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