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