Patricia Arquette
Acting
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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movieThey Will Kill You
2026
Lily Woodhouse
tvMurdaugh: Death in the Family
2025
Maggie Murdaugh
movieGonzo Girl
2023
Claudia
tvHigh Desert
2023
Peggy Newman
tvSeverance
2022
Harmony Cobel
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021
Self (archive footage)
movieKiss the Ground
2020
Self - Actor / Founder, GiveLove.org
movieOtherhood
2019
Gillian Lieberman
movieToy Story 4
2019
Harmony’s Mom (voice)
tvThe Act
2019
Dee Dee Blanchard
tvEscape at Dannemora
2018
Joyce 'Tilly' Mitchell
moviePermanent
2017
Jeanne Dixon
movieThe Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015
2017
Self - Audience Member
tvCSI: Cyber
2015
Avery Ryan
movie9 Kisses
2014
Woman in Park
movieVijay and I
2013
Julia
movieThe Wait
2013
Psychic
movieGirl in Progress
2012
Ms. Armstrong
tvThe Talk
2010
Self
tvBoardwalk Empire
2010
Sally Wheet
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Self - Guest
movieA Single Woman
2008
Storyteller
tvThe Megan Mullally Show
2006
Self - Guest
tvMedium
2005
Allison Dubois
movieEd Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood
2004
Self (archive footage)
movieAbby Singer
2003
Patricia Arquette (uncredited)
movieHoles
2003
Katherine "Kissin' Kate" Barlow
tvJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Self - Guest
movieTiptoes
2002
Lucy
movieThe Badge
2002
Scarlett
movieHuman Nature
2001
Lila Jute
movieLittle Nicky
2000
Valerie Veran
tvCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Avery Ryan
movieBringing Out the Dead
1999
Mary Burke
tvLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
Jeannie Kerns
movieStigmata
1999
Frankie Paige
movieGoodbye Lover
1999
Sandra Dunmore
movieVH1: Divas Live
1998
Self - Host
tvThe View
1997
Self
movieNightwatch
1997
Katherine
movieLost Highway
1997
Renee Madison / Alice Wakefield
movieInfinity
1996
Arline Greenbaum
movieFlirting with Disaster
1996
Nancy Coplin
movieBeyond Rangoon
1995
Laura Bowman
movieEd Wood
1994
Kathy O'Hara
movieHoly Matrimony
1994
Havana
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Self - Guest
movieTrue Romance
1993
Alabama Whitman
movieEthan Frome
1993
Mattie Silver
movieTrouble Bound
1993
Kit Califano
movieWildflower
1991
Alice Guthrie
movieThe Indian Runner
1991
Dorothy
movieDillinger
1991
Polly Hamilton
tvThe Outsiders
1990
Rhonda Sue
movieThe Edge
1989
The Girl / Raped Woman (Indian Poker)
movieUncle Buck
1989
Additional Voices (voice)
tvTales from the Crypt
1989
Mary Jo
movieFar North
1988
Jilly
movieDaddy
1987
Stacy
movieA Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987
Kristen Parker
tvScreen Two
1985
Mattie Silver
tvAmerican Playhouse
1982
Mattie Silver
tv20/20
1978
Self
tvPeople's Choice Awards
1975
Self - Presenter
tvToday
1952
Self
Production6
movieGonzo Girl
2023
Producer
tvHigh Desert
2023
Executive Producer
movieWho I Am Not
2023
Executive Producer
tvSeverance
2022
Producer, Executive Producer
movieOtherhood
2019
Executive Producer
movieEqual Means Equal
2016
Executive Producer
Directing2
movieGonzo Girl
2023
Director
tvMedium
2005
Director