Acting
Patricia Arquette
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
They Will Kill You
Film · 2026
Evil Genius
Film · 2026
We Are Windows
Film · 2026
Murdaugh: Death in the Family
Series · 2025
Hot Ones Versus
Series · 2024
Gonzo Girl
Film · 2023
High Desert
Series · 2023
Severance
Series · 2022
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Film · 2021
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
Film · 2020
Kiss the Ground
Film · 2020
Otherhood
Film · 2019
Toy Story 4
Film · 2019
The Act
Series · 2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Series · 2019
Survivor's Guide to Prison
Film · 2018
The Issue Is
Series · 2018
Escape at Dannemora
Series · 2018
Permanent
Film · 2017
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015
Film · 2017
Busty Blondes with Natural Racks
Film · 2017
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Series · 2017
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
Film · 2016
The Wannabe
Film · 2015
Twelve Years
Film · 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Series · 2015
CSI: Cyber
Series · 2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Series · 2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Series · 2015
Boyhood
Film · 2014
Electric Slide
Film · 2014
9 Kisses
Film · 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Series · 2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Series · 2014
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
Film · 2013
Vijay and I
Film · 2013
The Wait
Film · 2013
Girl in Progress
Film · 2012
Finding Your Roots
Series · 2012
Boardwalk Empire
Series · 2010
The Talk
Series · 2010
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Series · 2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Series · 2009
A Single Woman
Film · 2008
Certifiably Jonathan
Film · 2007
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
Film · 2007
Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother
Film · 2007
Fast Food Nation
Film · 2006
The Megan Mullally Show
Series · 2006
Special Thanks To Roy London
Film · 2005
Medium
Series · 2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Series · 2005
Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood
Film · 2004
Holes
Film · 2003
Abby Singer
Film · 2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Series · 2003
Celebrities Uncensored
Series · 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Series · 2003
The Badge
Film · 2002
Tiptoes
Film · 2002
Searching for Debra Winger
Film · 2002
Human Nature
Film · 2001
Richard & Judy
Series · 2001
Good Day Live
Series · 2001
Little Nicky
Film · 2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Series · 2000
Stigmata
Film · 1999
Bringing Out the Dead
Film · 1999
Goodbye Lover
Film · 1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Series · 1999
The Hi-Lo Country
Film · 1998
VH1: Divas Live
Film · 1998
Lost Highway
Film · 1997
Nightwatch
Film · 1997
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
Film · 1997
The View
Series · 1997
Infinity
Film · 1996
Flirting with Disaster
Film · 1996
The Secret Agent
Film · 1996
Beyond Rangoon
Film · 1995
Ed Wood
Film · 1994
Holy Matrimony
Film · 1994
Betrayed by Love
Film · 1994
True Romance
Film · 1993
Ethan Frome
Film · 1993
Trouble Bound
Film · 1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Series · 1993
Intimate Portrait
Series · 1993
Inside Monkey Zetterland
Film · 1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Series · 1992
Wildflower
Film · 1991
The Indian Runner
Film · 1991
Prayer of the Rollerboys
Film · 1991
Dillinger
Film · 1991
Made in Hollywood
Film · 1990
The Outsiders
Series · 1990
Uncle Buck
Film · 1989
The Edge
Film · 1989
Tales from the Crypt
Series · 1989
Far North
Film · 1988
Time Out
Film · 1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Series · 1988
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Film · 1987
Pretty Smart
Film · 1987
Daddy
Film · 1987
thirtysomething
Series · 1987
Screen Two
Series · 1985
American Playhouse
Series · 1982
20/20
Series · 1978
People's Choice Awards
Series · 1975
Today
Series · 1952
The Emmy Awards
Series · 1949
The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde
Film