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Patricia T. Arquette (born April 8,
1968) is an American actress and director. She plays the lead character in
the supernatural drama series Medium.
Arquette was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Lewis Arquette, an
actor, and Brenda "Mardi" Olivia (née Nowak), an actress, poet, theater
operator, activist, acting teacher and therapist. Arquette's mother was
Jewish, the daughter of a Holocaust refugee from Poland, and Arquette's
father was a convert to Islam and a descendant of explorer Meriwether
Lewis. Her paternal grandfather was comedian Cliff Arquette, and her
siblings are actors Rosanna, Alexis, Richmond and David Arquette. Arquette
is the sister-in-law of Courteney Cox, who is married to her brother
David.
Arquette was raised in Virginia and California.
At the age of seventeen, Arquette was first cast in a role for Pretty
Smart (1986). A year later, she gained attention for her starring role in
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, playing Kristen Parker. She
won a CableACE Award in 1991 for her portrayal of a deaf epileptic in
Wildflower. In 1993, she starred in Tony Scott's True Romance. Soon after,
her career took off, and she has since appeared in such critically
acclaimed movies as Ed Wood as the 'worst ever' film director's eventual
wife, Beyond Rangoon, Ethan Frome, Lost Highway, Stigmata, Bringing Out
the Dead, Human Nature, Disney's Holes, and Flirting with Disaster.
In January 2005, she began starring in her first television series, NBC's
Medium. Her role as psychic Allison DuBois won her an Emmy Award for
Outstanding Lead Actress in 2005, as well as nominations for a Golden
Globe in 2006 and 2007, a SAG award in 2006 and 2010, and an Emmy Award in
2007 and 2008. She studied at the Los Angelos Center for Enriched Studies.
In April 1995, Arquette married Nicolas Cage (with whom she would later
co-star in Bringing Out the Dead in 1999). They separated after nine
months, but acted as a couple in public until Cage filed for divorce in
February 2000. The divorce petition was withdrawn, but Arquette filed
again in November 2000.
In 1997, after her mother died of breast cancer, Arquette worked to raise
awareness about the disease. She has run in the annual Race for the Cure,
and in 1999 was the spokesperson for Lee National Denim Day, which raises
millions of dollars for breast cancer research and education.
Arquette has a son, Enzo (born January 3, 1989) with musician Paul Rossi.
While filming Holes she discovered she was pregnant. Daughter Harlow
Olivia Calliope Jane was born on February 20, 2003. She and actor Thomas
Jane became engaged in 2002 and married on June 25, 2006 at the Palazzo
Contarini in Venice, Italy. In January 2009, Arquette filed for divorce
from Jane on the grounds of irreconcilable differences, but a couple of
weeks later, the couple reconciled and Arquette requested to abandon the
divorce petition. |
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A Single Woman (2009) ....
Storyteller
"Medium" .... Allison Dubois / ... (108 episodes, 2005-2010)
- Will the Real Fred Rovick Please Stand Up? (2010) TV episode ....
Allison Dubois
- Psych (2010) TV episode .... Allison Dubois
- Dear Dad... (2010) TV episode .... Allison Dubois
- An Everlasting Love (2010) TV episode .... Allison Dubois
- You Give Me Fever (2009) TV episode .... Allison Dubois
(103 more)
Medium Season 4: Joe's Crayon Dream (2008) (V) .... Allison Dubois
Fast Food Nation (2006) .... Cindy
Tiptoes (2003) .... Lucy
... aka Tiny Tiptoes (France)
Holes (2003) .... Miss Kathryn 'Kissin' Kate' Barlow
Deeper Than Deep (2003) .... Linda Lovelace
The Badge (2002) .... Scarlett
Human Nature (2001) .... Lila Jute
... aka Human Nature (France) (USA)
Little Nicky (2000) .... Valerie Veran
Bringing Out the Dead (1999) .... Mary Burke
Stigmata (1999) .... Frankie Paige
The Hi-Lo Country (1998) .... Mona Birk
... aka Hi-Lo Country - Im Land der letzten Cowboys (Germany: TV
title)
Goodbye Lover (1998) .... Sandra Dunmore
Nightwatch (1997) .... Katherine
Lost Highway (1997) .... Renee Madison / Alice Wakefield
... aka Lost Highway (France)
Infinity (1996) .... Arline Greenbaum
The Secret Agent (1996) .... Winnie
... aka Joseph Conrad's The Secret Agent
Flirting with Disaster (1996) .... Nancy Coplin
Beyond Rangoon (1995) .... Laura Bowman
Ed Wood (1994) .... Kathy O'Hara
Holy Matrimony (1994) .... Havana
Betrayed by Love (1994) (TV) .... Deanna
True Romance (1993) .... Alabama Whitman
... aka Breakaway (Philippines: English title)
Ethan Frome (1993) .... Mattie Silver
Trouble Bound (1993) .... Kit Califano
Inside Monkey Zetterland (1992) .... Grace
... aka Monkey Zetterland (Australia)
Wildflower (1991) (TV) .... Alice Guthrie
La domenica specialmente (1991)
... aka Especially on Sunday (USA)
... aka Le dimanche de préférence (France)
The Indian Runner (1991) .... Dorothy
... aka Indian Runner (Japan: English title)
Dillinger (1991) (TV) .... Polly
Prayer of the Rollerboys (1990) .... Casey
"Tales from the Crypt" .... Mary Jo (1 episode, 1990)
... aka HBO's Tales from the Crypt
- Four-Sided Triangle (1990) TV episode .... Mary Jo
"The Outsiders" .... Rhonda Sue (1 episode, 1990)
- The Stork Club (1990) TV episode .... Rhonda Sue
"thirtysomething" .... Stephanie (1 episode, 1990)
- Good Sex, Some Sex, What Sex, No Sex (1990) TV episode ....
Stephanie
"CBS Schoolbreak Special" .... Dana MacCallister (1 episode, 1990)
- The Girl with the Crazy Brother (1990) TV episode .... Dana
MacCallister
The Edge (1989) (TV) .... Raped Woman
Uncle Buck (1989) (voice) .... Additional Voices
Far North (1988) .... Jilly
Time Out (1988) .... Lucy
Daddy (1987) (TV) .... Stacy
Pretty Smart (1987) .... Zero
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) .... Kristen
Parker
... aka A Nightmare on Elm Street Part III (USA: closing credits
title) |
