Patricia Arquette

Biography

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

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Toy Story 4

The Kelly Clarkson Show

Medium

The Late Late Show with James Corden

All Movies (67)

• They Will Kill You2026 · as Lily Woodhouse
• Gonzo Girl2023 · as Claudia
• Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Kiss the Ground2020 · as Self - Actor / Founder, GiveLove.org
• You Cannot Kill David Arquette2020 · as Self
• Otherhood2019 · as Gillian Lieberman
• Toy Story 42019 · as Harmony’s Mom (voice)
• Survivor's Guide to Prison2018 · as Self
• Permanent2017 · as Jeanne Dixon
• The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 20152017 · as Self - Audience Member
• Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny2016 · as Self
• The Wannabe2015 · as Rose
• Twelve Years2015 · as Self
• Boyhood2014 · as Mom
• Electric Slide2014 · as Tina
• 9 Kisses2014 · as Woman in Park
• Vijay and I2013 · as Julia
• The Wait2013 · as Psychic
• A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III2013 · as Izzy
• Girl in Progress2012 · as Ms. Armstrong
• A Single Woman2008 · as Storyteller
• Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother2007 · as Self
• Certifiably Jonathan2007 · as Self
• The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'2007 · as Self
• Fast Food Nation2006 · as Cindy
• Special Thanks To Roy London2005
• Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood2004 · as Self (archive footage)
• Abby Singer2003 · as Patricia Arquette (uncredited)
• Holes2003 · as Katherine "Kissin' Kate" Barlow
• Tiptoes2002 · as Lucy
• The Badge2002 · as Scarlett
• Searching for Debra Winger2002 · as Self
• Human Nature2001 · as Lila Jute
• Little Nicky2000 · as Valerie Veran
• Bringing Out the Dead1999 · as Mary Burke
• Stigmata1999 · as Frankie Paige
• Goodbye Lover1999 · as Sandra Dunmore
• The Hi-Lo Country1998 · as Mona
• VH1: Divas Live1998 · as Self - Host
• Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch1997 · as Self
• Nightwatch1997 · as Katherine
• Lost Highway1997 · as Renee Madison / Alice Wakefield
• The Secret Agent1996 · as Winnie
• Infinity1996 · as Arline Greenbaum
• Flirting with Disaster1996 · as Nancy Coplin
• Beyond Rangoon1995 · as Laura Bowman
• Ed Wood1994 · as Kathy O'Hara
• Holy Matrimony1994 · as Havana
• Betrayed by Love1994 · as Deanna
• True Romance1993 · as Alabama Whitman
• Ethan Frome1993 · as Mattie Silver
• Trouble Bound1993 · as Kit Califano
• Inside Monkey Zetterland1992 · as Grace
• Wildflower1991 · as Alice Guthrie
• The Indian Runner1991 · as Dorothy
• Prayer of the Rollerboys1991 · as Casey
• Dillinger1991 · as Polly Hamilton
• Made in Hollywood1990 · as Tammy
• The Edge1989 · as The Girl / Raped Woman (Indian Poker)
• Uncle Buck1989 · as Additional Voices (voice)
• Far North1988 · as Jilly
• Time Out1988 · as Lucy
• Daddy1987 · as Stacy
• Pretty Smart1987 · as Zero
• A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors1987 · as Kristen Parker
• The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde—
• Evil Genius—

All TV Shows (41)

• Murdaugh: Death in the Family2025 · as Maggie Murdaugh
• Hot Ones Versus2024 · as Self
• High Desert2023 · as Peggy Newman
• Severance2022 · as Harmony Cobel
• The Kelly Clarkson Show2019 · as Self
• The Act2019 · as Dee Dee Blanchard
• Escape at Dannemora2018 · as Joyce 'Tilly' Mitchell
• The Issue Is2018 · as Self
• Carpool Karaoke: The Series2017 · as Self
• Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter2015 · as Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden2015 · as Self
• CSI: Cyber2015 · as Avery Ryan
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
• Finding Your Roots2012 · as Self
• The Talk2010 · as Self
• Boardwalk Empire2010 · as Sally Wheet
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
• The Megan Mullally Show2006 · as Self - Guest
• Medium2005 · as Allison Dubois
• The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson2005 · as Self
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
• Celebrities Uncensored2003 · as Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live!2003 · as Self - Guest
• Richard & Judy2001 · as Self
• Good Day Live2001 · as Self
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Avery Ryan
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Jeannie Kerns
• The View1997 · as Self
• Intimate Portrait1993 · as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show with Jay Leno1992 · as Self
• The Outsiders1990 · as Rhonda Sue
• Tales from the Crypt1989 · as Mary Jo
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark1988
• thirtysomething1987
• Screen Two1985 · as Mattie Silver
• 20/201978 · as Self
• People's Choice Awards1975 · as Self - Presenter
• Today1952 · as Self
• The Emmy Awards1949 · as Self