Rosanna Arquette

Biography

Rosanna Lisa Arquette (born August 10, 1959) is an American actress. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance in the TV film The Executioner's Song (1982) and won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the film Desperately Seeking Susan (1985). Her other film roles include After Hours (also 1985), The Big Blue (1988), Pulp Fiction (1994), and Crash (1996). She also directed the documentary Searching for Debra Winger (2002) and starred in the ABC sitcom What About Brian? from 2006 to 2007.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Grey's Anatomy

Private Practice

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Saturday Night Live

Medium

Malcolm in the Middle

All Movies (138)

• Corporate Retreat2026 · as Debra
• The Moment2026 · as Tammy
• Here's Yanni!2024 · as Amelia
• Futra Days2024 · as Dr. Felicia Walter
• Succubus2024 · as Denise
• The Making of 'The Linguini Incident'2024 · as Self
• Ex-Husbands2024 · as Maria Pearce
• Grapefruit2023 · as Evelyn
• Sex on Screen2023 · as Self
• Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power2022 · as Self
• Signs of Love2022 · as Rosie
• Body Parts2022 · as Self
• Love Is Love Is Love2021 · as Anne (segment "Late Lunch")
• Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• You Cannot Kill David Arquette2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• Puppy Love2020 · as Deb
• Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert2020 · as Self
• Untouchable2019 · as Self
• Hal2019 · as Self
• The Cold Open2019
• Holy Lands2019 · as Monica
• Billionaire Boys Club2018 · as Sydney's Mom
• Octavio Is Dead!2018 · as Joan
• The Etruscan Smile2018 · as Claudia
• For the Love of George2018 · as Dr. Faye Carter
• Half the Picture2018 · as Self
• SPF-182017 · as Faye Cooper
• Born Guilty2017 · as Judith
• Maya Dardel2017 · as Leonora
• Lovesong2017 · as Eleanor
• Frank & Lola2016 · as Patricia
• Falsely Accused2016 · as Beth
• Kill Your Friends2015 · as Barbara
• Asthma2015 · as Gus's Mother
• Rickie Lee Jones: The Other Side of Desire2015 · as Self
• My Last Film2015 · as Actress
• Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant2015 · as TV Anchorwoman
• Draft Day2014 · as Angie
• $ellebrity2013 · as Self
• Quentin Tarantino: 20 Years of Filmmaking2013 · as Self
• Hardflip2012 · as Bethany Jones
• Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen2012 · as (archive footage)
• The Divide2012 · as Marilyn
• Peace, Love & Misunderstanding2011 · as Darcy
• Exodus Fall2011
• Convincing Clooney2011 · as JC
• Inhale2010 · as Dr. Rubin
• The Westsiders2010 · as Narrator
• American Pie Presents: The Book of Love2009 · as Rob's Mom
• Madonna: Celebration - The Video Collection2009 · as Roberta Glass (video 'Into the Groove')
• Repo Chick2009 · as Lola
• Northern Lights2009 · as Charlene Galligan
• Growing Op2008 · as Diana
• Ball Don't Lie2008 · as Francine
• Indie Sex: Teens2008
• Nick Nolte: No Exit2008 · as Self
• Battle for Terra2007 · as Professor Lina (voice)
• Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother2007 · as Self
• I-See-You.com2006 · as Lydia Ann Layton
• Kids in America2005 · as Abby Pratt
• Welcome to California2005 · as Prostitute
• Dead Cool2005 · as Deirdre
• Iowa2005 · as Effie Harte
• Crazy for Love2005 · as Vera
• Weird Sex and Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche2004 · as Gabrielle (archive footage)
• Rush of Fear2003 · as Alex McGuire
• Olive Thomas: The Most Beautiful Girl in the World2003 · as Self - Narrator
• Pulp Fiction: The Facts2002 · as Self (archive footage)
• Searching for Debra Winger2002 · as Self
• Diary of a Sex Addict2001 · as Grace Horn
• Good Advice2001 · as Cathy Sherman
• Things Behind the Sun2001 · as Pete
• Big Bad Love2001 · as Velma
• Joe Dirt2001 · as Charlene the Gator Farmer (uncredited)
• Too Much Flesh2000 · as Amy
• Poison2000 · as Dana
• Voodoo Dawn2000 · as Jezzebelle
• The Whole Nine Yards2000 · as Sophie Oseransky
• Gun: Fatal Betrayal2000
• Switched at Birth1999 · as Linda Wells
• Pigeonholed1999
• Sugar Town1999 · as Eva
• Joni Mitchell: Painting with Words & Music1999 · as Self - Introduction
• Palmer's Pick-Up1999 · as Dawn
• The '60s1999 · as Hippie Mother (uncredited)
• I'm Losing You1998 · as Rachel Krohn
• Hell's Kitchen1998 · as Liz McNeary
• Floating Away1998 · as Maurey Talbot
• Hope Floats1998 · as Connie Phillips (uncredited)
• Buffalo '661998 · as Wendy Balsam
• I Know What You Did1998 · as Stacey Keane
• Deceiver1997 · as Mrs. Kennesaw
• Trading Favors1997 · as Alex Langley
• Gone Fishin'1997 · as Rita
• White Lies1997 · as Junkie Artist
• Valley Girls1996 · as Shelly von Schetekel
• Crash1996 · as Gabrielle
• Search and Destroy1995 · as Lauren Mirkheim
• Nowhere to Hide1994 · as Sarah Blake
• Pulp Fiction1994 · as Jody
• Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy1994 · as Rosanna Arquette
• The Wrong Man1993 · as Missy Mills
• Nowhere to Run1993 · as Clydie Anderson
• Fathers & Sons1992 · as Miss Athena
• In the Deep Woods1992 · as Joanna Warren
• The Linguini Incident1991 · as Lucy
• Flight of the Intruder1991 · as Callie Joy
• Wendy Cracked a Walnut1990 · as Wendy
• Sweet Revenge1990 · as Kate Williams
• Separation1990 · as Sarah Weiss
• Black Rainbow1989 · as Martha Travis
• New York Stories1989 · as Paulette
• The Big Blue Adventure1989 · as Self
• Promised a Miracle1988 · as Alice Elizabeth 'Lucky' Parker
• The Big Blue1988 · as Johana Baker
• Amazon Women on the Moon1987 · as Karen (segment "Two I.D.'s")
• Nobody's Fool1986 · as Cassie
• 8 Million Ways to Die1986 · as Sarah
• After Hours1985 · as Marcy
• Silverado1985 · as Hannah
• Desperately Seeking Susan1985 · as Roberta Glass
• The Aviator1985 · as Tillie Hansen
• The Parade1984 · as Tilda Kirby
• One Cooks, the Other Doesn't1983 · as Tracy Boone
• Off the Wall1983 · as Pam Smith
• Baby It's You1983 · as Jill Rosen
• Johnny Belinda1982 · as Belinda McAdam
• The Executioner's Song1982 · as Nicole Baker
• The Wall1982 · as Halinka Apt
• A Long Way Home1981 · as Rose Cavanaugh
• S.O.B.1981 · as Babs
• Gorp1980 · as Judy
• Visions of Christmas Past1979 · as Debra Miller
• More American Graffiti1979 · as Girl in Commune
• The Ordeal of Patty Hearst1979 · as Becky
• Zuma Beach1978 · as Beverly
• Having Babies II1977 · as Connie
• Northern Lights—

All TV Shows (48)

• Presumed Innocent2024 · as Kate
• Florida Man2023 · as Rose
• Paul T. Goldman2023 · as Genevieve
• Catch and Kill: The Podcast Tapes2021 · as Self
• Big Sky2020 · as Virginia 'GiGi' Cessna
• Ratched2020 · as Anna
• Sideswiped2018 · as Mary
• Roadies2016 · as Abby Van Ness
• Hollywood Medium with Tyler Henry2016 · as Self - Guest
• Celebrity Family Feud2015 · as Self - Contestant
• Ray Donovan2013 · as Linda
• The Frame2013 · as Gabrielle
• Girls2012 · as Petula
• Eastwick2009 · as Greta Noa
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• Lipstick Jungle2008 · as Tina Atwood
• Private Practice2007 · as Corinne Davis
• Indie Sex2007 · as Self
• Head Case2007 · as Self
• Dirt2007 · as Mia
• The Megan Mullally Show2006 · as Self - Guest
• What About Brian2006 · as Nicole Varzi
• Hell's Kitchen2005 · as Self - Restaurant Patron
• Grey's Anatomy2005 · as Constance Ferguson
• Medium2005 · as Michelle Todd
• Summerland2004 · as Ronnie
• The L Word2004 · as Cherie Jaffe
• Celebrities Uncensored2003 · as Self
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent2001 · as Kay Connelly
• The Huntress2000
• Malcolm in the Middle2000 · as Anita
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Alexa Pierson
• Will & Grace1998 · as Julie
• Gun1997 · as Lilly Difideli
• The Practice1997 · as Brenda Miller
• Intimate Portrait1993 · as Self
• Homicide: Life on the Street1993 · as Caroline Widmer
• Son of the Morning Star1991 · as Libby Custer
• The Play on One1988 · as Sarah Weiss
• Sacrée soirée1987 · as Self
• The Executioner's Song1982 · as Nicole Baker
• Here's Boomer1981
• Shirley1979 · as Debra Miller
• The Runaways1978
• The Dark Secret of Harvest Home1978 · as Kate Constantine
• What Really Happened to the Class of '65?1977
• Eight Is Enough1977
• Saturday Night Live1975 · as Self - Host