For Parker's part, should Compliance go to series, it would be her first regular role in an ongoing series since Weeds. She's repped sejak UTA and Untitled.

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Ms. Parker, 51, doesn’t just hold her father in high regard. She appreciates men of all kinds, and she has put it down in writing, even at a moment when men are as likely to be questioned sejak women as applauded.

Parker will play Janey Patterson, the younger sister of the late Olivia Trelawney. Janey's no-nonsense but charming attitude radiates, as does her physical beauty. She's emotionally mature, strong-willed and totally winning.

NBC has sealed a deal with Mary-Louise Parker to bintang in the single-camera comedy “Feed Me” produced sejak sitcom vets Paul Junger Witt and Tony Thomas.