Rosanna Arquette

Rosanna Lisa Arquette (; born August 10, 1959) is an American actress, film director, and producer. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance in the 1982 TV film The Executioner's Song, and won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the 1985 film Desperately Seeking Susan. Her other film roles include After Hours (1985), The Big Blue (1988), Pulp Fiction (1994) and Crash (1996). She also directed the 2002 documentary Searching for Debra Winger, and starred from 2006 to 2007 on the ABC sitcom What About Brian?
==Early life==
Arquette was born in New York City, the daughter of Brenda Olivia "Mardi" (née Nowak; 1939–1997), an actress, poet, theater operator, activist, acting teacher, and therapist, and Lewis Arquette (1935–2001), a film actor, screenwriter, and producer. Her paternal grandfather was comedian Cliff Arquette. Her mother was Jewish, from a family that emigrated from Poland and Russia. Her father, whose family's surname was originally "Arcouet", was of part French Canadian descent.Finding Your Roots, February 9, 2016, PBS Her father was a convert from Catholicism to Islam; through him, Arquette is distantly related to explorer Meriwether Lewis. Her siblings, Patricia, Alexis, Richmond, and David, are also actors.
==Career==
Arquette has appeared in both television and screen films. In 1982, she earned an Emmy Award nomination for the TV film The Executioner's Song. Arquette's first starring role was in John Sayles's 1983 film, Baby It's You, a highly regarded but little seen film. She starred in Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) alongside pop singer Madonna, for which she won a British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) for her "supporting" role despite her clearly being the lead. Madonna was breaking out at the time and though many feel that while Arquette's performance was central to the movie's success, Madonna made the movie into a mainstream hit. She had negotiated a deal where she would provide a song for the movie. "Into The Groove" became a huge hit for Madonna as did the movie itself. In an interview at the time, Arquette said "The two questions I hate the most are 'What was it like working with Madonna?' and 'Are you the Rosanna in the song 'Rosanna'?" Following the commercial and critical success of Lawrence Kasdan's Silverado in 1985, and the failure of both After Hours and 8 Million Ways to Die, she quit Hollywood to work in Europe where she acted in Luc Besson's The Big Blue (1988).
In 1989, director Martin Scorsese offered her a part in New York Stories. Other movies of note are Pulp Fiction and the David Cronenberg film, Crash and the Australian film Wendy Cracked a Walnut (1990) (also known as …Almost). In 1990, Arquette appeared on the cover and in a nude pictorial in Playboy's September issue, although she claimed it was without her prior knowledge or consent.
In recent years, Arquette has expanded into directing, including the documentaries Searching for Debra Winger (2002) and All We Are Saying (2005); she also produced both projects.Rosanna Arquette at IMDB
Arquette appeared in the short running What About Brian as Nicole Varsi and on Showtime's The L Word as Cherie Jaffe. She also guest starred on Malcolm in the Middle as a healer named Anita who takes Malcolm's virginity. Bryan Cranston, one of her former co-stars from Amazon Women on the Moon, also played Malcolm's dad Hal.
In 2009, she joined Fit Parent Magazine, founded by Craig Knight, as Editor at Large. Arquette stars in the French thriller The Divide, directed by Xavier Gens.
==Personal life==
In August 2013, Arquette married her fourth husband, investment banker Todd Morgan, following a two-year engagement. Her previous marriages, to director Tony Greco, musical composer James Newton Howard, and restaurateur John Sidel, all ended in divorce. She has one daughter, Zoe Bleu, with Sidel.
== Filmography ==
===Film===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1979	More American Graffiti 	Girl in Commune 	
1980	Gorp 	Judy 	
1981	S.O.B. 	Babs 	
1983	Baby It's You 	Jill Rosen 	
1985	 	Tillie Hansen 	
1985	Desperately Seeking Susan 	Roberta Glass / 'Susan' 	
1985	Silverado 	Hannah 	
1985	After Hours 	Marcy Franklin 	
1986	8 Million Ways to Die 	Sarah 	
1986	Nobody's Fool 	Cassie 	
1987	Amazon Women on the Moon 	Karen 	Segment: "Two I.D.'s"
1988	 	Johana Baker 	
1989	New York Stories 	Paulette 	Segment: "Life Lessons"
1989	Black Rainbow 	Martha Travis 	
1990	Wendy Cracked A Walnut 	Wendy 	Re-titled ...Almost
1991	Flight of the Intruder 	Callie Joy 	
1991	 	Lucy 	
1992	Fathers & Sons 	Miss Athena 	
1993	Nowhere to Run 	Clydie Anderson 	
1994	Pulp Fiction 	Jody 	
1994	La Cité de la peur 	Rosanna Arquette 	
1995	Search and Destroy 	Lauren Mirkheim 	
1996	Crash 	Gabrielle 	
1997	Gone Fishin' 	Rita 	
1997	Deceiver 	Mrs. Kennesaw 	
1998	Buffalo '66 	Wendy Balsam 	
1998	Hope Floats 	Connie Phillips 	Uncredited
1998	Hell's Kitchen 	Liz McNeary 	
1998	I'm Losing You 	Rachel Krohn 	
1998	Fait Accompli 	Jezzebelle 	
1999	Sugar Town 	Eva 	
2000	 	Sophie Oseransky 	
2001	Things Behind the Sun 	Pete 	
2001	Joe Dirt 	Charlene the Gator Farmer	Uncredited
2001	Big Bad Love 	Velma 	
2001	Good Advice 	Cathy Sherman 	
2001	Diary of a Sex Addict 	Grace Horn 	Video
2004	Dead Cool 	Deirdre 	
2005	My Suicidal Sweetheart 	Vera 	AKA, Crazy for Love
2005	Kids in America 	Abby Pratt 	
2006	I-See-You.Com 	Lydia Ann Layton 	
2007	Battle for Terra 	Professor Lina (voice) 	
2008	Ball Don't Lie 	Francine 	
2009	Repo Chick 	Lola 	
2009	American Pie Presents: The Book of Love 	Madeline Shearson 	
2010	Inhale 	Dr. Rubin 	
2011	Convincing Clooney 	JC 	
2011	 	Marilyn 	
2011	Exodus Fall 	Marilyn Minor 	
2011	Peace, Love & Misunderstanding 	Darcy 	
2012	Hardflip 	Bethany Jones 	
2014	Draft Day 	Angie 	
2015	Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant	TV Anchorwoman 	
2015	Kill Your Friends 	Barbara 	
2016	Frank & Lola 	Patricia 	
2016	Lovesong 	Eleanor 	
2017	The Etruscan Smile 	Claudia 	Filming
===Television===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1978 	 	Kate Constantine 	TV miniseries
1978 	What Really Happened to the Class of '65?	Nancy 	Episode: "Mr. Potential"
1978 	Zuma Beach 	Beverly 	Television film
1978 	James at 16 	Karen Waller 	Episode: "An Hour Before Midnight"
1978 	ABC Afterschool Special 	Charlie Meredith 	Episode: "Mom and Dad Can't Hear Me"
1979 	Eight Is Enough 	Lori West 	Episode: "Best of Friends"
1979–1980	Shirley 	Debra Miller 	Main role (13 episodes)
1981 	Here's Boomer 	Ginny 	Episode: "Good Looking"
1982 	 	Nicole Baker 	TV film
1982 	Johnny Belinda 	Belinda McAdam 	TV film
1983 	Insight 	Jo 	Episode: "Butterfly"
1984 	 	Tilda Kirby 	TV film
1986 	Saturday Night Live 	Host 	Recorded October 25, 1986, broadcast two weeks later. With musical guest Ric Ocasek.
1988 	Promised a Miracle 	Lucky Parker 	
1990 	Separation 	Sarah Weiss 	TV film
1991 	Son of the Morning Star 	Libby Custer 	TV film
1993 	 	Missy Mills 	TV film
1996 	Homicide: Life on the Street 	Caroline Widmer 	Episode: "The Heart of a Saturday Night"
1997 	Gun 	Lilly Difideli 	Episode: "Columbus Day"
1998 	I Know What You Did 	Stacey Keane 	TV film
1999 	The '60s 	Hippie mother 	TV miniseriesUncredited
1999 	Switched at Birth 	Linda Wells 	TV filmAlso known as Mistaken Identity
2000 	Poison 	Dana Lazlo 	TV filmAlso known as Tease
2001 	 	Arlene Potts 	Episode: "Black Widow"
2002 	Going to California 	Helen 	Episode: "Home Games"
2003 	 	Brenda Miller 	Episode: "Character Evidence"
2003 	Will & Grace 	Julie 	Episodes: "Fagmalion Part 1: Gay It Forward", "Women and Children First"
2004 	Summerland 	Ronnie 	Episode: "Skipping School"
2004 	 	Cherie Jaffe 	Episodes: "Luck, Next Time", "Liberally", "Limb from Limb"
2005 	Law & Order: Criminal Intent 	Kay Connelly 	Episode: "Sex Club"
2005 	Malcolm in the Middle 	Anita 	Episode: "Burning Man"
2005 	Grey's Anatomy 	Constance Ferguson 	Episode: "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
2006 	 	Cherie Jaffe 	Episode: "Lifeline"
2006–2007	What About Brian 	Nicole Varzi 	Main role (24 episodes)
2007 	 	Cherie Jaffe 	Episode: "Legend in the Making"
2008 	Dirt 	Mia 	Episode: "And the Winner Is"
2008 	Medium 	Michelle Todd 	Episode: "Lady Killer"
2008 	Lipstick Jungle 	Tina Atwood 	Episode: "Let the Games Begin"
2009 	Northern Lights 	Charlene Galligan 	TV film
2009 	Eastwick 	Greta Noa 	Episodes: "Paint and Pleasure", "Tasers and Mind Erasers"
2010 	Private Practice 	Corinne 	Episodes: "Shotgun", "'Til Death Do Us Part"
2012 	Royal Pains 	Louise 'Lou' Hunter	Episodes: "Something Fishy This Way Comes", "Sand Legs"
2013 	Girls 	Petula 	Episode: "Video Games"
2013-2014	Ray Donovan 	Linda 	Episodes: "Bridget", "Fite Nite", "Yo Soy Capitan", "S U C K", "Irish Spring", "The Captain"
2014 	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 	Alexa Pierson 	Episode: "Wednesday's Child"
2015 	CSI: Cyber 	Trish McCarthy 	Episode: "Selfie 2.0"
==Awards and nominations==
Year	Award 	Category 	Production 	Result
1983	Primetime Emmy 	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special 	The Executioner's Song 	
1984	Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 	Best Actress 	Baby It's You 	
1986	BAFTA Awards 	Best Actress in a Supporting Role 	Desperately Seeking Susan	
1986	Golden Globe 	Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical	Desperately Seeking Susan	
1986	Independent Spirit Awards 	Best Female Lead 	After Hours 	
1987	BAFTA Awards 	Best Actress in a Supporting Role 	After Hours 	
1989	Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival	Best Actress 	Black Rainbow 	
1990	Australian Film Institute 	Best Actress in a Lead Role 	...Almost 	
1990	Fantasporto 	International Fantasy Film Award 	Black Rainbow 	
1991	Mystfest 	Best Actress 	Black Rainbow 	
2000	Teen Choice Awards 	Film – Choice Hissy Fit 	The Whole Nine Yards 	
2007	Fantasporto 	Special Career Award 	 	
==References==
==External links==
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*1M1 Records Rosanna Arquette is Wendy Cracked a Walnut.
*Rosanna Arquette official website
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