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 Online sleuths expose Epstein file redactions. In this murder, arresting the boyfriend was a big mistake. After Kennedy Center name change, holiday jazz concert is canceled. President mixes in a coal joke in Christmas Eve call with kids. Report an error