) (TV) Little Crook (1995) 1 Further Mountain (1994) (TV) Paris or even Someplace (1994) (TV) A Substitute (1993) (TV) Anything for Love (1993) Hatred Mail (1992) The Boy Johnny (1991) (TV)