Patricia Arquette

Patricia Arquette

Known for
Acting
Born
April 8, 1968 (age 58)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA

Biography

Patricia T. 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

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Filmography

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The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde

The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde

Movie

2026
They Will Kill You poster

They Will Kill You

Movie · as Lily Woodhouse

2026
Evil Genius

Evil Genius

Movie

2025
Murdaugh: Death in the Family poster

Murdaugh: Death in the Family

TV · as Maggie Murdaugh · 8 eps

2024
Hot Ones Versus poster

Hot Ones Versus

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2023
Gonzo Girl poster

Gonzo Girl

Movie · as Claudia

2023
High Desert poster

High Desert

TV · as Peggy Newman · 8 eps

2022
Severance poster

Severance

TV · as Harmony Cobel · 19 eps

2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
You Cannot Kill David Arquette poster

You Cannot Kill David Arquette

Movie · as Self

2020
Kiss the Ground poster

Kiss the Ground

Movie · as Self - Actor / Founder, GiveLove.org

2019
Otherhood poster

Otherhood

Movie · as Gillian Lieberman

2019
Toy Story 4 poster

Toy Story 4

Movie · as Harmony’s Mom (voice)

2019
The Act poster

The Act

TV · as Dee Dee Blanchard · 8 eps

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
Survivor's Guide to Prison poster

Survivor's Guide to Prison

Movie · as Self

2018
The Issue Is poster

The Issue Is

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2018
Escape at Dannemora poster

Escape at Dannemora

TV · as Joyce 'Tilly' Mitchell · 7 eps

2017
Permanent poster

Permanent

Movie · as Jeanne Dixon

2017
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015 poster

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

Movie · as Self - Audience Member

2017
Busty Blondes with Natural Racks poster

Busty Blondes with Natural Racks

Movie · as (archive footage)

2017
Carpool Karaoke: The Series poster

Carpool Karaoke: The Series

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny poster

Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny

Movie · as Self

2015
The Wannabe poster

The Wannabe

Movie · as Rose

2015
Twelve Years poster

Twelve Years

Movie · as Self

2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden poster

The Late Late Show with James Corden

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
CSI: Cyber poster

CSI: Cyber

TV · as Avery Ryan · 31 eps

2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter poster

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert poster

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Boyhood poster

Boyhood

Movie · as Mom

2014
Electric Slide poster

Electric Slide

Movie · as Tina

2014
9 Kisses poster

9 Kisses

Movie · as Woman in Park

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors poster

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2013
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III poster

A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III

Movie · as Izzy

2013
Vijay and I poster

Vijay and I

Movie · as Julia

2013
The Wait poster

The Wait

Movie · as Psychic

2012
Girl in Progress poster

Girl in Progress

Movie · as Ms. Armstrong

2012
Finding Your Roots poster

Finding Your Roots

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
Boardwalk Empire poster

Boardwalk Empire

TV · as Sally Wheet · 10 eps

2010
The Talk poster

The Talk

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy poster

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

TV · 2 eps

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 5 eps

2008
A Single Woman poster

A Single Woman

Movie · as Storyteller

2007
Certifiably Jonathan poster

Certifiably Jonathan

Movie · as Self

2007
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' poster

The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'

Movie · as Self

2007
Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother poster

Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother

Movie · as Self

2006
Fast Food Nation poster

Fast Food Nation

Movie · as Cindy

2006
The Megan Mullally Show poster

The Megan Mullally Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2005
Special Thanks To Roy London poster

Special Thanks To Roy London

Movie

2005
Medium poster

Medium

TV · as Allison Dubois · 128 eps

2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson poster

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2004
Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood poster

Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2003
Holes poster

Holes

Movie · as Kissin' Kate Barlow

2003
Abby Singer poster

Abby Singer

Movie · as Patricia Arquette (uncredited)

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2003
Celebrities Uncensored poster

Celebrities Uncensored

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! poster

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2002
The Badge poster

The Badge

Movie · as Scarlett

2002
Tiptoes poster

Tiptoes

Movie · as Lucy

2002
Searching for Debra Winger poster

Searching for Debra Winger

Movie · as Self

2001
Human Nature poster

Human Nature

Movie · as Lila Jute

2001
Richard & Judy poster

Richard & Judy

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
Good Day Live poster

Good Day Live

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2000
Little Nicky poster

Little Nicky

Movie · as Valerie Veran

2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation poster

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

TV · as Avery Ryan · 2 eps

1999
Stigmata poster

Stigmata

Movie · as Frankie Paige

1999
Bringing Out the Dead poster

Bringing Out the Dead

Movie · as Mary Burke

1999
Goodbye Lover poster

Goodbye Lover

Movie · as Sandra Dunmore

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Jeannie Kerns · 1 ep

1998
The Hi-Lo Country poster

The Hi-Lo Country

Movie · as Mona

1998
VH1: Divas Live poster

VH1: Divas Live

Movie · as Self - Host

1997
Lost Highway poster

Lost Highway

Movie · as Renee Madison / Alice Wakefield

1997
Nightwatch poster

Nightwatch

Movie · as Katherine

1997
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch poster

Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch

Movie · as Self

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1996
Infinity poster

Infinity

Movie · as Arline Greenbaum

1996
Flirting with Disaster poster

Flirting with Disaster

Movie · as Nancy Coplin

1996
The Secret Agent poster

The Secret Agent

Movie · as Winnie

1995
Beyond Rangoon poster

Beyond Rangoon

Movie · as Laura Bowman

1994
Ed Wood poster

Ed Wood

Movie · as Kathy O'Hara

1994
Holy Matrimony poster

Holy Matrimony

Movie · as Havana

1994
Betrayed by Love poster

Betrayed by Love

Movie · as Deanna

1993
True Romance poster

True Romance

Movie · as Alabama Whitman

1993
Ethan Frome poster

Ethan Frome

Movie · as Mattie Silver

1993
Trouble Bound poster

Trouble Bound

Movie · as Kit Califano

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1993
Intimate Portrait poster

Intimate Portrait

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1992
Inside Monkey Zetterland poster

Inside Monkey Zetterland

Movie · as Grace

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1991
Wildflower poster

Wildflower

Movie · as Alice Guthrie

1991
The Indian Runner poster

The Indian Runner

Movie · as Dorothy

1991
Prayer of the Rollerboys poster

Prayer of the Rollerboys

Movie · as Casey

1991
Dillinger poster

Dillinger

Movie · as Polly Hamilton

1990
Made in Hollywood poster

Made in Hollywood

Movie · as Tammy

1990
The Girl with the Crazy Brother

The Girl with the Crazy Brother

Movie · as Dana

1990
The Outsiders poster

The Outsiders

TV · as Rhonda Sue · 1 ep

1989
Uncle Buck poster

Uncle Buck

Movie · as Additional Voices (voice)

1989
The Edge poster

The Edge

Movie · as The Girl / Raped Woman (Indian Poker)

1989
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

TV · as Mary Jo · 1 ep

1988
Far North poster

Far North

Movie · as Jilly

1988
Time Out poster

Time Out

Movie · as Lucy

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · 1 ep

1987
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors poster

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

Movie · as Kristen Parker

1987
Pretty Smart poster

Pretty Smart

Movie · as Zero

1987
Daddy poster

Daddy

Movie · as Stacy

1987
thirtysomething poster

thirtysomething

TV · 1 ep

1985
Screen Two poster

Screen Two

TV · as Mattie Silver · 1 ep

1982
American Playhouse poster

American Playhouse

TV · as Mattie Silver · 1 ep

1978
20/20 poster

20/20

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1975
People's Choice Awards poster

People's Choice Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

1952
Today poster

Today

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1949
The Emmy Awards poster

The Emmy Awards

TV · as Self · 1 ep