Patricia T. Arquette is an American actress and director.
Following her first major film role in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, she has appeared
in films such as True Romance, Ed Wood, Flirting with Disaster, Lost Highway, Stigmata, Bringing
Out The Dead, Tiptoes, Holes and Boyhood.
In television she played real life psychic Allison DuBois in the supernatural drama series
Medium for seven seasons in which she received three Golden Globe nominations and two Emmy
Award nominations, winning the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama
Series in 2005, and has also appeared in Boardwalk Empire.
In 2014, Arquette appeared on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Special Agent Avery Ryan
in the episode "Kitty", which acted as the backdoor pilot for the spinoff titled CSI:
Cyber.
Early life and family Arquette was born in Chicago, Illinois, the
daughter of Lewis Arquette, an actor, and Brenda Olivia "Mardi", an actress, poet, theater
operator, activist, acting teacher, and therapist.
Arquette's mother was Jewish, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor from Poland.
Arquette's father was a convert to Islam from Catholicism, and was related to explorer Meriwether
Lewis.
Her paternal grandfather was comedian Cliff Arquette, and her siblings are actors Rosanna,
Alexis, Richmond, and David Arquette.
Career In 1987, Arquette's first starring roles were
as pregnant teenager Stacy in television film Daddy, boarding school student Zero in Pretty
Smart, and the attention-getting Kristen Parker in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors.
In 1991, she won a CableACE Award for her portrayal of a deaf epileptic in Wildflower.
In 1993, she starred in Tony Scott's True Romance.
She has since appeared in such critically acclaimed movies as Ed Wood as the "worst
ever" film director's eventual wife, Beyond Rangoon, Ethan Frome, Lost Highway, Little
Nicky, Stigmata, Bringing Out the Dead, Human Nature, Disney's Holes, and Flirting with
Disaster.
In January 2005, she began starring in her first television series, NBC's Medium.
Her role as 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 show up and it lasted another two seasons.
By 2011 she was earning $225,000 per episode for the series.
Arquette played the role of Allison DuBois until 2011 when the series was brought to
an end.
The final episode of Medium aired on January 21, 2011.
She has also appeared in episodes of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and Boardwalk Empire.
Personal life In April 1995, Arquette married Nicolas Cage.
They separated after nine months, but acted as a couple in public until Cage filed for
divorce in February 2000.
The divorce petition was withdrawn, but Arquette filed again in November 2000.
Arquette has a son, Enzo, with musician Paul Rossi.
Arquette and actor Thomas Jane became engaged in 2002 and have a daughter, Harlow Olivia
Calliope.
Arquette and Jane subsequently 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 and Arquette requested to abandon the divorce
petition on July 9, 2009.
However, 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.
The pair were granted 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 is doing a commercial for ABC on behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment
of Animals 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, and in 1999 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 earthquake-ravaged Haiti from 20 used shipping
containers.
Filmography Film
Television Awards and nominations
References
External links Patricia Arquette at the Internet Movie Database
Patricia Arquette at AllMovie