Celebrity | Parker Posey Parker Posey Battling Lyme Disease By Kate Seamons Posted Aug 27, 2009 12:23 PM CDT Copied Actress Parker Posey attends a special screening of 'I Love You, Man' hosted by The Cinema Society and Details Magazine on Friday, Mar. 6, 2009 in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini) The generally spunky Parker Posey may be showing a little drag in her step: The 40-year-old actress has been diagnosed with Lyme disease, People reports. The illness is forcing Posey to bow out of the lead role in the stage production of This, which starts previews Nov. 6. Read These Next Melinda French Gates reacts to her ex showing up in new Epstein files. The voice behind 'Joy to the World' has died at 83. Trump signs bill to end the latest government shutdown. President's Trump's fight with Harvard just took a new turn. Report an error