PATRICIA ARQUETTE

'Patricia T. Arquette' (born April 8, 1968) is an Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe Award-nominated American actress.

Contents

Biography

Early life

Career

Personal life

Filmography

References

External links

Biography

Early life

Arquette was born in Chicago, Illinois and was raised in Virginia and California, daughter of Mardi Olivia (Nowak), an actress, poet, teacher and therapist, and Lewis Arquette, an actor.^[1] Arquette's paternal grandfather was comedian Cliff Arquette. Arquette's mother was Jewish, the daughter of a Holocaust refugee from Poland,^[2] and her father was a convert to Islam and a descendant of explorer Meriwether Lewis.^[3][4][5][6] Arquette's siblings are actors Rosanna, Alexis, Richmond and David Arquette. Arquette is also the sister-in-law of Courteney Cox, who is married to her brother David.

Career

At the age of eighteen she got her start in show business in 1986's ''Pretty Smart''. A year later, she gained attention for her starring role in '', playing Kristen Parker. In 1993, she starred in Tony Scott's ultra-violent ''True Romance'', which put Arquette on the map, so to speak.
Soon after, her career took off, and she has since appeared in such critically acclaimed movies as ''Beyond Rangoon'', ''Ethan Frome'', ''Lost Highway'', ''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''. Now in its 3rd season, the success of ''Medium'' has made Arquette a household name.
She won a CableACE Award in 1991 for her portrayal of a deaf epileptic in ''Wildflower''. She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in 2005 for her role as the psychic Allison DuBois on NBC's ''Medium''. In 2006, she was nominated for a SAG award and Golden Globe Award for her role on ''Medium''. In 2007, she was again nominated for a Golden Globe Award for ''Medium''.
On May 7, 2007, NBC renewed ''Medium'' for a fourth season.^[7]

Personal life

In April 1995, Arquette married Nicolas Cage (whom she would later co-star with 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months, but acted as a couple in public until Cage filed for divorce in February 2000.^[8] The divorce petition was withdrawn, but Arquette filed again in November 2000.^[9]
She and actor Thomas Jane became engaged in 2002 and married on June 25, 2006 at the Palazzo Contarini in Venice, Italy.^[10] They have a daughter, Harlow Olivia Calliope, born on February 20, 2003. Arquette also has a son, Enzo (b. 1989), from her previous relationship with musician Paul Rossi.^[11]
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.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1986	''Pretty Smart''	Zero
1987	''	Kristen Parker
1988	''Far North''	Jilly
1990	''Prayer of the Rollerboys''	Casey
1991	''The Indian Runner''	Dorothy
1992	''Trouble Bound''	Kit Califano
	''Inside Monkey Zetterland''	Grace Zetterland
1993	''True Romance''	Alabama Whitman
1994	''Ed Wood''	Kathy O'Hara
1995	''Beyond Rangoon''	Laura Bowman
1996	''Flirting with Disaster''	Nancy
	''Infinity''	Arline Greenbaum
1997	''Lost Highway''	Renee Madison/Alice Wakefield
	''Nightwatch''	Katherine
1998	''The Hi-Lo Country''	Mona Birk
1999	''Bringing Out the Dead''	Mary Burke
	''Goodbye Lover''	Sandra Dunmore
	''Stigmata''	Frankie Paige
2000	''Little Nicky''	Valerie Veran
2001	''Human Nature''	Lila Jute
2002	''The Badge''	Scarlet
2003	''Deeper Than Deep''	Linda Lovelace
	''Tiptoes''	Lucy
	''Holes''	Miss Katherine 'Kissin' Kate' Barlow
	''Abby Singer''	Cameo
2005	''Medium'' (TV series)	Allison DuBois
2006	''Fast Food Nation''	Cindy

References

1. http://www.filmreference.com/film/36/Patricia-Arquette.html
2. http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=9457
3. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20010216/ai_n14371793
4. http://www.crankycritic.com/qa/pf_articles/patriciaarquette.html
5. http://www.usaweekend.com/05_issues/050508/050508arquettes.html
6. http://www.independent.co.uk/arts/film/features/article1219872.ece
7. http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20070507nbc02
8. http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,6070,00.html''Eonline.com''
9. http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,7412,00.html ''Eonline.com''
10. http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,19362,00.html''Eonline.com''
11. http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,11482,00.html''Eonline.com''

External links

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★ Abby Singer official website (Patricia had a cameo in the film)

★ A Romantic Scene From "True Romance"