Release CalendarTop 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV News
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsABFFPride MonthOutfest OutfrontsSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • All
  • Titles
  • TV Episodes
  • Celebs
  • Companies
  • Keywords
  • Advanced Search
Watchlist
Sign In
Sign In
New Customer? Create account
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
  • Biography
  • Awards
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

Patricia Arquette

  • Actress
  • Producer
  • Director
IMDbProStarmeterTop 500106
Patricia Arquette at an event for Scream 4 (2011)
Take a closer look at the various roles Patricia Arquette has played throughout her acting career.
Play clip1:47
Patricia Arquette | Career Retrospective
99+ Videos
99+ Photos
With her expressive blue eyes, soft, Southern-tinged voice and an acting range that can carry her from hysterically funny to terrifying in seconds, Patricia Arquette is one of the most underrated and talented actresses of her generation. Though she has been working for years, she's always stayed just under the radar of true stardom, despite a 1995 marriage to Nicolas Cage.

Patricia was born in Chicago, though the family soon moved to a commune near Arlington, Virginia. Her parents, Lewis Arquette, an actor, and Brenda Denaut (née Nowak), an acting teacher and therapist, had 4 other children: Rosanna Arquette, Richmond Arquette, Alexis Arquette, and David Arquette, all actors. Her paternal grandfather, Cliff Arquette, was also an entertainer. Patricia's mother was from an Ashkenazi Jewish family (from Poland and Russia), while Patricia's father had French-Canadian, Swiss-German, and English ancestry.

At 15, Patricia ran away from home to live with her sister Rosanna and, after initial insecurity, got her start in Pretty Smart (1987). A year later, she gained attention for her starring role in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), considered by many to be the best film of the Nightmare series. In 1989, Patricia's son, Enzo (father is Paul Rossi), was born. Soon after, her career took off, and she has since appeared in such critically acclaimed movies as True Romance (1993), Beyond Rangoon (1995), Ethan Frome (1993), Lost Highway (1997) and Flirting with Disaster (1996). She won a CableACE award in 1991 for her portrayal of a deaf epileptic in Wildflower (1991). In 1997, after her mother died of breast cancer, Patricia took the lead in the fight against the disease. She has run in the annual Race for the Cure and in 1999 was the Lee National Denim Day spokesperson.
BornApril 8, 1968
  • More at IMDbPro
    • Contact info
    • Agent info
    • Resume
BornApril 8, 1968
IMDbProStarmeterTop 500106
  • View contact info at IMDbPro
  • Won 1 Oscar
    • 58 wins & 73 nominations total

Photos700

Patricia Arquette and Johnny Depp in Ed Wood (1994)
Patricia Arquette
Patricia Arquette in Stigmata (1999)
Patricia Arquette in Severance (2022)
Patricia Arquette and Tramell Tillman in Severance (2022)
Patricia Arquette in Severance (2022)
Patricia Arquette in Severance (2022)
Patricia Arquette, John Turturro, Adam Scott, Zach Cherry, and Tramell Tillman in Severance (2022)
Patricia Arquette in Severance (2022)
Patricia Arquette in Severance (2022)
Patricia Arquette, Ben Stiller, John Turturro, and Adam Scott in Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009)
Patricia Arquette and Robin Thede in Robin Thede & Patricia Arquette (2022)

Known for:

Ellar Coltrane in Boyhood (2014)
Boyhood
7.9
  • Olivia
  • 2014
Brad Pitt, Patricia Arquette, Gary Oldman, Christian Slater, Dennis Hopper, and Christopher Walken in True Romance (1993)
True Romance
7.9
  • Alabama Whitman
  • 1993
Patricia Arquette in Medium (2005)
Medium
7.1
TV Series
  • Allison Dubois
  • Allison DuBois
  • Allison Dunham
  • Barbara
  • Bridgette Dubois
  • Dorothy
  • Sandra O'Bannon
  • Todd Emory
Stigmata (1999)
Stigmata
6.2
  • Frankie Paige
  • 1999

Credits

Edit
IMDbPro

Actress

  • Gonzo Girl
    • Claudia
    • Post-production
  • Severance
    • Harmony Cobel
    • Released
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • High Desert
    • Peggy
    • Released
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • High Desert (2023)
    High Desert
    • Peggy
    • Peggy Newman
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Adam Scott in Severance (2022)
    Severance
    • Harmony Cobel
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Patricia Arquette, Angela Bassett, and Felicity Huffman in Otherhood (2019)
    Otherhood
    • Gillian Lieberman
    • 2019
  • Tom Hanks, Keanu Reeves, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony Hale, Christina Hendricks, Keegan-Michael Key, Ally Maki, and Jordan Peele in Toy Story 4 (2019)
    Toy Story 4
    • Harmony's Mom (voice)
    • 2019
  • Patricia Arquette and Joey King in The Act (2019)
    The Act
    • Dee Dee Blanchard
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2019
  • Escape at Dannemora (2018)
    Escape at Dannemora
    • Tilly Mitchell
    • TV Mini Series
    • 2018
  • Patricia Arquette, Rainn Wilson, and Kira McLean in Permanent (2017)
    Permanent
    • Jeanne
    • 2017
  • Patricia Arquette, Peter MacNicol, James Van Der Beek, Shad Moss, Hayley Kiyoko, and Charley Koontz in CSI: Cyber (2015)
    CSI: Cyber
    • Avery Ryan
    • TV Series
    • 2015–2016
  • Amy Schumer in Inside Amy Schumer (2013)
    Inside Amy Schumer
    • Patricia Arquette
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • Patricia Arquette and Vincent Piazza in The Wannabe (2015)
    The Wannabe
    • Rose
    • 2015
  • Reese Witherspoon and Benedict Cumberbatch in 9 Kisses (2014)
    9 Kisses
    • Woman in Park
    • Short
    • 2014
  • UNICEF: Imagine (2014)
    UNICEF: Imagine
    • Patricia Arquette
    • Music Video
    • 2014
  • Elisabeth Shue, Ted Danson, and George Eads in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
    CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
    • Avery Ryan
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • Boardwalk Empire (2010)
    Boardwalk Empire
    • Sally Wheet
    • TV Series
    • 2013–2014
  • Electric Slide (2014)
    Electric Slide
    • Tina
    • 2014

Producer

  • High Desert
    • executive producer
    • Released
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • High Desert (2023)
    High Desert
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 2023
  • Who I Am Not (2023)
    Who I Am Not
    • executive producer
    • 2023
  • Adam Scott in Severance (2022)
    Severance
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Patricia Arquette, Angela Bassett, and Felicity Huffman in Otherhood (2019)
    Otherhood
    • executive producer
    • 2019
  • Patricia Arquette and Kamala Lopez in Equal Means Equal (2016)
    Equal Means Equal
    • executive producer
    • 2016

Director

  • Gonzo Girl
    • Director
    • Post-production
  • Patricia Arquette in Medium (2005)
    Medium
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2009
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Star Siblings

Star Siblings

Take a look at some of our favorite celebrity siblings, including Kate and Rooney Mara, and Halle and Chloe Bailey.
See the gallery
Production art
Photos

Videos118

Patricia Arquette | Career Retrospective
Clip 1:47
Patricia Arquette | Career Retrospective
Why "The Act" Is Peak True Crime Melodrama
Clip 3:34
Why "The Act" Is Peak True Crime Melodrama
The Hi-Lo Country
Clip 1:39
The Hi-Lo Country
Boyhood
Clip 1:10
Boyhood
Boyhood
Clip 0:28
Boyhood
Ed Wood
Clip 1:28
Ed Wood
Ed Wood
Clip 1:44
Ed Wood
Medium: The Fifth Season
Clip 2:40
Medium: The Fifth Season
Patricia Arquette on her Character Joyce "Tilly" Mitchell
Interview 1:31
Patricia Arquette on her Character Joyce "Tilly" Mitchell
Official Trailer
Trailer 2:14
Official Trailer
Trailer
Trailer 2:06
Trailer
Watch Now on Apple TV+
Trailer 0:31
Watch Now on Apple TV+

Personal details

Edit
  • Official sites
    • Facebook
    • Instagram
  • Alternative name
    • Patty Arquette
  • Height
    • 5′ 2″ (1.57 m)
  • Born
    • April 8, 1968
    • Chicago, Illinois, USA
  • Spouses
      Thomas JaneJune 24, 2006 - July 1, 2011 (divorced, 1 child)
  • Children
      Enzo Rossi
  • Parents
      Brenda Denaut
  • Relatives
      Rosanna Arquette(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Print Ad: H&M (clothing). (1999) TV commercial: H&M (clothing).
  • Publicity listings
    • 12 Interviews
    • 18 Articles
    • 12 Pictorials
    • 14 Magazine Cover Photos

Did you know

Edit
  • Trivia
    Is the first member of the Arquette family to receive an Oscar nomination, and also the first to win the prize.
  • Quotes
    [commenting on her role as Allison DuBois in her TV series Medium (2005)] I wanted to play a woman who looks normal. It's important for me to be real.
  • Salary
    • Medium
      (2005)
      $225,000 /episode (2009-10)

Related news

Contribute to this page

Suggest an edit or add missing content
  • Learn more about contributing
Edit page

More to explore

Production art
List
The Best Things to Watch in June
See the list
Production art
Photos
See These Trending Actors in Early Roles
Can you place the face?

Add demo reel with IMDbPro

Demo reel thumbnail
Make your IMDb page stand out by adding a demo reel
Upload your demo reel

Add demo reel with IMDbPro

Make your IMDb page stand out by adding a demo reel
Upload your demo reel
Demo reel thumbnail

How much have you seen?

Keep track of how much of Patricia Arquette’s work you have seen. Go to your list.
Still frame
List
The 50 Most Popular Indian Web Series of All Time
See the list

Recently viewed

Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
Get the IMDb App
Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
  • Get the IMDb App
  • Help
  • Site Index
  • IMDbPro
  • Box Office Mojo
  • IMDb Developer
  • Press Room
  • Advertising
  • Jobs
  • Conditions of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Your Ads Privacy Choices
IMDb, an Amazon company

© 1990-2023 by IMDb.com, Inc.