Introducing Parker Dowd(2015)

A struggling actress loses a role to her dog and must watch him skyrocket to celebrity as she descends into vengeful madness.

Introducing Parker Dowd is a dark comedy about a struggling actress who loses a coveted role to her own dog, then watches helplessly as the animal becomes a Hollywood star while her career crumbles. Desperate and unraveling, she spirals into obsessive revenge fantasies. Written by and starring Rebecca Blaine Carton, the film features Lewis Black as a sharp-tongued agent and is directed by Lauren Ashley Carter. The premise mines bitter humor from the absurdity of show business, where talent and timing matter less than luck and a cute face. Carton's performance captures the toxic blend of desperation and resentment that consumes her character as she grapples with professional failure and the surreal indignity of being upstaged by her pet.