Patricia Arquette

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Patricia Arquette
Born April 8, 1968
Chicago, Illinois

Patricia T Arquette (born April 8, 1968) is an Emmy Award-winning and a Golden Globe Award-nominated American actress.

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[edit] Biography

[edit] Early life

Arquette was born in Chicago, Illinois. Her father was actor Lewis Arquette, and her grandfather was comedian Cliff Arquette, best remembered for his "Charley Weaver" character, a fixture on the original Hollywood Squares. Arquette's mother, Mardi Olivia Nowak, was Jewish, the daughter of a Holocaust refugee from Poland. Arquette's father was a convert to Islam and a descendant of explorer Meriwether Lewis.[1][2][3] Her 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.

[edit] 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 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, 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 given Arquette household name status. She won a CableACE Award in 1991 for her portrayal of a deaf epileptic in Wildflower. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and SAG award in 2006 for her role as the psychic Allison DuBois on NBC's Medium She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in 2005 for her role as the psychic Allison DuBois on NBC's Medium.

[edit] Personal life

Arquette in the series Medium, for which she won an Emmy.
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Arquette in the series Medium, for which she won an Emmy.

In April 1995, Arquette married her Bringing Out the Dead costar, Nicolas Cage. They separated after nine months, but acted as a couple in public until Cage filed for divorce in February 2000.[4] The divorce petition was withdrawn, but Arquette filed again in November 2000.[5]

She and actor Thomas Jane became engaged in 2002 and married on June 25, 2006 at the Palazzo Contarini in Venice, Italy.[6] 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.[7]

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.

[edit] Filmography

Year Title Role
2006 Fast Food Nation Cindy
2005 Medium (TV series) Allison DuBois
2003 Deeper Than Deep Linda Lovelace
Tiptoes Lucy
Holes Miss Katherine 'Kissin' Kate' Barlow
2001 Human Nature Lila Jute
2000 Little Nicky Valerie Veran
1999 Bringing Out the Dead Mary Burke
Goodbye Lover Sandra Dunmore
Stigmata Frankie Paige
1998 The Hi-Lo Country Mona Birk
1997 Lost Highway Renee Madison/Alice Wakefield
Nightwatch Katherine
1996 Flirting with Disaster Nancy
Infinity Arline Greenbaum
1995 Beyond Rangoon Laura Bowman
1994 Ed Wood Kathy O'Hara
1993 True Romance Alabama Whitman
1992 Trouble Bound Kit Califano
Inside Monkey Zetterland Grace Zetterland
1991 The Indian Runner Dorothy
1990 Prayer of the Rollerboys Casey
1988 Far North Jilly
1987 A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors Kristen Parker
1986 Pretty Smart Zero

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Pfefferman, Naomi. "Arquette Reconnects", The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles, 2002-10-08. Retrieved on 2006-12-13.
  2. ^ Vallance, Tom. "Obituary: Lewis Arquette", The Independent, 2001-02-16. Retrieved on 2006-12-13.
  3. ^ Fischer, Paul. "Star Talk", Cranky Critic, 2000. Retrieved on 2006-12-13.
  4. ^ http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,6070,00.html
  5. ^ http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,7412,00.html
  6. ^ http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,19362,00.html
  7. ^ http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,11482,00.html

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NAME Arquette, Patricia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION American film actress
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago, Illinois
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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