Patricia Arquette

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

103

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

  • 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

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • Medium

    Medium

  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

  • The Late Late Show with James Corden

    The Late Late Show with James Corden

  • Severance

    Severance

  • The View

    The View

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • Richard & Judy

    Richard & Judy

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • 20/20

    20/20

  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

  • Intimate Portrait

    Intimate Portrait

  • Good Day Live

    Good Day Live

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Finding Your Roots

    Finding Your Roots

  • Toy Story 4

    Toy Story 4

  • Murdaugh: Death in the Family

    Murdaugh: Death in the Family

  • Hot Ones Versus

    Hot Ones Versus

  • thirtysomething

    thirtysomething

  • Uncle Buck

    Uncle Buck

  • Carpool Karaoke: The Series

    Carpool Karaoke: The Series

  • The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'

    The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'

  • Little Nicky

    Little Nicky

  • The Megan Mullally Show

    The Megan Mullally Show

  • The Act

    The Act

  • 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

  • CSI: Cyber

    CSI: Cyber

  • True Romance

    True Romance

  • Daddy

    Daddy

  • Escape at Dannemora

    Escape at Dannemora

  • Permanent

    Permanent

  • The Outsiders

    The Outsiders

  • Holes

    Holes

  • Otherhood

    Otherhood

  • Abby Singer

    Abby Singer

  • Ed Wood

    Ed Wood

  • Electric Slide

    Electric Slide

  • Lost Highway

    Lost Highway

  • Bringing Out the Dead

    Bringing Out the Dead

  • Dillinger

    Dillinger

  • Boyhood

    Boyhood

  • Twelve Years

    Twelve Years

  • The Badge

    The Badge

  • Beyond Rangoon

    Beyond Rangoon

  • The Wannabe

    The Wannabe

  • Pretty Smart

    Pretty Smart

  • Stigmata

    Stigmata

  • Goodbye Lover

    Goodbye Lover

  • Trouble Bound

    Trouble Bound

  • A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

    A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

  • Today

    Today

  • Evil Genius

    Evil Genius

  • Wildflower

    Wildflower

  • Far North

    Far North

  • High Desert

    High Desert

  • Human Nature

    Human Nature

  • Infinity

    Infinity

  • You Cannot Kill David Arquette

    You Cannot Kill David Arquette

  • Fast Food Nation

    Fast Food Nation

  • The Edge

    The Edge

  • A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III

    A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III

  • Nightwatch

    Nightwatch

  • They Will Kill You

    They Will Kill You

  • The Indian Runner

    The Indian Runner

  • The Emmy Awards

    The Emmy Awards

  • Flirting with Disaster

    Flirting with Disaster

  • The Issue Is

    The Issue Is

  • The Secret Agent

    The Secret Agent

  • Prayer of the Rollerboys

    Prayer of the Rollerboys

  • Tiptoes

    Tiptoes

  • Gonzo Girl

    Gonzo Girl

  • Ethan Frome

    Ethan Frome

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

    Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

  • Girl in Progress

    Girl in Progress

  • The Hi-Lo Country

    The Hi-Lo Country

  • The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde

    The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde

  • Time Out

    Time Out

  • Betrayed by Love

    Betrayed by Love

  • Survivor's Guide to Prison

    Survivor's Guide to Prison

  • Inside Monkey Zetterland

    Inside Monkey Zetterland

  • Vijay and I

    Vijay and I

  • A Single Woman

    A Single Woman

  • Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

    Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

  • Certifiably Jonathan

    Certifiably Jonathan

  • Made in Hollywood

    Made in Hollywood

  • Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch

    Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch

  • Kiss the Ground

    Kiss the Ground

  • VH1: Divas Live

    VH1: Divas Live

  • Searching for Debra Winger

    Searching for Debra Winger

  • Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother

    Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother

  • Holy Matrimony

    Holy Matrimony

  • Special Thanks To Roy London

    Special Thanks To Roy London

  • Celebrities Uncensored

    Celebrities Uncensored

  • The Wait

    The Wait

  • Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood

    Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood