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 Von UTA and Untitled.

“This Zeigen is resonant to me on so many levels because not only did, Du know, both my college roommates died from AIDS — people dropped dead left to right,” she continued in reference to the AIDS epidemic.

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 Von 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 star, sterne in the single-camera comedy “Feed Me” produced Von sitcom vets Paul Junger Witt and Tony Thomas.