Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
106
Gender
Female
Birthday
April 8, 1968 (58 years old)
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Also Known As
Patricia T. Arquette
Πατρίσια Αρκέτ
پاتریشیا آرکت
Patricia Arquette
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.
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
Acting
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The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde
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Evil Genius
2026
They Will Kill You
as
Lily Woodhouse
2025
Murdaugh: Death in the Family
as
Maggie Murdaugh
8 episode
s
2024
Hot Ones Versus
as
Self
1 episode
2023
Gonzo Girl
as
Claudia
2023
High Desert
as
Peggy Newman
8 episode
s
2022
Severance
as
Harmony Cobel
19 episode
s
2021
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as
Self (archive footage)
2020
Kiss the Ground
as
Self - Actor / Founder, GiveLove.org
2020
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
as
Self
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
as
Self
1 episode
2019
Otherhood
as
Gillian Lieberman
2019
Toy Story 4
as
Harmony’s Mom (voice)
2019
The Act
as
Dee Dee Blanchard
8 episode
s
2018
Escape at Dannemora
as
Joyce 'Tilly' Mitchell
7 episode
s
2018
The Issue Is
as
Self
1 episode
2018
Survivor's Guide to Prison
as
Self
2017
Permanent
as
Jeanne Dixon
2017
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015
as
Self - Audience Member
2017
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
as
Self
1 episode
2016
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
as
Self
2015
The Wannabe
as
Rose
2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as
Self
1 episode
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as
Self
1 episode
2015
CSI: Cyber
as
Avery Ryan
31 episode
s
2015
Twelve Years
as
Self
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as
Self
2 episode
s
2014
Boyhood
as
Mom
2014
Electric Slide
as
Tina
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as
Self
1 episode
2014
9 Kisses
as
Woman in Park
2013
Vijay and I
as
Julia
2013
The Wait
as
Psychic
2013
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
as
Izzy
2012
Girl in Progress
as
Ms. Armstrong
2012
Finding Your Roots
as
Self
1 episode
2010
Boardwalk Empire
as
Sally Wheet
10 episode
s
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as
Self - Guest
5 episode
s
2008
A Single Woman
as
Storyteller
2007
Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother
as
Self
2007
Certifiably Jonathan
as
Self
2007
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
as
Self
2006
Fast Food Nation
as
Cindy
2006
The Megan Mullally Show
as
Self - Guest
1 episode
2005
Special Thanks To Roy London
2005
Medium
as
Allison Dubois
128 episode
s
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as
Self
1 episode
2004
Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood
as
Self (archive footage)
2003
Abby Singer
as
Patricia Arquette (uncredited)
2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as
Self
2 episode
s
2003
Celebrities Uncensored
as
Self
2 episode
s
2003
Holes
as
Katherine "Kissin' Kate" Barlow
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as
Self - Guest
1 episode
2002
Tiptoes
as
Lucy
2002
The Badge
as
Scarlett
2002
Searching for Debra Winger
as
Self
2001
Richard & Judy
as
Self
1 episode
2001
Good Day Live
as
Self
1 episode
2001
Human Nature
as
Lila Jute
2000
Little Nicky
as
Valerie Veran
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as
Avery Ryan
2 episode
s
1999
Bringing Out the Dead
as
Mary Burke
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as
Jeannie Kerns
1 episode
1999
Stigmata
as
Frankie Paige
1999
Goodbye Lover
as
Sandra Dunmore
1998
The Hi-Lo Country
as
Mona
1998
VH1: Divas Live
as
Self - Host
1997
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
as
Self
1997
The View
as
Self
3 episode
s
1997
Nightwatch
as
Katherine
1997
Lost Highway
as
Renee Madison / Alice Wakefield
1996
The Secret Agent
as
Winnie
1996
Infinity
as
Arline Greenbaum
1996
Flirting with Disaster
as
Nancy Coplin
1995
Beyond Rangoon
as
Laura Bowman
1994
Ed Wood
as
Kathy O'Hara
1994
Holy Matrimony
as
Havana
1994
Betrayed by Love
as
Deanna
1993
Intimate Portrait
as
Self
1 episode
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as
Self - Guest
1 episode
1993
True Romance
as
Alabama Whitman
1993
Ethan Frome
as
Mattie Silver
1993
Trouble Bound
as
Kit Califano
1992
Inside Monkey Zetterland
as
Grace
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as
Self
2 episode
s
1991
Wildflower
as
Alice Guthrie
1991
The Indian Runner
as
Dorothy
1991
Prayer of the Rollerboys
as
Casey
1991
Dillinger
as
Polly Hamilton
1990
Made in Hollywood
as
Tammy
1990
The Outsiders
as
Rhonda Sue
1 episode
1989
The Edge
as
The Girl / Raped Woman (Indian Poker)
1989
Uncle Buck
as
Additional Voices (voice)
1989
Tales from the Crypt
as
Mary Jo
1 episode
1988
Far North
as
Jilly
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1 episode
1988
Time Out
as
Lucy
1987
thirtysomething
1 episode
1987
Daddy
as
Stacy
1987
Pretty Smart
as
Zero
1987
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
as
Kristen Parker
1978
20/20
as
Self
1 episode
1975
People's Choice Awards
as
Self - Presenter
1 episode
1952
Today
as
Self
3 episode
s
1949
The Emmy Awards
as
Self
1 episode
