Patricia Clarkson

Patricia Clarkson

Known for
Acting
Born
December 29, 1959 (age 66)
Birthplace
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Biography

Patricia Davies Clarkson (born December 29, 1959) is an American actress. After studying drama on the East Coast, Clarkson launched her acting career in 1985, and has worked steadily in both film and television. She twice won the Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in Six Feet Under. Film roles included The Green Mile, Far From Heaven, The Station Agent and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Pieces of April (2003). Description above from the Wikipedia article Patricia Clarkson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

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Light on Broken Glass

Light on Broken Glass

Movie · as Melody Harper

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What Happens at Night

What Happens at Night

Movie · as Livia Pinheiro-Rima

2027
The Comebacker

The Comebacker

Movie

2025
Lilly poster

Lilly

Movie · as Lilly Ledbetter

2025
Ransom Canyon poster

Ransom Canyon

TV · as Claire O'Grady · 5 eps

2023
Monica poster

Monica

Movie · as Eugenia

2023
Gray poster

Gray

TV · as Cornelia Gray · 8 eps

2022
She Said poster

She Said

Movie · as Rebecca Corbett

2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg poster

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

TV · as Self – Actor · 1 ep

2021
Hemingway poster

Hemingway

TV · as Grace Hemingway (voice), Pauline Pfeiffer (voice) · 1 ep

2020
The Vote poster

The Vote

TV · 2 eps

2019
Out of Blue poster

Out of Blue

Movie · as Det. Mike Hoolihan

2019
Almost Love poster

Almost Love

Movie · as Ravella Brewer

2019
State of the Union poster

State of the Union

TV · as Ellen · 10 eps

2019
Green Eggs and Ham poster

Green Eggs and Ham

TV · as Pam-I-Am (voice) · 10 eps

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2019
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle poster

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
Delirium poster

Delirium

Movie · as Brody

2018
Jonathan poster

Jonathan

Movie · as Dr. Mina Nariman

2018
Maze Runner: The Death Cure poster

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

Movie · as Ava Paige

2018
Sharp Objects poster

Sharp Objects

TV · as Adora Crellin · 8 eps

2017
The Party poster

The Party

Movie · as April

2017
The Bookshop poster

The Bookshop

Movie · as Violet Gamart

2016
Super Hummingbirds poster

Super Hummingbirds

Movie · as Narrator

2016
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem poster

The 4%: Film's Gender Problem

Movie · as Self

2015
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials poster

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

Movie · as Ava Paige

2014
Regarding Susan Sontag poster

Regarding Susan Sontag

Movie · as Susan Sontag (voice)

2014
The Maze Runner poster

The Maze Runner

Movie · as Ava Paige

2014
Learning to Drive poster

Learning to Drive

Movie · as Wendy

2014
Last Weekend poster

Last Weekend

Movie · as Celia Green

2014
October Gale poster

October Gale

Movie · as Helen Matthews

2014
Walking the Mile poster

Walking the Mile

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2014
Annie poster

Annie

Movie · as Focus Group Woman

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Broad City poster

Broad City

TV · as Timothy's mother · 1 ep

2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
The East poster

The East

Movie · as Sharon

2013
House of Cards poster

House of Cards

TV · as Jane Davis · 21 eps

2012
It's Getting Late poster

It's Getting Late

Movie · as Lou

2012
The Dust Bowl poster

The Dust Bowl

TV · as Hazel Lucas Shaw · 2 eps

2011
Rise poster

Rise

Movie · as Maribel Vinson Owen

2011
One Day poster

One Day

Movie · as Alison Mayhew

2011
Friends with Benefits poster

Friends with Benefits

Movie · as Lorna

2011
Five poster

Five

Movie · as Mia

2011
Prohibition poster

Prohibition

TV · as Reader / Carrie Nation (voice) · 3 eps

2010
Shutter Island poster

Shutter Island

Movie · as Rachel 2

2010
Easy A poster

Easy A

Movie · as Rosemary

2010
Legendary poster

Legendary

Movie · as Sharon

2010
Main Street poster

Main Street

Movie · as Willa Jenkins

2010
The Making of Easy A poster

The Making of Easy A

Movie · as Self

2009
Cairo Time poster

Cairo Time

Movie · as Juliette Grant

2009
2081 poster

2081

Movie · as Narrator

2009
Whatever Works poster

Whatever Works

Movie · as Marietta

2009
For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism poster

For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism

Movie · as Narrator

2009
Soul of a People: Writing America's Story poster

Soul of a People: Writing America's Story

Movie · as Self - Narrator (voice)

2009
Beyond All Boundaries poster

Beyond All Boundaries

Movie · as Marguerite Higgins

2009
Parks and Recreation poster

Parks and Recreation

TV · as Tammy One · 2 eps

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2008
Vicky Cristina Barcelona poster

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Movie · as Judy Nash

2008
Blind Date poster

Blind Date

Movie · as Janna

2008
Married Life poster

Married Life

Movie · as Pat Allen

2008
Elegy poster

Elegy

Movie · as Carolyn

2008
Phoebe in Wonderland poster

Phoebe in Wonderland

Movie · as Miss Dodger

2007
No Reservations poster

No Reservations

Movie · as Paula

2007
Lars and the Real Girl poster

Lars and the Real Girl

Movie · as Dagmar

2007
Amazing Planet poster

Amazing Planet

TV · as Narrator · 3 eps

2006
All the King's Men poster

All the King's Men

Movie · as Sadie Burke

2006
The Woods poster

The Woods

Movie · as Mrs. Traverse

2005
Good Night, and Good Luck. poster

Good Night, and Good Luck.

Movie · as Shirley Wershba

2005
The Dying Gaul poster

The Dying Gaul

Movie · as Elaine Tishop

2005
American Dad! poster

American Dad!

TV · as Meredith Fields (voice) · 1 ep

2004
Miracle poster

Miracle

Movie · as Patty Brooks

2004
Dogville Confessions poster

Dogville Confessions

Movie · as Self

2003
Dogville poster

Dogville

Movie · as Vera

2003
The Station Agent poster

The Station Agent

Movie · as Olivia Harris

2003
Pieces of April poster

Pieces of April

Movie · as Joy Burns

2003
All the Real Girls poster

All the Real Girls

Movie · as Elvira

2003
Far from Heaven: "Making of"

Far from Heaven: "Making of"

Movie

2002
Far from Heaven poster

Far from Heaven

Movie · as Eleanor Fine

2002
Carrie poster

Carrie

Movie · as Margaret White

2002
The Safety of Objects poster

The Safety of Objects

Movie · as Annette Jennings

2002
Wendigo poster

Wendigo

Movie · as Kim

2002
The Baroness and the Pig poster

The Baroness and the Pig

Movie · as The Baroness

2002
Heartbreak Hospital poster

Heartbreak Hospital

Movie · as Lottie Ohrwasher

2002
Searching for the Wendigo poster

Searching for the Wendigo

Movie · as Self

2002
Welcome to Collinwood poster

Welcome to Collinwood

Movie · as Rosalind

2001
The Pledge poster

The Pledge

Movie · as Margaret Larsen

2001
Falling Like This poster

Falling Like This

Movie · as Caroline Lockhart

2001
Dirty Harry: The Original poster

Dirty Harry: The Original

Movie · as Self - Actress

2001
Six Feet Under poster

Six Feet Under

TV · as Sarah O'Connor · 7 eps

2000
Joe Gould's Secret poster

Joe Gould's Secret

Movie · as Vivian Marquie

2000
Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile

Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

2000
Wonderland poster

Wonderland

TV · as Tammy Banger · 1 ep

1999
The Green Mile poster

The Green Mile

Movie · as Melinda Moores

1999
Simply Irresistible poster

Simply Irresistible

Movie · as Lois McNally

1999
Wayward Son poster

Wayward Son

Movie · as Wesley

1998
Playing by Heart poster

Playing by Heart

Movie · as Allison

1998
High Art poster

High Art

Movie · as Greta

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1996
London Suite poster

London Suite

Movie · as Diana Nichols

1996
Film Independent Spirit Awards poster

Film Independent Spirit Awards

TV · as Self - Nominee · 1 ep

1995
Jumanji poster

Jumanji

Movie · as Carol Parrish

1995
Pharaoh's Army poster

Pharaoh's Army

Movie · as Sarah Anders

1995
Murder One poster

Murder One

TV · as Annie Hoffman · 23 eps

1994
She Led Two Lives poster

She Led Two Lives

Movie · as Desiree Parnell

1993
Caught in the Act poster

Caught in the Act

Movie · as Meg

1993
Alex Haley's Queen poster

Alex Haley's Queen

TV · as Lizzie · 3 eps

1993
Frasier poster

Frasier

TV · as Claire French · 4 eps

1993
Intimate Portrait poster

Intimate Portrait

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1992
An American Story poster

An American Story

Movie · as Barbara Meade

1992
Four Eyes and Six-Guns poster

Four Eyes and Six-Guns

Movie · as Lucy Laughton

1992
Legacy of Lies poster

Legacy of Lies

Movie · as Pat Rafael

1992
Blind Man's Bluff poster

Blind Man's Bluff

Movie · as Dr. Virginia Hertz

1991
Davis Rules poster

Davis Rules

TV · as Cosmo Yeargin · 13 eps

1990
The Old Man and the Sea poster

The Old Man and the Sea

Movie · as Mary Pruitt

1990
Tune in Tomorrow... poster

Tune in Tomorrow...

Movie · as Aunt Olga

1990
Law & Order poster

Law & Order

TV · as Laura Winthrop · 1 ep

1989
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

TV · as Suzy · 1 ep

1988
The Dead Pool poster

The Dead Pool

Movie · as Samantha Walker

1988
Everybody's All-American poster

Everybody's All-American

Movie · as Leslie Stone

1988
Rocket Gibraltar poster

Rocket Gibraltar

Movie · as Rose Black

1987
The Untouchables poster

The Untouchables

Movie · as Catherine Ness

1985
Spenser: For Hire poster

Spenser: For Hire

TV · 1 ep

1985
The Equalizer poster

The Equalizer

TV · as Deborah Wade · 1 ep

1982
Nature poster

Nature

TV · as Narrator (voice) · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Mother #2 (uncredited), Mother (uncredited) · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV