Patricia Heaton

**Patricia Helen Heaton** (born March 4, 1958 in Bay Village, Ohio) is an American actress best known for playing lead character and Ray Barone's wife Debra Barone on the CBS television sitcom _Everybody Loves Raymond_. She currently stars as Frankie Heck on the ABC sitcom _The Middle_.

She received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on May 22, 2012.

## Early life

Patricia Heaton was born in Bay Village, Ohio, the daughter of Patricia (née Hurd) and Chuck Heaton, who was a sportswriter for _The Plain Dealer._ Heaton's mother died of an aneurysm when the actress was 12. The fourth of five children, Heaton was raised as a devout Catholic.

Heaton has three sisters, Sharon, Alice, and Frances, and one brother, Michael, who is the "Minister of Culture" columnist for _The Plain Dealer_ and a writer for the paper's Friday Magazine.

## Personal life

Heaton has been married to British actor David Hunt since 1990. They have four sons and they divide their time between Los Angeles and Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England. Her memoir, _Motherhood and Hollywood: How to Get a Job Like Mine_, was published by Villard Books in 2002.

Hunt is Heaton's second husband. After her divorce from her first husband, she went through a self-described "Protestant wilderness". Since June 2017, Heaton's first marriage has been annulled by the Catholic Church and has since returned as an observant of Catholicism.

Heaton has been open about having plastic surgery; citing having a tummy-tuck and a breast reduction after undergoing four Caesarean sections.

## Filmography

|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Year|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Film/TV|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Role|style="background:#B0C4DE;"|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1989|_Alien Nation_|Amanda Russell|1 episode|||||
|1989–1991|_Thirtysomething_|Dr. Silverman|6 episodes|||||
|1990|_Shattered Dreams_|Older Dotti|(TV Film)|||||
|1990|_Matlock_|Ellie Stanford|1 episode|||||
|1991|_DEA_|Paula Werner|1 episode|||||
|1992|_Memoirs of an Invisible Man_|Ellen||||||
|1992|_Beethoven_|Brie||||||
|1992–1993|_Room for Two_|Jill Kurland|26 episodes|||||
|1994|_Someone Like Me_|Jean Stepjak|5 episodes|||||
|1994|_The New Age_|Anna||||||
|1995|_Women of the House_|Natalie Hollingsworth|11 episodes|||||
|1996|_Party of Five_|Robin Merrin|2 episodes|||||
|1996|_Space Jam_|Woman Fan||||||
|1996–2005|_Everybody Loves Raymond_|Debra Barone||||||
|1997|_Miracle in the Woods_|Wanda Briggs|(TV Film)|||||
|1999|_The King of Queens_|Debra Barone|1 episode|||||
|2001|_A Town Without Christmas_|M.J. Jensen|(TV Movie)|||||
|2004|_The Goodbye Girl_|Paula McFadden|(TV Film) Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie (2005)|||||
|2004|_Danny Phantom_|Lunch Lady|1 episode (Voice)|||||
|2005|_The Engagement Ring_|Sara Rosa Anselmi|(TV Film)|||||
|2006|_Untitled Patricia Heaton Project_|Janet Daily|TV pilot|||||
|2006|_The Path to 9/11_|Ambassador Bodine|(TV Miniseries)|||||
|2007|_Amazing Grace_|Producer|Won - Christopher Award for best film (2008)|||||
|2007–2008|_Back to You_|Kelly Carr|17 episodes Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2007)|||||
|2008|_Front of the Class_|Ellen Cohen|(TV Film)|||||
|2009–2018|_The Middle_|Frankie Heck|Nominated - Critics' Choice Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series (2011)|||||
|2011|_Easy to Assemble_|Mrs. Hullestaad|3 episodes|||||

## Emmy Awards

Heaton won two Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Emmy Awards for her work in _Everybody Loves Raymond_:
- for: "Bad Moon Rising" (2000)
- for: "The Canister" (2001)

She has been nominated for five others for the same series:
- for: "Be Nice" (1999)
- for: "A Vote for Debra" (2002)
- "Baggage" (2003)
- "Fun with Debra" (2004)
- for: "Finale" (2005)

## Infobox (actor)

- **image**: PatriciaHeaton2021.png
- **caption**: Heaton in 2021
- **name**: Patricia Heaton
- **parents**: Chuck Heaton
Patricia Hurd Heaton
- **nationality**: Americans, American
- **birth place**: Bay Village, Ohio, U.S.
- **birth name**: Patricia Helen Heaton
- **website**: http://www.patriciaheaton.com
- **spouse**: David Hunt (1990–present)
- **party**: Republican
- **children**: 4
- **yearsactive**: 1989–present
- **awards**: **Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress - Comedy Series**
2000 _Everybody Loves Raymond_
2001 _Everybody Loves Raymond_
- **occupation**: Actress