Patricia Arquette
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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
Credits
Toy Story 4 (2019)
as Harmony’s Mom (voice)
They Will Kill You (2026)
as Lily Woodhouse
True Romance (1993)
as Alabama Whitman
Lost Highway (1997)
as Renee Madison / Alice Wakefield
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
as Mary Burke
Little Nicky (2000)
as Valerie Veran
Boyhood (2014)
as Mom
Holes (2003)
as Katherine "Kissin' Kate" Barlow
Uncle Buck (1989)
as Additional Voices (voice)
Ed Wood (1994)
as Kathy O'Hara
Stigmata (1999)
as Frankie Paige
Nightwatch (1997)
as Katherine
Flirting with Disaster (1996)
as Nancy Coplin
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
as Kristen Parker
Tiptoes (2002)
as Lucy
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2013)
as Izzy
Human Nature (2001)
as Lila Jute
Evil Genius (2026)
Actor
Otherhood (2019)
as Gillian Lieberman
The Indian Runner (1991)
as Dorothy
Holy Matrimony (1994)
as Havana
Fast Food Nation (2006)
as Cindy
The Wannabe (2015)
as Rose
Abby Singer (2003)
as Patricia Arquette (uncredited)
The Badge (2002)
as Scarlett
Prayer of the Rollerboys (1991)
as Casey
The Secret Agent (1996)
as Winnie
The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
as Mona
Gonzo Girl (2023)
as Claudia
Goodbye Lover (1999)
as Sandra Dunmore
Girl in Progress (2012)
as Ms. Armstrong
Infinity (1996)
as Arline Greenbaum
Ethan Frome (1993)
as Mattie Silver
Kiss the Ground (2020)
as Self - Actor / Founder, GiveLove.org
Survivor's Guide to Prison (2018)
as Self
9 Kisses (2014)
as Woman in Park
Electric Slide (2014)
as Tina
Vijay and I (2013)
as Julia
You Cannot Kill David Arquette (2020)
as Self
Daddy (1987)
as Stacy
Trouble Bound (1993)
as Kit Califano
Pretty Smart (1987)
as Zero
Wildflower (1991)
as Alice Guthrie
Searching for Debra Winger (2002)
as Self
Beyond Rangoon (1995)
as Laura Bowman
Permanent (2017)
as Jeanne Dixon
The Edge (1989)
as The Girl / Raped Woman (Indian Poker)
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' (2007)
as Self
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch (1997)
as Self
Inside Monkey Zetterland (1992)
as Grace
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny (2016)
as Self
The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde (—)
Actor
Made in Hollywood (1990)
as Tammy
Adam Sandler Goes to Hell (2001)
as Self
Certifiably Jonathan (2007)
as Self
VH1: Divas Live (1998)
as Self - Host
Betrayed by Love (1994)
as Deanna
Far North (1988)
as Jilly
Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother (2007)
as Self
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015 (2017)
as Self - Audience Member
The Wait (2013)
as Psychic
Dillinger (1991)
as Polly Hamilton
Twelve Years (2015)
as Self
A Single Woman (2008)
as Storyteller
Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Time Out (1988)
as Lucy
Special Thanks To Roy London (2005)
Actor