Parker Posey , the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter ’s Awards Chatter podcast, is one of the most admired actresses of her generation. She made her name in American independent films of the 1990s — the Sundance Film Festival was essentially her second home — including 1993’s Dazed and Confused , 1995’s Party Girl and Kicking and Screaming , 1996’s The Daytrippers and 1997’s The House of Yes , as well as a quartet of mockumentaries from Christopher Guest , among them 1996’s Waiting for Guffman and 2000’s Best in Show .

But despite a stunningly prolific output over four decades, never did she find herself more at the center of the cultural conversation than she did earlier this year as a part of the third season of Mike White ’s HBO drama series Th

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