Patricia Arquette

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

104

Gender

Female

Birthday

1968-04-08 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Patricia Arquette

Biography

Patricia Arquette (born April 8, 1968) is an American actress. She made her feature film debut as Kristen Parker in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987). Her other notable films include True Romance (1993), Ed Wood (1994), Flirting with Disaster (1996), Lost Highway (1997), The Hi-Lo Country (1998), Bringing Out the Dead (1999), Stigmata (1999), Holes (2003), Fast Food Nation (2006), The Wannabe (2015), and Toy Story 4 (2019). For playing a divorced mother in the coming-of-age drama film Boyhood (2014), which was filmed from 2002 until 2014, Arquette received widespread critical praise and won several awards, including the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. On television, she played the character Allison DuBois—based on the author and medium Allison DuBois, who claims to have psychic abilities—in the supernatural drama series Medium (2005–2011). She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2005, from two nominations she received for the role, in addition to three Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. Arquette also appeared in the CSI franchise as Avery Ryan, the Deputy Director of the FBI, starring in CSI: Cyber (2015–16). She went on to star as Joyce Mitchell in the Showtime miniseries Escape at Dannemora (2018), winning a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie, and as Dee Dee Blanchard in the Hulu anthology series The Act (2019), winning the Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress.

Known For

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • The View

    The View

  • Severance

    Severance

  • The Late Late Show with James Corden

    The Late Late Show with James Corden

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Medium

    Medium

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • The Megan Mullally Show

    The Megan Mullally Show

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Good Day Live

    Good Day Live

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Intimate Portrait

    Intimate Portrait

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

  • People's Choice Awards

    People's Choice Awards

  • Goodbye Lover

    Goodbye Lover

  • Toy Story 4

    Toy Story 4

  • Carpool Karaoke: The Series

    Carpool Karaoke: The Series

  • Richard & Judy

    Richard & Judy

  • Finding Your Roots

    Finding Your Roots

  • thirtysomething

    thirtysomething

  • 20/20

    20/20

  • The Badge

    The Badge

  • Ethan Frome

    Ethan Frome

  • Uncle Buck

    Uncle Buck

  • Time Out

    Time Out

  • Tiptoes

    Tiptoes

  • Dillinger

    Dillinger

  • Hot Ones Versus

    Hot Ones Versus

  • The Wannabe

    The Wannabe

  • CSI: Cyber

    CSI: Cyber

  • Abby Singer

    Abby Singer

  • The Act

    The Act

  • Daddy

    Daddy

  • Infinity

    Infinity

  • Otherhood

    Otherhood

  • True Romance

    True Romance

  • Escape at Dannemora

    Escape at Dannemora

  • Nightwatch

    Nightwatch

  • Vijay and I

    Vijay and I

  • The Indian Runner

    The Indian Runner

  • Murdaugh: Death in the Family

    Murdaugh: Death in the Family

  • Today

    Today

  • Lost Highway

    Lost Highway

  • Made in Hollywood

    Made in Hollywood

  • Permanent

    Permanent

  • They Will Kill You

    They Will Kill You

  • Betrayed by Love

    Betrayed by Love

  • Certifiably Jonathan

    Certifiably Jonathan

  • Holes

    Holes

  • Ed Wood

    Ed Wood

  • High Desert

    High Desert

  • Evil Genius

    Evil Genius

  • The Emmy Awards

    The Emmy Awards

  • Little Nicky

    Little Nicky

  • The Outsiders

    The Outsiders

  • Prayer of the Rollerboys

    Prayer of the Rollerboys

  • Boyhood

    Boyhood

  • Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother

    Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother

  • Stigmata

    Stigmata

  • Bringing Out the Dead

    Bringing Out the Dead

  • VH1: Divas Live

    VH1: Divas Live

  • Gonzo Girl

    Gonzo Girl

  • Holy Matrimony

    Holy Matrimony

  • A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

    A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

  • Inside Monkey Zetterland

    Inside Monkey Zetterland

  • Far North

    Far North

  • Fast Food Nation

    Fast Food Nation

  • Human Nature

    Human Nature

  • Wildflower

    Wildflower

  • A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III

    A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III

  • Beyond Rangoon

    Beyond Rangoon

  • Kiss the Ground

    Kiss the Ground

  • Flirting with Disaster

    Flirting with Disaster

  • Electric Slide

    Electric Slide

  • Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

    Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

  • The Issue Is

    The Issue Is

  • You Cannot Kill David Arquette

    You Cannot Kill David Arquette

  • Survivor's Guide to Prison

    Survivor's Guide to Prison

  • The Hi-Lo Country

    The Hi-Lo Country

  • The Secret Agent

    The Secret Agent

  • Girl in Progress

    Girl in Progress

  • Searching for Debra Winger

    Searching for Debra Winger

  • Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

    Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

  • Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch

    Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch

  • The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde

    The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde

  • Trouble Bound

    Trouble Bound

  • The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'

    The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'

  • A Single Woman

    A Single Woman

  • Pretty Smart

    Pretty Smart

  • The Edge

    The Edge

  • Celebrities Uncensored

    Celebrities Uncensored

  • The Wait

    The Wait

  • Twelve Years

    Twelve Years

  • Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood

    Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood

  • The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015

    The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015

  • Special Thanks To Roy London

    Special Thanks To Roy London