Patricia Arquette
Acting
Patricia T. Arquette (born April 8, 1968) is an American actress. She made her feature film debut as Kristen Parker in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987). Her other notable films include True Romance (1993), Ed Wood (1994), Flirting with Disaster (1996), Lost Highway (1997), The Hi-Lo Country (1998), Bringing Out the Dead (1999), Stigmata (1999), Holes (2003), Fast Food Nation (2006), The Wannabe (2015), and Toy Story 4 (2019). For playing a divorced mother in the coming-of-age drama film Boyhood (2014), which was filmed from 2002 until 2014, Arquette received widespread critical praise and won several awards, including the Academy 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 (2005–2011). She won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 2005, from two nominations she received for the role, in addition to three Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. Arquette also appeared in the CSI franchise as Avery Ryan, the Deputy Director of the FBI, starring in CSI: Cyber (2015–16). She went on to star as Joyce Mitchell in the Showtime miniseries Escape at Dannemora (2018), winning a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie, and as Dee Dee Blanchard in the Hulu anthology series The Act (2019), winning the Golden Globe Award and Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress.
TV Shows(39)
Murdaugh: Death in the Family
Maggie Murdaugh
2025
Hot Ones Versus
Self
2024
High Desert
Peggy Newman
2023
Severance
Harmony Cobel
2022
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
The Act
Dee Dee Blanchard
2019
Escape at Dannemora
Joyce 'Tilly' Mitchell
2018
The Issue Is
Self
2018
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Self
2017
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
2015
CSI: Cyber
Avery Ryan
2015
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Finding Your Roots
Self
2012
Boardwalk Empire
Sally Wheet
2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
2006
Medium
Allison Dubois
2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Celebrities Uncensored
Self
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
Richard & Judy
Self
2001
Good Day Live
Self
2001
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Avery Ryan
2000
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Jeannie Kerns
1999
The View
Self
1997
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992
The Outsiders
Rhonda Sue
1990
Tales from the Crypt
Mary Jo
1989
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
thirtysomething
1987
20/20
Self
1978
People's Choice Awards
Self - Presenter
1975
Today
Self
1952
The Emmy Awards
Self
1949
Movies(67)
They Will Kill You
Lily Woodhouse
2026
Gonzo Girl
Claudia
2023
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Self (archive footage)
2021
Kiss the Ground
Self - Actor / Founder, GiveLove.org
2020
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
Self
2020
Otherhood
Gillian Lieberman
2019
Toy Story 4
Harmony’s Mom (voice)
2019
Survivor's Guide to Prison
Self
2018
Permanent
Jeanne Dixon
2017
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015
Self - Audience Member
2017
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
Self
2016
The Wannabe
Rose
2015
Twelve Years
Self
2015
Boyhood
Mom
2014
Electric Slide
Tina
2014
9 Kisses
Woman in Park
2014
Vijay and I
Julia
2013
The Wait
Psychic
2013
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
Izzy
2013
Girl in Progress
Ms. Armstrong
2012
A Single Woman
Storyteller
2008
Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother
Self
2007
Certifiably Jonathan
Self
2007
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
Self
2007
Fast Food Nation
Cindy
2006
Special Thanks To Roy London
2005
Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2004
Abby Singer
Patricia Arquette (uncredited)
2003
Holes
Katherine "Kissin' Kate" Barlow
2003
Tiptoes
Lucy
2002
The Badge
Scarlett
2002
Searching for Debra Winger
Self
2002
Human Nature
Lila Jute
2001
Little Nicky
Valerie Veran
2000
Bringing Out the Dead
Mary Burke
1999
Stigmata
Frankie Paige
1999
Goodbye Lover
Sandra Dunmore
1999
The Hi-Lo Country
Mona
1998
VH1: Divas Live
Self - Host
1998
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
Self
1997
Nightwatch
Katherine
1997
Lost Highway
Renee Madison / Alice Wakefield
1997
The Secret Agent
Winnie
1996
Infinity
Arline Greenbaum
1996
Flirting with Disaster
Nancy Coplin
1996
Beyond Rangoon
Laura Bowman
1995
Ed Wood
Kathy O'Hara
1994
Holy Matrimony
Havana
1994
Betrayed by Love
Deanna
1994
True Romance
Alabama Whitman
1993
Ethan Frome
Mattie Silver
1993
Trouble Bound
Kit Califano
1993
Inside Monkey Zetterland
Grace
1992
Wildflower
Alice Guthrie
1991
The Indian Runner
Dorothy
1991
Prayer of the Rollerboys
Casey
1991
Dillinger
Polly Hamilton
1991
Made in Hollywood
Tammy
1990
The Edge
The Girl / Raped Woman (Indian Poker)
1989
Uncle Buck
Additional Voices (voice)
1989
Far North
Jilly
1988
Time Out
Lucy
1988
Daddy
Stacy
1987
Pretty Smart
Zero
1987
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Kristen Parker
1987
The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde
Evil Genius