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Patricia Arquette

Patricia Arquette
Patricia T. Arquette was born on the 8th April 1968 in Chicago in Illinois. Her siblings actors are Rosanna, Alexis, Richmond and David Arquette.
Patricia has starred in Pretty Smart as Zero with Tricia Leigh Fisher and Paris Vaughan, A Nightmare on Elm Street 3 as Kristen Parker (who was a survivor from the last film) opposite Robert Englund, John_Saxon.html">John Saxon and Heather Langenkamp and as a deaf epileptic called Alice in Wildflower along with Beau Bridges and Susan Blakely.
Other roles include Far North as Jilly, Prayer of the Rollerboys as Casey opposite Corey Haim and Christopher Collet, The Indian Runner as Dorothy with David Morse, Viggo Mortensen and Charles Bronson and in Trouble Bound as Kit Califano alongside Michael Madsen and Seymour Cassel.
She has also appeared in Inside Monkey Zetterland as Grace Zetterland with Tate Donovan, True Romance as Alabama Whitman opposite Christian Slater and Dennis Hopper and in Ethan Frome as Mattie Silver.
Another role was in Ed Wood as Kathy O'Hara alongside Johnny_Depp.html">Johnny Depp, Martin Landau and Sarah Jessica Parker and was also in Holy Matrimony as Havana.
Patricia has been in Beyond Rangoon as Laura Bowman with Frances McDormand, Flirting With Disaster as Nancy opposite Ben Stiller and Tea Leoni and in Infinity as Arline Greenbaum alongside Dori Brenner and Matthew Broderick.
She has also appeared in Lost Highway in the dual role of Renee Madison and Alice Wakefield alongside Bill Pullman and Balthazar Getty, Nightwatch as Katherine opposite Ewan McGregor and Josh Brolin and in The Hi-Lo Country as Mona Birk.
Other roles include Bringing Out the Dead as Mary Burke opposite Nicolas Cage and John_Goodma.html">John Goodman, Goodbye Lover as Sandra Dunmore alongside Dermot Mulroney and Mary-Louise Parker and in Stigmata as Frankie Paige with Gabriel Byrne and Jonathan Pryce.
Patricia has been in Little Nicky as Valerie Veran alongside Adam Sandler and Harvey Keitel, Human Nature as Lila Jute opposite Tim Robbins and Rhys Ifans and The Badge as Scarlet with Billy Bob Thornton and William Devane
Searching For Debra Winger is a 2002 American documentary film conceived and directed by Rosanna Arquette. It presents a series of interviews with leading actresses who discuss the various pressures they face as women working in the film industry while trying to juggle their professional commitments with their personal responsibilities to their families and themselves. There are appearances by Rosanna Arquette and Emmanuelle Beart.
She has also appeared in Deeper Than Deep as Linda Lovelace, Tiptoes as Lucy opposite Gary Oldman, Peter Dinklage, Kate Beckinsale and Matthew McConaughey and in Holes as Miss Katherine 'Kissin' Kate' Barlow alongside Jon Voight, Sigourney Weaver and Shia LaBeouf.
Patricia has been in Fast Food Nation as Cindy with Kris Kristofferson and Bruce Willis and in Boyhood as Mom opposite Ellar Salmon and Ethan Hawke.
But perhaps one of Patricia's most notable roles is in Medium - Season 1, Medium - Season 2 - Complete, Medium - Season 3, Medium - Season 4 and Medium - Season 5 as Allison DuBois who acts as a research medium for the Phoenix, Arizona, district attorney's office as well as being the strong willed mother of three, devoted wife and law student. She stars along with Miguel Sandoval, Sofia Vassilieva, Jake Weber, David Cubitt and Maria Lark.
Another role was in The Secret Agent as Winnie with Bob Hoskins and Gerard Depardieu and Patricia has also starred in The Single Woman as the story teller along with Judd Nelson and Margot Kidder.
Patricia has appeared in Boyhood as the Mom opposite Ethan Hawke as the Dad and Ellar Salmon as Mason.




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Patricia Arquette - news / articles


  • Arquette to 'star' in Night of The Living Dead - 5 August 2009
    -Actress Patricia Arquette is to be inserted into her favourite horror movie as part of a special Halloween episode of her spooky TV drama Medium.- -The show's executive producer, Glenn Gordon Caron, has bought the rights to George Romero's Night of the Living Dead and pla


  • Arquette wants to get acting siblings on Medium - 17 February 2009
    -Patricia Arquette is keen to unite her acting siblings for a special one-off episode of her hit TV show Medium.- -The star comes from a whole generation of actors - sister Rosanna, transgender Alexis, brothers Richmond and David Arquette have all had differing measures of

Patricia Arquette - what members say


  • Stigmata
  • Stigmata review by A customer from South West, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars A unique story of religion and horror 10 November 2008
    ...deep and powerful story with controversial content. Wonderful performances from Patricia Arquette and Gabriel Byrne. A story unlike any other, with music throughout that set...   Read customer review
  • Bringing Out the Dead
  • Bringing Out the Dead review by danieljparsons from Ashford
    Rated - 5.0 stars "The city doesn't discriminate. It gets everybody." 2 January 2010
    ... contract with Scorsese?), and in fact all the performances are exquisite, with Patricia Arquette a stand out. Considering how (potentially) depressing Dead is, it doesn't half ...   Read customer review
  • The Indian Runner
  • The Indian Runner review by from West Sussex
    Rated - 1.0 stars Overlong and overwrought 5 August 2005
    ... clearly the one Penn would have played had he ventured in front of the camera. Patricia Arquette is very True Romanceish three years before that film made her name. No extra...   Read customer review

Patricia Arquette - filmography


  • Sesame Street - Elmo's Animal Adventures on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Patricia Arquette,  Cameron Diaz
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Join Elmo as he takes to the animal world in order to discover more about his furry friends. First of all, Elmo meets Little Bo Beep and assists her in finding a missing cow. His friend, Abby, invites him to take part in a special game show called 'Find the Amphibian', where he learns all about ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 23 members
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  • The Single Woman (2009)
    Starring: Judd Nelson,  Patricia Arquette,  Margot Kidder
    Director: Kamala Lopez
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A Single Woman is a distinct, lively portrait of Jeannette Rankin (the first American woman elected to Congress; also a suffragette, peace activist and reformer) that takes us from her childhood in 1880's Montana, to her last television interview in 1972. Deliciously political, occasionally ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 5 members
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  • Tiptoes on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Patricia Arquette,  Peter Dinklage,  Gary Oldman
    Director: Matthew Bright
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Off-beat romantic comedy starring Gary Oldman, Kate Beckinsale and Matthew McConaughey. When Steven (McConaughey) finds out that his fiancée Carol (Beckinsale) is pregnant, he decides he should tell her the truth about his family. Introducing her to his brother Rolfe (Oldman), Carol learns that ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 44% from 704 members
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  • Holes on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Jon Voight,  Sigourney Weaver,  Patricia Arquette
    Director: Andrew Davis
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Stanley Yelnats (Shia LaBeouf) is a teenager who has been told all his life that the men in the Yelnats family are cursed. When he is punished for a crime he didn't commit and ends up in a juvenile correctional facility, Stanley has no trouble believing this.
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 17,856 members
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  • The Badge on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Billy Bob Thornton,  Patricia Arquette,  William Devane
    Director: Robby Henson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The Badge features Billy Bob Thronton as a local sheriff who begins an investigation into the death of a transsexual after hearing that high ranking politicians may have been involved. Although he is homophobic, his investigation causes him to be rejected by others, forcing him to seek help from ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 216 members
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  • Human Nature on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Robert Forster,  Rhys Ifans,  Miranda Otto
    Director: Michel Gondry
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Lila, a young woman with a severe hormonal condition, is forced to hide her malady and eventually leave society for the solitude she finds in nature. While in the forest she writes novels that become wildly successful. Once famous, she returns to society and starts looking for a man. With the help ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 4,500 members
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  • Little Nicky on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Alan Covert,  Dana Carvey,  Rhys Ifans
    Director: Steven Brill
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Nicky (Adam Sandler) is the son of the Devil. But he's also a lazy, metal-head slob, more interested in listening to music than helping in his family's demonic business. However, when his two older brothers branch out on their own and hatch a plan to transform Earth into the new Hell, it comes down ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 12,618 members
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  • Stigmata on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Nia Long,  Jonathan Pryce,  Patricia Arquette
    Director: Rupert Wainwright
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    When it comes to God, Pittsburgh hairdresser Frankie Paige (Patricia Arquette) is a firm non-believer. However, after receiving a gift of some rosary beads, Frankie begins suffering from stigmata - bleeding wounds on her hands correlating with those suffered by Christ on the cross. Father Andrew ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 7,829 members
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  • Bringing Out the Dead on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Marc Anthony,  Cliff Curtis,  Patricia Arquette
    Director: Martin Scorsese
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Nicolas Cage plays EMS paramedic Frank Pierce. It is the early 1990's and New York has not yet undergone its renaissance of recent years. Surrounded by the injured and the dying, Frank is dwelling in an urban night-world, crumbling under the accumulated weight of too many years of saving and losing ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 5,424 members
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  • Nightwatch on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Josh Brolin,  John C. Reilly,  Patricia Arquette
    Director: Ole Bornedal
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Ole Bornedal's American remake of his own 1994 Danish hit 'Nattevagten'. A law student (Ewan McGregor) takes a job as a hospital nightwatchman, just as a serial killer strikes the city. All the evidence points to the student's culpability in the murders, so he burns the midnight oil in order to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 1,914 member
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  • Lost Highway on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Bill Pullman,  Patricia Arquette,  Balthazar Getty
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Five years after the critical and commercial disappointment of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, director David Lynch returned to the big screen with this cryptic thriller about confused identities and erotic obsession. Fred (Bill Pullman) is an avant-garde jazz saxophonist who shares a luxurious but ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 7,482 members
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  • Lost Highway - Blu-ray (1997)
    Starring: Bill Pullman,  Patricia Arquette,  Balthazar Getty
    Director: David Lynch
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Saxophonist Fred Madison (Bill Pullman) receives a series of videos showing the exterior, then the interior, of the house he shares with his wife Renee (Patricia Arquette). Then, after meeting a mysterious man at a party, he receives another tape showing him with Renee's dismembered corpse. Found ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 151 members
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  • The Secret Agent (1996)
    Starring: Bob Hoskins,  Patricia Arquette,  Gerard Depardieu
    Director: Christopher Hampton
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The life of an undercover Russian agent, posing as a quiet shopkeeper in London in order to infiltrate a ring of anarchists, is thrown into turmoil when his employers order him to plant a bomb at the Greenwich Observatory. Based on the novel by Joseph Conrad.
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 31 members
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  • Flirting With Disaster on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Mary Tyler Moore,  Ben Stiller,  Alan Alda
    Director: David O. Russell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    New parent Mel Coplin (Ben Stiller) decides that he cannot name his new son until he discovers the identity of his own parents. To the horror of his adoptive parents (Mary Tyler Moore and George Segal), Mel sets out on a quest of discovery with wife Nancy (Patricia Arquette) and sexy psychology ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 2,010 members
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  • Beyond Rangoon (1995)
    Starring: Cho Cho Myint,  Frances McDormand,  Jit Murad
    Director: John Boorman
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Laura is trying to pick up the pieces of her life after the murder of her husband and son, and goes on vacation with her sister to Burma. After losing her passport at a political rally, she is left on her own for a few days, during which time she falls in with students fighting for democracy. She ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 11 members
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  • Ed Wood on DVD (1994)
    Starring: Vincent D'Onofrio,  Martin Landau,  Patricia Arquette
    Director: Tim Burton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Hollywood visionary Tim Burton pays homage to another Hollywood visionary, albeit a less successful one, in this unusual fictionalized biography. The film follows Wood (Johnny Depp) in his quest for film greatness as he writes and directs turkey after turkey, cross-dresses, and surrounds himself ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 17,208 members
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  • True Romance - Blu-ray (1993)
    Starring: Samuel L. Jack,  Samuel L. Jackson,  Val Kilmer
    Director: Tony Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    This violent and amoral lovers-on-the-run thriller, based on an early script by Quentin Tarantino, took over a year for the British censors to give it a video certificate. Clarence (Christian Slater) is a kung-fu loving guy whose boss buys him a night with a hooker, Alabama (Patricia Arquette). The ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 81% from 2,266 members
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  • Ethan Frome (1993)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Patricia Arquette,  Joan Allen
    Director: John Madden
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Based on the novel of the same name by Edith Wharton, it is about a husband and wife (Ethan and Zeena), who need an extra hand around the house due to Zeena's debilitated body and constant illness. The young woman who joins them is a beautiful, spirited person. She and Ethan fall in love much to ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 13 members
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  • True Romance on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Val Kilmer,  Patricia Arquette,  Dennis Hopper
    Director: Tony Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Quentin Tarantino scripted this wild and wooly blend of action and dark comedy, which reached theaters a year before his breakthrough hit Pulp Fiction. Clarence Worley (Christian Slater) is a well-meaning but socially unskilled comic-shop clerk whose idea of a big night out is catching a Sonny ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 24,750 members
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  • Trouble Bound (1992)
    Starring: Michael Madsen,  Patricia Arquette,  Billy Bob Thornton
    Director: Jeff Reiner
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Michael Madsen is Harry, a man whose release from prison is just the beginning of a new set of troubles. He heads for Nevada, being pursued by drug dealers and with a dead body in the trunk of his car. To make matters worse, the woman he falls in love with en route wants him to help her kill a ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 172 members
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  • Wildflower on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Patricia Arquette,  Beau Bridges,  William McNamara
    Director: Diane Keaton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A pair of teenagers befriend an epileptic girl called Alice (Patricia Arquette), who has been forced to live in the barn as her father believes that her seizures are the work of the devel. The pair work on helping Alice to be accepted within the community.
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 192 members
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  • The Indian Runner (1991)
    Starring: Charles Bronson,  Patricia Arquette,  Dennis Hopper
    Director: Sean Penn
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In 1968 ex-Sheriff Joe Roberts (David Morse) tries to bring his wayward brother Frank (Viggo Mortensen), a Vietnam veteran, back into the fold. But even after getting married and taking a job on a construction site, Frank proves too volatile to maintain a working man's existence. Based on the Bruce ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 1,092 member
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  • Prayer of the Rollerboys (1991)
    Starring: Corey Haim,  Patricia Arquette,  Christopher Collet
    Director: Rick King
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Set in the not too distant future, L.A. is suffering the results of the USA's economic decline, with violence, drugs and gang-warfare sweeping the streets. Griffen (Corey Haim) is friends with an undercover worker for the state police, whose most recent role is infiltrating "The Rollerboys", a gang ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 65 members
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  • Pretty Smart on DVD
    Starring: Dennis Cole,  Patricia Arquette,  Tricia Leigh Fisher
    Director: Dimitri Logothetis
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Comedy starring Tricia Fisher as rebellious teenager Zigs. When Zigs stops a robbery at the bank she works at by stripping down to her underwear, her parents respond to her behaviour by sending her to a private girls' school on a small island in the Mediterranean in an attempt to straighten her out...read more »
    2 stars out of 5 36% from 127 members
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Patricia Arquette facts

5 most recent films

Girl in Progress - 1.0 stars
Medium - Season 7 - Complete - 4.0 stars
Medium - Season 6 - Complete - 4.5 stars
Sesame Street - Elmo's Animal Adventures - 3.0 stars
The Single Woman - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Medium - Season 5 - 4.5 stars
Medium - Season 6 - Complete - 4.5 stars
Medium - Season 2 - Complete - 4.5 stars
Medium - Season 4 - 4.5 stars
Medium - Season 3 - 4.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Girl in Progress - 1.0 stars
Goodbye Lover - 2.0 stars
The Secret Agent - 2.0 stars
The Single Woman - 2.5 stars
Ethan Frome - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Miguel Sandoval - 33 times - show films
Jake Weber - 32 times - show films
Sofia Vassilieva - 30 times - show films
Maria Lark - 25 times - show films
David Cubitt - 19 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Aaron Lipstadt - 32 times - show films
Ronald L. Schwary - 13 times - show films
Vince Misiano - 12 times - show films
Oz Scott - 7 times - show films
Larry Teng - 7 times - show films