Patricia Clarkson

Biography

Patricia Davies Clarkson (born December 29, 1959) is an American actress. After studying drama on the East Coast, Clarkson launched her acting career in 1985, and has worked steadily in both film and television. She twice won the Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in Six Feet Under. Film roles included The Green Mile, Far From Heaven, The Station Agent and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Pieces of April (2003). Description above from the Wikipedia article Patricia Clarkson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Law & Order

American Dad!

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Saturday Night Live

Frasier

The View

All Movies (89)

• Lilly2025 · as Lilly Ledbetter
• Monica2023 · as Eugenia
• She Said2022 · as Rebecca Corbett
• Almost Love2019 · as Ravella Brewer
• Out of Blue2019 · as Det. Mike Hoolihan
• Jonathan2018 · as Dr. Mina Nariman
• Delirium2018 · as Brody
• Maze Runner: The Death Cure2018 · as Ava Paige
• The Bookshop2017 · as Violet Gamart
• The Party2017 · as April
• Super Hummingbirds2016 · as Narrator
• The 4%: Film's Gender Problem2016 · as Self
• Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials2015 · as Ava Paige
• Annie2014 · as Focus Group Woman
• Walking the Mile2014 · as Self (archive footage)
• October Gale2014 · as Helen Matthews
• The Maze Runner2014 · as Ava Paige
• Last Weekend2014 · as Celia Green
• Learning to Drive2014 · as Wendy
• Regarding Susan Sontag2014 · as Susan Sontag (voice)
• The East2013 · as Sharon
• It's Getting Late2012 · as Lou
• Five2011 · as Mia
• Friends with Benefits2011 · as Lorna
• One Day2011 · as Alison Mayhew
• Rise2011 · as Maribel Vinson Owen
• The Making of Easy A2010 · as Self
• Main Street2010 · as Willa Jenkins
• Easy A2010 · as Rosemary
• Legendary2010 · as Sharon
• Shutter Island2010 · as Rachel 2
• Beyond All Boundaries2009 · as Marguerite Higgins
• Cairo Time2009 · as Juliette Grant
• Soul of a People: Writing America's Story2009 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• Whatever Works2009 · as Marietta
• 20812009 · as Narrator
• For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism2009 · as Narrator
• Blind Date2008 · as Janna
• Vicky Cristina Barcelona2008 · as Judy Nash
• Elegy2008 · as Carolyn
• Married Life2008 · as Pat Allen
• Phoebe in Wonderland2008 · as Miss Dodger
• Lars and the Real Girl2007 · as Dagmar
• No Reservations2007 · as Paula
• All the King's Men2006 · as Sadie Burke
• The Woods2006 · as Mrs. Traverse
• Good Night, and Good Luck.2005 · as Shirley Wershba
• The Dying Gaul2005 · as Elaine Tishop
• Dogville Confessions2004 · as Self
• Miracle2004 · as Patty Brooks
• The Station Agent2003 · as Olivia Harris
• Pieces of April2003 · as Joy Burns
• Dogville2003 · as Vera
• All the Real Girls2003 · as Elvira
• Heartbreak Hospital2002 · as Lottie Ohrwasher
• Searching for the Wendigo2002 · as Self
• Far from Heaven2002 · as Eleanor Fine
• Carrie2002 · as Margaret White
• The Safety of Objects2002 · as Annette Jennings
• Welcome to Collinwood2002 · as Rosalind
• The Baroness and the Pig2002 · as The Baroness
• Wendigo2002 · as Kim
• Dirty Harry: The Original2001 · as Self - Actress
• Falling Like This2001 · as Caroline Lockhart
• The Pledge2001 · as Margaret Larsen
• Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile2000 · as Self (uncredited)
• Joe Gould's Secret2000 · as Vivian Marquie
• The Green Mile1999 · as Melinda Moores
• Wayward Son1999 · as Wesley
• Simply Irresistible1999 · as Lois McNally
• Playing by Heart1998 · as Allison
• High Art1998 · as Greta
• London Suite1996 · as Diana Nichols
• Jumanji1995 · as Carol Anne Parrish
• Pharaoh's Army1995 · as Sarah Anders
• She Led Two Lives1994 · as Desiree Parnell
• Caught in the Act1993 · as Meg
• Four Eyes and Six-Guns1992 · as Lucy Laughton
• An American Story1992 · as Barbara Meade
• Legacy of Lies1992 · as Pat Rafael
• Blind Man's Bluff1992 · as Dr. Virginia Hertz
• Tune in Tomorrow...1990 · as Aunt Olga
• The Old Man and the Sea1990 · as Mary Pruitt
• Everybody's All-American1988 · as Leslie Stone
• Rocket Gibraltar1988 · as Rose Black
• The Dead Pool1988 · as Samantha Walker
• The Untouchables1987 · as Catherine Ness
• Light on Broken Glass— · as Melody Harper
• What Happens at Night—

All TV Shows (36)

• Gray2023 · as Cornelia Gray
• Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg2022 · as Self – Actor
• Hemingway2021 · as Grace Hemingway (voice)
• Hemingway2021 · as Pauline Pfeiffer (voice)
• The Vote2020
• Green Eggs and Ham2019 · as Pam-I-Am (voice)
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• State of the Union2019 · as Ellen
• Today with Jenna & Sheinelle2019 · as Self
• Sharp Objects2018 · as Adora Crellin
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
• Broad City2014 · as Timothy's mother
• House of Cards2013 · as Jane Davis
• The Dust Bowl2012 · as Hazel Lucas Shaw
• Prohibition2011 · as Reader / Carrie Nation (voice)
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• Parks and Recreation2009 · as Tammy One
• Amazing Planet2007 · as Narrator
• American Dad!2005 · as Meredith Fields (voice)
• Six Feet Under2001 · as Sarah O'Connor
• Wonderland2000 · as Tammy Banger
• The View1997 · as Self
• Murder One1995 · as Annie Hoffman
• Intimate Portrait1993 · as Self
• Frasier1993 · as Claire French
• Alex Haley's Queen1993 · as Lizzie
• Davis Rules1991 · as Cosmo Yeargin
• Law & Order1990 · as Laura Winthrop
• Tales from the Crypt1989 · as Suzy
• Spenser: For Hire1985
• The Equalizer1985 · as Deborah Wade
• Nature1982 · as Narrator (voice)
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951