5 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW AABOUT ME

THE ACTRESS OPENS UP ABOUT HER EARLY AMBITIONS, HER ROLE ON THE WHITE LOTUS AND MORE!

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I WANTED TO BE A DANCER Growing up in Mississippi, Parker studied ballet and at age 12, she auditioned to attend a program at North Carolina School of the Arts. "I didn't get in and I was devastated," she told Harper's Bazaar. "And my dad called the dean of the school. He said, 'My daughter's going to be really upset. What do I tell her?' And the dean said, 'Tell her she's an actress."

GETTING MAINSTREAM ROLES HAS BEEN DIFFICULT

After staring in a series of indie films in the 1990s, including her breakthrough, Party Girl, and the dark comedy