Patricia Arquette

Patricia Arquette (born April 8, 1968) is an American actress. She made her film debut in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987). Her notable films include Tony Scott's True Romance (1993), Tim Burton's Ed Wood (1994), David O. Russell's Flirting with Disaster (1996), David Lynch's Lost Highway (1997), Stephen Frears's The Hi-Lo Country (1998), Martin Scorsese's Bringing Out the Dead (1999), and Andrew Davis's Holes (2003).
For her performance in Richard Linklater's Boyhood (2014), which was filmed from 2002 until 2014, she received widespread critical praise and won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Critics' Choice Award, Golden Globe Award, Independent Spirit Award, and SAG 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 (2005–11). She received three Golden Globe nominations and two Emmy Award nominations, winning the Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama in 2005. Arquette also appeared in the CSI franchise as Avery Ryan, the Deputy Director of the FBI, starring in CSI: Cyber (2015–16).
==Early life and family==
Arquette was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1968, the daughter of Lewis Arquette (1935–2001), an actor, and Brenda Olivia "Mardi" (née Nowak; 1939–1997), who was also involved in the arts and worked as a therapist. Through her father, Patricia is distantly related to explorer Meriwether Lewis."Lewis Arquette Obituary", Los Angeles Times Arquette's father had converted from Catholicism to Islam. Arquette's mother was Jewish (her ancestors immigrated from Poland and Russia). Her father's family's surname was originally "Arcouet", and his paternal line was of French-Canadian descent.Finding Your Roots, February 9, 2016, PBS Her paternal grandfather was comedian Cliff Arquette. Patricia's siblings also became actors: Rosanna, Alexis, Richmond, and David Arquette. When she was a child, her parents offered to get her braces for her teeth; but she refused, telling them she wanted to have flaws because it would help her with character acting.
For a time her family lived on a commune in rural Bentonville, Virginia. She has said they became more poor the longer they lived there and she believes that experience enlarged her empathy. Their father was an alcoholic, and their mother violently abusive. When Arquette was seven, the family relocated to Chicago. They later settled in Los Angeles, California. She has described her father as a working actor, describing the range of his experience–in industrial films, commercials, voiceovers, etc. He was best known for his role as J.D. Pickett in the TV series The Waltons.
==Career==
===Early career (1987–1996)===
In 1987, Arquette's first starring roles included pregnant teenager Stacy in the television film Daddy, boarding school student Zero in Pretty Smart, and Kristen Parker in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, alongside Robert Englund as Freddy Krueger. She was cast to appear in the sequel, A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master, but she had to drop out due to pregnancy with her son Enzo. She also had to give up the role of Tralala in Last Exit to Brooklyn.
In 1988, Arquette played the daughter of Tess Harper in Far North. Her roles in the early 1990s were in low budget and independent films, including Prayer of the Rollerboys (1990), The Indian Runner (1991), which was the directorial debut of Sean Penn; and the drama Inside Monkey Zetterland. In 1992, she won a CableACE Award for Best Lead Actress in a Mini-Series for her portrayal of a deaf girl with epilepsy in Wildflower, directed by Diane Keaton and also starring Reese Witherspoon.
In her early career, Arquette received the most recognition for her role as Alabama Whitman, a free-spirited, kind-hearted prostitute in Tony Scott's True Romance (1993). The film was a moderate success, although some critics were deterred by the graphic violence. In one scene, Arquette puts up a fierce physical struggle in a fight which her character ultimately wins. Arquette's performance received generally unanimous praise from critics. Janet Maslin of the New York Times remarked that Arquette played her role with "surprising sweetness", while Peter Travers remarked that "Arquette delivers sensationally". TV Guide noted that the film blends and recycles elements from the story of Bonnie and Clyde and Terrence Malick's "love on the run" film Badlands (1973). It gave True Romance overall a favourable review for having "enough energy and verve to create something entirely fresh and infectiously entertaining." Richard Corliss of Time Magazine made similar statements and also likened the film to the earlier, seminal Bonnie and Clyde.
Arquette next appeared in the television film Betrayed by Love (1994), and the well-received biopic Ed Wood, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp, where she portrayed his girlfriend. Her next role was as Laura Bowman in Beyond Rangoon (1995), which drew mixed critical reviews, but was a success internationally. In France, it was the official selection at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival, where it became one of the most popular hits of the event. Although the film had lackluster reviews, Arquette's performance as an American tourist in Burma during the 8888 Uprising was regarded as one of the work's strong points. Michael Sragow, writing for The New Yorker, stated "Arquette gives the kind of mighty physical performance usually delivered by men in existential action classics like "The Wages of Fear," but she suffuses it with something all her own - she's bulletproof yet vulnerable." Hal Hinson of The Washington Post remarked that the film was "odd, brilliant in places, but frustrating all the same," commenting that "Arquette shows real grit when the chips are down".
Arquette appeared in three films in 1996, the first the comedy film Flirting with Disaster (1996), about a young man's cross-country pursuit to find his parents. Critical reception was largely positive, with Todd McCarthy of Variety Magazine praising the film and the authenticity of Arquette's performance, highlighting that "Arquette [is] very believably distracted and infuriated". Flirting with Disaster grossed $14 million at the American box office and was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. Her second film released that year was the period drama The Secret Angel, an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1907 novel of the same name. The film received average reviews. Infinity was her third film that year, a biographical drama about the early life of American physicist Richard Feynman. The film received mixed to positive reviews. Although Emmanuel Levy of Variety said that Arquette was "miscast", he stated that she "registers more credibly in the first part of the film, when she plays an adolescent".
===Independent film work and critical success (1997–2003)===
In 1997, Arquette starred in David Lynch's neo-noir psychological thriller Lost Highway, in dual roles as Renee Madison and Alice Wakefield. The film had an ambiguous narrative, which polarized audiences and drew varying critical opinion, but it established a strong cult following. Arquette played an elusive femme fatale in a critically revered performance that enabled her to draw on her sexuality more than any other previous role. Owen Gleiberman, writing for Entertainment Weekly noted that "Arquette, with her ’40s-style curves, is certainly a spellbinding temptress". Roger Ebert, of the Chicago Sun-Times, disliked the film, saying there was "no sense to be made of it" and voiced his distaste over a scene in which Arquette's character is asked to disrobe at gunpoint. Other critics were more favourable: Andy Klein of the Dallas Observer called it a "two-hour plus fever dream", Michael Sragow of The New Yorker called the film a "compelling erotic nightmare", and Edward Guthman of the San Francisco Gate wrote a glowing review praising Arquette's performance, calling it the "strongest, most memorable performance [of the film]" and favourably comparing her double role to Kim Novak's in Vertigo (1958). That same year, Arquette appeared in Nightwatch, a horror-thriller film directed by Ole Bornedal. The film is a remake the Danish film Nattevagten (1994), which was also directed by Bornedal. Nightwatch was not a box office success and received poor reviews by critics, many of whom considered it an unnecessary, inferior retelling of the original film.
1998 saw Arquette perform in two films: Goodbye Lover, a comedic neo-noir directed by Roland Joffé and The Hi-Lo Country, a period Western directed by Stephen Frears. The former received a poor critical reception while the latter received a more appreciative response, widely cited as a "classic Western". Stephen Holden of the New York Times said, "In its best moments the movie feels like an epic hybrid of Red River and The Last Picture Show." In 1999, Arquette returned to familiar territory with the genre that began her career, in Stigmata, a horror film, in the lead role. Produced on a budget of $29 million, the film was a box office success, grossing $50,046,268. Internationally the film earned $39,400,000 for a total worldwide gross $89,446,268. Critics were not as receptive of the film as audiences, with Roger Ebert remarking "possibly the funniest movie ever made about Catholicism — from a theological point of view." Arquette then appeared in Martin Scorsese's Bringing out the Dead, based on the novel by Joe Connelly. The film united her with then-husband Nicolas Cage and received highly favourable critical reviews, but was a box office flop. Janet Maslin of the New York Times wrote that "Arquette's quietly credible performance helps center Frank's experiences; one of the film's most honest scenes is one in which they share an ambulance ride without sharing a word".
Her next role was in the light-hearted comedy Little Nicky (2000), alongside Adam Sandler. Despite being a box office hit, the film received negative reviews, although Roger Ebert called it Sandler's best film to date. Following this, she starred in French-American comedy drama Human Nature (2001), written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Michel Gondry. The film was met with mixed reviews and was screened out of competition at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Roger Ebert, in a three-star (out of a possible four) review, lauded the film's "screwball charm". The following year, she appeared in the small-scale mystery film The Badge, playing the widowed victim of a murdered transsexual. In 2003, she portrayed the controversial pornographic film star Linda Lovelace in the little known Deeper than Deep, which was followed with the more family orientated Disney produced Holes, as Kissin' Kate Barlow. Based on the 1998 novel of the same title by Louis Sachar, Holes grossed $16,300,155 in its opening weekend, making #2 at the box office, behind Anger Management's second weekend. Holes would go on to gross a domestic total of $67,406,173 and an additional $4 million in international revenue, totaling $71,406,573 at the box office against a $20 million budget, making the film a moderate financial success. Arquette's next film, Tiptoes, was released straight-to-DVD in the United States, despite a screening at the Sundance Film Festival.
===Medium, widespread recognition and award success with Boyhood (2005–present)===
After the humdrum reception of Tiptoes, Arquette did not appear in another film until 2006's Fast Food Nation, directed by Richard Linklater. During this three years, she was largely working on Boyhood; it was released eight years later in July 2014. Fast Food Nation marked her second collaboration with Linklater; it is based on the bestselling 2001 non-fiction book of the same name by Eric Schlosser. Fast Food Nation received mixed to positive critical reviews. Peter Travers of Rolling Stone awarded the film three out of four stars and added, "It's less an expose of junk-food culture than a human drama, sprinkled with sly, provoking wit, about how that culture defines how we live ... The film is brimming with grand ambitions but trips on many of them as some characters aren't given enough screen time to register and others vanish just when you want to learn more about them." A. O. Scott of The New York Times wrote "It's a mirror and a portrait, and a movie as necessary and nourishing as your next meal."
In January 2005, Arquette made her first transition to television with NBC's Medium. Her role as (a fictional version of) psychic medium Allison DuBois won her an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in 2005, as well as nominations for a Golden Globe in 2005, 2006 and 2007, a SAG Award in 2006, 2007 and 2010, and an Emmy Award in 2007. In 2009 NBC cancelled Medium, then CBS picked the series up and it lasted another two seasons. In 2008, she provided voice work for A Single Woman, which was panned. She did not appear in another film until 2012. Girl in Progress, a drama directed by Patricia Riggen, marked her return; it was met with negative reviews. In 2013, she returned to television, appearing on Boardwalk Empire as Sally Wheet. Also in 2013, Arquette filmed the true crime drama Electric Slide, which is still awaiting release.
In 2014, Boyhood was released, a project that Arquette and other actors had shot for 12 years beginning in 2002. The film was directed by Richard Linklater, marking his second collaboration with Arquette. In the film, she plays Olivia Evans, a single mother who raises her two children mostly alone with the sometimes assistance of their father (played by Ethan Hawke). The epic explores a 12-year scope. The film details the progression of her character's son, Mason, from ages 8 to 18. The film has received universal praise, with many critics calling it a "landmark film". Arquette received widespread acclaim for her performance. Critic Katie McDonahugh, writing for Salon, states "the role gave [Arquette] space to be all of these messy things at once, and her performance was a raw, gutsy meditation on those profoundly human contradictions". Margaret Pomeranz, writing for ABC Australia, called Arquette's performance "stunning" and praised the film, further remarking that "the elision from one time to another is subtle and seamless. It's just a fabulous movie experience". Arquette won the Academy, BAFTA, Critics' Choice, Golden Globe, Independent Spirit, and SAG Awards for Best Supporting Actress.
In early 2015 Arquette began starring in the CBS series CSI: Cyber, a show about FBI agents who combat Internet-based crimes. On May 12, 2016, CBS canceled the series after two seasons, thus ending the CSI franchise.
==Personal life==
At age 20 Arquette had a relationship with Paul Rossi, a musician. They had a son together, Enzo Rossi, born January 3, 1989.
In April 1995, Arquette married Nicolas Cage (with whom she later co-starred in Bringing Out the Dead in 1999). They separated after nine months, but acted as a couple in public until Cage filed for divorce in February 2000. He withdrew the divorce petition, and they worked at reconciliation, but Arquette filed for divorce in November 2000.
Arquette and actor Thomas Jane became engaged in 2002. Their daughter Harlow Olivia Calliope Jane was born February 20, 2003. Arquette and Jane married on June 25, 2006, at the Palazzo Contarini in Venice, Italy. In January 2009, Arquette filed for divorce from Jane on the grounds of irreconcilable differences, but the couple soon reconciled. Arquette withdrew the divorce petition on July 9, 2009. On August 13, 2010, Jane's representative announced that Arquette and Jane had decided to proceed with a divorce due to "irreconcilable differences." The divorce was finalized on July 1, 2011, and the two agreed to joint custody of their child.
==Charity work==
After the Haiti earthquake in 2010, Arquette and childhood friend Rosetta Millington-Getty formed GiveLove, a non-profit organization supporting ecological sanitation and composting, community development projects and housing construction in Haiti. She has also worked with Eracism Foundation, Libby Ross Foundation, The Art of Elysium, and The Heart Truth.
Most recently, she made a television commercial on behalf of PETA for homeless dogs and cats.
In 1997, after her mother died of breast cancer, Arquette worked to raise awareness about the disease. She has run in the annual Race for the Cure. In 1999 she was the spokesperson for Lee National Denim Day, which raises millions of dollars for breast cancer research and education.
In April 2010, she teamed-up with welding students of the Robert Morgan Educational Center in Miami, Florida to build shelters in Haiti from 20 used shipping containers, to provide housing to people displaced by the earthquake.
==Filmography==
===Film===
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1987	 	Kristen Parker 	
1987	Pretty Smart 	Zero 	
1988	Time Out 	Lucy 	
1988	Far North 	Jilly 	
1990	Prayer of the Rollerboys	Casey 	
1991	 	Dorothy 	
1992	Inside Monkey Zetterland	Grace 	
1993	Trouble Bound 	Kit Califano 	
1993	Ethan Frome 	Mattie Silver 	
1993	True Romance 	Alabama Whitman 	Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (shared with Christian Slater)Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress
1994	Holy Matrimony 	Havana 	
1994	Ed Wood 	Kathy O'Hara 	
1995	Beyond Rangoon 	Laura Bowman 	
1996	Flirting with Disaster 	Nancy Coplin 	
1996	Infinity 	Arline Greenbaum 	
1996	The Secret Agent 	Winnie 	
1997	Lost Highway 	Renee Madison / Alice Wakefield 	
1997	Nightwatch 	Katherine 	
1998	Goodbye Lover 	Sandra Dunmore 	
1998	 	Mona Birk 	
1999	Stigmata 	Frankie Paige 	Nominated—Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Actress – Horror
1999	Bringing Out the Dead 	Mary Burke 	
2000	Little Nicky 	Valerie Veran 	Nominated—Razzie Award for Worst Supporting Actress
2001	Human Nature 	Lila Jute 	
2002	 	Scarlett 	
2003	Deeper Than Deep 	Linda Lovelace 	
2003	Holes 	Miss Katherine 'Kissin' Kate' Barlow	
2003	Tiptoes 	Lucy 	
2006	Fast Food Nation 	Cindy 	
2008	 	Storyteller 	
2012	Girl in Progress 	Ms. Armstrong 	
2012	 	Izzy 	
2013	Vijay and I 	Julia 	
2013	Electric Slide 	 	
2014	Boyhood 	Olivia Evans 	Academy Award for Best Supporting ActressAustin Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressAACTA International Award for Best Supporting ActressBAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting RoleBoston Society of Film Critics Award for Best CastChicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressCritics' Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting ActressDallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressDenver Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActressDetroit Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActressFlorida Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting ActressGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion PictureHouston Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActressIndependent Spirit Award for Best Supporting FemaleInternational Online Film Critics' Poll Award for Supporting ActressIowa Film Critics Award for Best Supporting ActressKansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting ActressLondon Film Critics' Circle Award for Supporting Actress of the YearLos Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best ActressNational Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting ActressNew York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting ActressNew York Film Critics Online Award for Best Supporting ActressNorth Carolina Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressNorth Texas Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressOklahoma Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting ActressOnline Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActressSan Francisco Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting ActressSatellite Award for Best Supporting Actress - Motion PictureScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting RoleSeattle International Film Festival Award for Best ActressSoutheastern Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressSt. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressToronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressVancouver Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting ActressVillage Voice Film Poll – Best Supporting ActressWashington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated—Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Ensemble CastNominated—Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated—Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best EnsembleNominated—Central Ohio Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated—Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting EnsembleNominated—Dublin Film Critics' Circle Award for Best ActressNominated—Florida Film Critics Circle Award for Best CastNominated—Georgia Film Critics Association Award for Best EnsembleNominated—Georgia Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated—Gotham Independent Film Award for Best ActressNominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion PictureNominated—San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated—Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Award for Best Ensemble
2015	The Wannabe 	Rose 	
2018	Toy Story 4 	 	
===Television===
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1987 	Daddy 	Stacy 	Television movie
1989 	 	Raped Woman 	Television movie
1990 	CBS Schoolbreak Special 	Dana MacCallister 	Episode: "The Girl with the Crazy Brother"
1990 	Thirtysomething 	Stephanie 	Episode: "Good Sex, Some Sex, What Sex, No Sex"
1990 	 	Rhonda Sue 	Episode: "The Stork Club"
1990 	Tales from the Crypt 	Mary Jo 	Episode: "Four-Sided Triangle"
1991 	Dillinger 	Polly Hamilton 	Television movie
1991 	Wildflower 	Alice Guthrie 	Television movieCableACE Award for Best Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie
1994 	Betrayed by Love 	Deanna 	Television movie
2005–2011	Medium 	Allison Dubois 	130 episodesPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesNominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama (2006–08)Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesNominated—Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series DramaNominated—Saturn Award for Best Actress on Television (2006–07)Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series (2006–07, 2010)
2012 	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Jeannie Kerns 	Episode: "Dreams Deferred"
2013–2014	Boardwalk Empire 	Sally Wheet 	10 episodesNominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
2014 	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 	Special Agent in Charge / Deputy Director Avery Ryan	Episode: "Kitty"Episode: "The Twin Paradox"
2015–2016	CSI: Cyber 	Special Agent in Charge / Deputy Director Avery Ryan	31 episodes
2015 	Inside Amy Schumer 	Herself 	Episode: "Last Fuckable Day"
==Awards and nominations==
 
 Awards
Year	Award 	Category 	Production 	Result
1993	CableACE Awards 	Actress in a Movie or Miniseries 	Wildflower 	
1994	Saturn Awards 	Best Actress 	True Romance 	
1994	MTV Movie Awards 	Best Kiss 	True Romance 	
1999	Western Heritage Awards 	Theatrical Motion Picture 	The Hi-Lo Country	
2000	Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 	Favorite Actress – Horror 	Stigmata 	
2001	Razzie Awards 	Worst Supporting Actress 	Little Nicky 	
2005	Primetime Emmy Awards 	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series 	Medium 	
2005	Satellite Awards 	Outstanding Actress in a Series, Drama 	Medium 	
2006	Saturn Awards 	Best Actress on Television 	Medium 	
2006	Golden Globe Awards 	Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama 	Medium 	
2006	Screen Actors Guild Awards 	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series 	Medium 	
2007	Saturn Awards 	Best Actress in a Television Program 	Medium 	
2007	Screen Actors Guild Awards 	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series 	Medium 	
2007	Primetime Emmy Awards 	Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series 	Medium 	
2007	Eyegore Awards 	 	 	
2007	Golden Globe Awards 	Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama 	Medium 	
2008	TV Land Awards 	Favorite Character from the "Other Side" 	Medium 	
2008	Golden Globe Awards 	Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama 	Medium 	
2010	Screen Actors Guild Awards 	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series 	Medium 	
2014	Screen Actors Guild Awards 	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series 	Boardwalk Empire 	
2015	Screen Actors Guild Awards 	Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role	Boyhood 	
2015	Golden Globe Awards 	Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture 	Boyhood 	
2015	British Academy of Film and Television Arts	BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role 	Boyhood 	
2015	Academy Awards 	Best Actress in a Supporting Role 	Boyhood 	
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