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.Green, Jesse. Not Everybody Loves Patricia, The New York Times, December 31, 2006. Retrieved April 1, 2009.

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
 Year Film/TV Role Notes1989Alien NationAmanda Russell1 episode1989–1991ThirtysomethingDr. Silverman6 episodes1990Shattered DreamsOlder Dotti(TV Film)1990MatlockEllie Stanford1 episode1991DEAPaula Werner1 episode1992Memoirs of an Invisible ManEllen1992BeethovenBrie1992–1993Room for TwoJill Kurland 26 episodes1994Someone Like MeJean Stepjak5 episodes 1994  The New Age  Anna 1995  Women of the House  Natalie Hollingsworth  11 episodes1996Party of FiveRobin Merrin2 episodes1996Space JamWoman Fan1996–2005Everybody Loves RaymondDebra Barone  1997  Miracle in the Woods  Wanda Briggs (TV Film)1999The King of QueensDebra Barone1 episode2001A Town Without ChristmasM.J. Jensen(TV Movie)2004The Goodbye GirlPaula McFadden(TV Film) Nominated – Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie (2005)2004Danny PhantomLunch Lady1 episode (Voice)2005The Engagement RingSara Rosa Anselmi(TV Film)2006Untitled Patricia Heaton Project Janet DailyTV pilot2006The Path to 9/11Ambassador Bodine(TV Miniseries)2007Amazing GraceProducerWon - Christopher Award for best film (2008)2007–2008Back to YouKelly Carr17 episodes

Nominated – Satellite Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy (2007)2008Front of the ClassEllen Cohen(TV Film)2009–2018The MiddleFrankie HeckNominated - Critics' Choice Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series (2011)2011Easy to AssembleMrs. Hullestaad3 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)

References

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Category:1958 births
Category:Living people
Category:American television actors
Category:Actors from Ohio
Category:American Emmy Award winning actors