Background
Parker was born in Monterey County, California.
Parker was born in Monterey County, California.
She began ballet training at age 6 and at age 15 she joined a professional dance company. She quit her career in ballet after three years of touring and trained to become an actress while working as a bartender. Her first documented film role was at age 19 in the movie Rented Lips in which she played a dancer/nurse
Parker appeared in Married.. with Children as a Go-Go Dancer in 2 episodes – "Prom Queen: The Sequel" (1989) and "Prom Queen: Participant 1" (1989).
Parker got her break in television playing a nurse on the award-winning Seinfeld episode "The Contest" in 1992. After that first speaking role, she had several other guest-starring roles in television series and movies, most notably a recurring role in Emergency as Linda Farrell, the love interest of Doctor Doug Ross, and as Caitlin Pike in Judge Advocate General. She was a body double for Julia Roberts in the movie Pretty Woman.
Hers are the legs seen in the opening scene of the main character zipping up her boots. She also did several pilots before she gained a cult following for her role as Mission Parker on the National Broadcasting Company television series The Pretender.
She also played a rich, snooty neighbor on the television show My Name Is Earl.
After The Pretender was cancelled by National Broadcasting Company in 2000, Parker did another guest spot on Judge Advocate General before signing on to reprise her role as Mission Parker in the telemovies for The Pretender, which aired on TNT in 2001. She then returned to series television in 2002 and starred in the American Broadcasting Company comedy Less than Perfect, playing Lydia Weston until it was cancelled in 2006. She has made several guest appearances on television talk shows and celebrity events such as the various celebrity poker tournaments.
From 2011 to 2012, Parker had recurring role of Jane Carlson in the American Broadcasting Company series Desperate Housewives.
She later starred in National Broadcasting Company drama pilot Beautiful People, and joined the cast of American Broadcasting Company Family series Pretty Little Liars. Parker is also trained as a stunt driver and can handle firearms.
In February 2006, Parker attended a benefit with former Pretender co-stars Michael T. Weiss and James Denton for Cure Autism Now.