Patricia Arquette
Acting • Born 1968-04-08
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.
Filmography
106 credits
True Romance
Movie • 1993
Alabama Whitman
Human Nature
Movie • 2001
Lila Jute
Ed Wood
Movie • 1994
Kathy O'Hara
Infinity
Movie • 1996
Arline Greenbaum
The Hi-Lo Country
Movie • 1998
Mona
Flirting with Disaster
Movie • 1996
Nancy Coplin
The Badge
Movie • 2002
Scarlett
Lost Highway
Movie • 1997
Renee Madison / Alice Wakefield
Nightwatch
Movie • 1997
Katherine
Holy Matrimony
Movie • 1994
Havana
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Movie • 1987
Kristen Parker
Beyond Rangoon
Movie • 1995
Laura Bowman
Stigmata
Movie • 1999
Frankie Paige
Wildflower
Movie • 1991
Alice Guthrie
Bringing Out the Dead
Movie • 1999
Mary Burke
Fast Food Nation
Movie • 2006
Cindy
Holes
Movie • 2003
Katherine "Kissin' Kate" Barlow
Tiptoes
Movie • 2002
Lucy
The Indian Runner
Movie • 1991
Dorothy
Little Nicky
Movie • 2000
Valerie Veran
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
Movie • 1997
Self
Ethan Frome
Movie • 1993
Mattie Silver
Prayer of the Rollerboys
Movie • 1991
Casey
The Secret Agent
Movie • 1996
Winnie
Certifiably Jonathan
Movie • 2007
Self
Goodbye Lover
Movie • 1999
Sandra Dunmore
Girl in Progress
Movie • 2012
Ms. Armstrong
Trouble Bound
Movie • 1993
Kit Califano
Boyhood
Movie • 2014
Mom
Far North
Movie • 1988
Jilly
Searching for Debra Winger
Movie • 2002
Self
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
Movie • 2013
Izzy
Pretty Smart
Movie • 1987
Zero
Daddy
Movie • 1987
Stacy
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
Movie • 2007
Self
Inside Monkey Zetterland
Movie • 1992
Grace
Vijay and I
Movie • 2013
Julia
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
Movie • 2016
Self
Dillinger
Movie • 1991
Polly Hamilton
Uncle Buck
Movie • 1989
Additional Voices (voice)
Electric Slide
Movie • 2014
Tina
Gonzo Girl
Movie • 2023
Claudia
Made in Hollywood
Movie • 1990
Tammy
The Wannabe
Movie • 2015
Rose
Time Out
Movie • 1988
Lucy
The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde
Movie
They Will Kill You
Movie • 2026
Permanent
Movie • 2017
Jeanne Dixon
Survivor's Guide to Prison
Movie • 2018
Self
Betrayed by Love
Movie • 1994
Deanna
Abby Singer
Movie • 2003
Patricia Arquette (uncredited)
A Single Woman
Movie • 2008
Storyteller
Otherhood
Movie • 2019
Gillian Lieberman
Toy Story 4
Movie • 2019
Harmony’s Mom (voice)
The Wait
Movie • 2013
Psychic
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
Movie • 2020
Self
Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
The Edge
Movie • 1989
The Girl / Raped Woman (Indian Poker)
Kiss the Ground
Movie • 2020
Self - Actor / Founder, GiveLove.org
Twelve Years
Movie • 2015
Self
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother
Movie • 2007
Self
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015
Movie • 2017
Self - Audience Member
VH1: Divas Live
Movie • 1998
Self - Host
Special Thanks To Roy London
Movie • 2005
Evil Genius
Movie
9 Kisses
Movie • 2014
Woman in Park
Medium
TV • 2005
Allison Dubois
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
thirtysomething
TV • 1987
Today
TV • 1952
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Mary Jo
The View
TV • 1997
Self
High Desert
TV • 2023
Peggy Newman
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
Self
Richard & Judy
TV • 2001
Self
Finding Your Roots
TV • 2012
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Celebrities Uncensored
TV • 2003
Self
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
TV • 2005
Self
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
TV • 2017
Self
Good Day Live
TV • 2001
Self
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Avery Ryan
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self
CSI: Cyber
TV • 2015
Avery Ryan
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Jeannie Kerns
Intimate Portrait
TV • 1993
Self
The Issue Is
TV • 2018
Self
Escape at Dannemora
TV • 2018
Joyce 'Tilly' Mitchell
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
The Act
TV • 2019
Dee Dee Blanchard
Severance
TV • 2022
Harmony Cobel
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
TV • 2015
Self
The Outsiders
TV • 1990
Rhonda Sue
Murdaugh: Death in the Family
TV • 2025
Maggie Murdaugh
The Megan Mullally Show
TV • 2006
Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Hot Ones Versus
TV • 2024
Self
The Emmy Awards
TV • 1949
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Guest
20/20
TV • 1978
Self
People's Choice Awards
TV • 1975
Self - Presenter
Boardwalk Empire
TV • 2010
Sally Wheet