Patricia Arquette

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

100

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

  • Murdaugh: Death in the Family

    Murdaugh: Death in the Family

  • The Kelly Clarkson Show

    The Kelly Clarkson Show

  • The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

    The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • The Late Late Show with James Corden

    The Late Late Show with James Corden

  • Severance

    Severance

  • Medium

    Medium

  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark

    LIVE with Kelly and Mark

  • Jimmy Kimmel Live!

    Jimmy Kimmel Live!

  • The View

    The View

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Good Day Live

    Good Day Live

  • Richard & Judy

    Richard & Judy

  • Late Night with Conan O'Brien

    Late Night with Conan O'Brien

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

    The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

  • The Megan Mullally Show

    The Megan Mullally Show

  • Intimate Portrait

    Intimate Portrait

  • Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

    Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

  • Tales from the Crypt

    Tales from the Crypt

  • thirtysomething

    thirtysomething

  • Toy Story 4

    Toy Story 4

  • Finding Your Roots

    Finding Your Roots

  • Carpool Karaoke: The Series

    Carpool Karaoke: The Series

  • Today

    Today

  • Uncle Buck

    Uncle Buck

  • Hot Ones Versus

    Hot Ones Versus

  • The Act

    The Act

  • Lost Highway

    Lost Highway

  • Little Nicky

    Little Nicky

  • Escape at Dannemora

    Escape at Dannemora

  • CSI: Cyber

    CSI: Cyber

  • Holes

    Holes

  • True Romance

    True Romance

  • Twelve Years

    Twelve Years

  • Stigmata

    Stigmata

  • Ed Wood

    Ed Wood

  • Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch

    Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch

  • Flirting with Disaster

    Flirting with Disaster

  • The Outsiders

    The Outsiders

  • A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III

    A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III

  • A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

    A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

  • Boyhood

    Boyhood

  • High Desert

    High Desert

  • Permanent

    Permanent

  • Goodbye Lover

    Goodbye Lover

  • The Edge

    The Edge

  • The Wait

    The Wait

  • The Badge

    The Badge

  • Far North

    Far North

  • The Emmy Awards

    The Emmy Awards

  • Human Nature

    Human Nature

  • Betrayed by Love

    Betrayed by Love

  • Pretty Smart

    Pretty Smart

  • Fast Food Nation

    Fast Food Nation

  • Beyond Rangoon

    Beyond Rangoon

  • Inside Monkey Zetterland

    Inside Monkey Zetterland

  • The Hi-Lo Country

    The Hi-Lo Country

  • Nightwatch

    Nightwatch

  • Prayer of the Rollerboys

    Prayer of the Rollerboys

  • The Indian Runner

    The Indian Runner

  • You Cannot Kill David Arquette

    You Cannot Kill David Arquette

  • Infinity

    Infinity

  • Wildflower

    Wildflower

  • The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde

    The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde

  • Girl in Progress

    Girl in Progress

  • They Will Kill You

    They Will Kill You

  • Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

    Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

  • Bringing Out the Dead

    Bringing Out the Dead

  • A Single Woman

    A Single Woman

  • The Wannabe

    The Wannabe

  • Dillinger

    Dillinger

  • Electric Slide

    Electric Slide

  • Vijay and I

    Vijay and I

  • Kiss the Ground

    Kiss the Ground

  • Made in Hollywood

    Made in Hollywood

  • Abby Singer

    Abby Singer

  • The Issue Is

    The Issue Is

  • Daddy

    Daddy

  • Tiptoes

    Tiptoes

  • Ethan Frome

    Ethan Frome

  • Otherhood

    Otherhood

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

    Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

  • 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

  • Certifiably Jonathan

    Certifiably Jonathan

  • The Secret Agent

    The Secret Agent

  • Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood

    Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood

  • Survivor's Guide to Prison

    Survivor's Guide to Prison

  • Holy Matrimony

    Holy Matrimony

  • The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'

    The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'

  • VH1: Divas Live

    VH1: Divas Live

  • Time Out

    Time Out

  • Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother

    Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother

  • Searching for Debra Winger

    Searching for Debra Winger

  • Trouble Bound

    Trouble Bound

  • Celebrities Uncensored

    Celebrities Uncensored

  • Gonzo Girl

    Gonzo Girl