User:Jujuku23/Katie Parker (Actress)

Catherine Parker, known professionally as Katie Parker (Virginia, January 5, 1986) is an american actress, best known for her performances as Callie in the film Absentia, Poppy Hill in the series The Haunting of Hill House and Perdita Willoughby in The Haunting of Bly Manor.

Life
Parker was born in Herndon, Virginia. She is the daughter of David Parker and Pamela Parker and has two older siblings, Nat Parker, Founding Director at Pondero Group, Entrepreneur in Residence at Elevate Capital; and Parker Wallace, founder of Parker's Plate; and a younger brother, Danny Parker, songwriter and singer, who currently has a band in Los Ángeles, Model Child.

Parker lives, currently, in Los Ángeles, California.

Career
Parker began his career with a small appearance on the TV series The Young and the Restless in 2008.

In 2011, she made her debut as Callie in the film Absentia, directed by Mike Flanagan. That same year, she participated in the series The Therapist as Amber McGowan and joined the cast of the film The Family, playing Ruby.

Later, in 2013, she starred in This Is Ellen, a short film by John Salcido, and had a role in the film Oculus, written and directed by Mike Flanagan, as Annie.

In 2014, Parker was featured in several short films, L'agonie Pardonné by Tori Pope, The Tokyo Princess directed by Travis Greene and Daryl Perle, Tribute by John Salcido, and Entity by Michael May. That same year, she had two appearances on the TV series Masters of Sex, playing Bernadette.

In 2015, she had an appearance on the "Rock-a-Bye-Baby", an episode of the TV series NCIS: New Orleans, as well as on the episode Kali of the Halt and Catch Fire series. That same year, she participated in some short films such as Sleepwalker, written and directed by Clavin Weaber; Conventional, written, directed, and starring Karen Gillan; Woke Up Famous by Giles Clarke and Move Me directed by Gabe Crate.

In 2016, she appeared in two chapters of the TV series Rizzoli & Isles. That same year she was part of the film The Binding directed by Gus Krieger, and the action film The Last Alleycat directed by Greg Runnels and Mark Runnels. She also participated in the short films The Gate directed by Kellie Madison, What's in the box? by Ross Ferguson, and Jon & The Wolf by Ryan Maples.

In 2017 she starred in the short films Night of Natalie, written and directed by Tori Pope; and The So Long Song, written and directed by Maria Emiko Macuaga.

In 2018, she participated in the film All The Creatures Were Stirring directed by David Ian McKendry and his wife Rebekah McKendry. That same year, she was part of the web series The Haunting of Hill House, in which she played Poppy Hill. This was produced by Netflix and directed by Mike Flanagan and was based on the novel of the same name by Shirley Jackson. Also, she participated in the short TV series Ride Sech created by Kim Noonan and John Salcido.

In 2019, she was chosen to play Silent Sarey in the film Doctor Sleep, an adaptation of the novel of the same name by American writer Stephen King, directed by Mike Flanagan. And she starred in the short film The Re-Education of Jane Brown, directed by M.K. McGehee.

In 2020, she had an appearance in the film Like a Boss directed by Miguel Arteta. And that same year, she played Perdita Willoughby on the Netflix series The Haunting of Bly Manor directed by Mike Flanagan.

In January 2021, she guest starred on the FOX series The Resident episode "The Accidental Patient". In March of that same year, she was part of the main cast of DUST's new sci-fi series, ALT.

In June 2022, she was part of the main cast along with Rahul Kohli, Rose McIver, Karen Gillan, Tongayi Chirisa, and Diva Zappa, in the sci-fi comedy-drama film Next Exit, written and directed by Mali Elfman.

In August it was confirmed that Parker joined the cast of The Midnight Club, a Netflix series that premiered in October, directed by Mike Flanagan, in which she participated as a guest star in three of its episodes. Also, she was confirmed for the upcoming miniseries from the same director, The Fall of the House of Usher.