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)
They Will Kill You (2026)
as Lily Woodhouse
True Romance (1993)
as Alabama Whitman
Lost Highway (1997)
as Renee Madison / Alice Wakefield
Holes (2003)
as Katherine "Kissin' Kate" Barlow
Uncle Buck (1989)
as Additional Voices (voice)
Boyhood (2014)
as Mom
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
as Mary Burke
Little Nicky (2000)
as Valerie Veran
Ed Wood (1994)
as Kathy O'Hara
Nightwatch (1997)
as Katherine
Busty Blondes With Natural Racks (2017)
as (archive footage)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
as Kristen Parker
Stigmata (1999)
as Frankie Paige
Kiss the Ground (2020)
as Self - Actor / Founder, GiveLove.org
Human Nature (2001)
as Lila Jute
Flirting with Disaster (1996)
as Nancy Coplin
You Cannot Kill David Arquette (2020)
as Self
Evil Genius (2026)
Actor
Tiptoes (2002)
as Lucy
The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
as Mona
The Secret Agent (1996)
as Winnie
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2013)
as Izzy
Survivor's Guide to Prison (2018)
as Self
The Indian Runner (1991)
as Dorothy
Fast Food Nation (2006)
as Cindy
Holy Matrimony (1994)
as Havana
Otherhood (2019)
as Gillian Lieberman
The Badge (2002)
as Scarlett
Infinity (1996)
as Arline Greenbaum
Girl in Progress (2012)
as Ms. Armstrong
Prayer of the Rollerboys (1991)
as Casey
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
Daddy (1987)
as Stacy
Beyond Rangoon (1995)
as Laura Bowman
Goodbye Lover (1999)
as Sandra Dunmore
Certifiably Jonathan (2007)
as Self
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny (2016)
as Self
Electric Slide (2014)
as Tina
Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother (2007)
as Self
Gonzo Girl (2023)
as Claudia
Ethan Frome (1993)
as Mattie Silver
The Wannabe (2015)
as Rose
Trouble Bound (1993)
as Kit Califano
Pretty Smart (1987)
as Zero
Adam Sandler Goes to Hell (2001)
as Self
Abby Singer (2003)
as Patricia Arquette (uncredited)
Vijay and I (2013)
as Julia
Wildflower (1991)
as Alice Guthrie
9 Kisses (2014)
as Woman in Park
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch (1997)
as Self
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015 (2017)
as Self - Audience Member
Permanent (2017)
as Jeanne Dixon
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation' (2007)
as Self
Made in Hollywood (1990)
as Tammy
Dillinger (1991)
as Polly Hamilton
The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde (—)
Actor
Betrayed by Love (1994)
as Deanna
VH1: Divas Live (1998)
as Self - Host
Special Thanks To Roy London (2005)
Actor
The Wait (2013)
as Psychic
Searching for Debra Winger (2002)
as Self
Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood (2004)
as Self (archive footage)
Far North (1988)
as Jilly
The Edge (1989)
as The Girl / Raped Woman (Indian Poker)
Inside Monkey Zetterland (1992)
as Grace
A Single Woman (2008)
as Storyteller
Twelve Years (2015)
as Self
Time Out (1988)
as Lucy
We Are Windows (2026)
as Mom