Cast & creator
Patricia Arquette
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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.
Also known as: Patricia T. Arquette
76
film credits
48
television credits
114
1949–2026 · acting roles
6.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (124)
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Jeannie Kerns
1999
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Avery Ryan
2000
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
The View
Self
1997
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self
2015
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Self
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
20/20
Self
1978
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Self
1992
Medium
Allison Dubois
2005Medium
Director
2005
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
The Talk
Self
2010
American Playhouse
Mattie Silver
1982Good Day Live
Self
2001
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Severance
Harmony Cobel
2022Severance
Producer
2022Severance
Executive Producer
2022
Intimate Portrait
Self
1993
Screen Two
Mattie Silver
1985
Boardwalk Empire
Sally Wheet
2010
Richard & Judy
Self
2001
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
2015
Tales from the Crypt
Mary Jo
1989
Finding Your Roots
Self
2012
The Megan Mullally Show
Self - Guest
2006
Toy Story 4
Harmony’s Mom (voice)
2019
thirtysomething
1987
Today
Self
1952
Carpool Karaoke: The Series
Self
2017
People's Choice Awards
Self - Presenter
1975
Hot Ones Versus
Self
2024
They Will Kill You
Lily Woodhouse
2026
The Act
Dee Dee Blanchard
2019
CSI: Cyber
Avery Ryan
2015
True Romance
Alabama Whitman
1993
High Desert
Peggy Newman
2023High Desert
Executive Producer
2023
Lost Highway
Renee Madison / Alice Wakefield
1997
Murdaugh: Death in the Family
Maggie Murdaugh
2025
Holes
Katherine "Kissin' Kate" Barlow
2003
Uncle Buck
Additional Voices (voice)
1989
The Outsiders
Rhonda Sue
1990
Little Nicky
Valerie Veran
2000
Escape at Dannemora
Joyce 'Tilly' Mitchell
2018
Boyhood
Mom
2014
Bringing Out the Dead
Mary Burke
1999
The Emmy Awards
Self
1949
Ed Wood
Kathy O'Hara
1994
Nightwatch
Katherine
1997
Kiss the Ground
Self - Actor / Founder, GiveLove.org
2020
Stigmata
Frankie Paige
1999
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
Kristen Parker
1987
Busty Blondes With Natural Racks
(archive footage)
2017
Human Nature
Lila Jute
2001
The Hi-Lo Country
Mona
1998
Flirting with Disaster
Nancy Coplin
1996
Tiptoes
Lucy
2002
The Indian Runner
Dorothy
1991Evil Genius
2026
Infinity
Arline Greenbaum
1996
Otherhood
Gillian Lieberman
2019Otherhood
Executive Producer
2019
Holy Matrimony
Havana
1994
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III
Izzy
2013
Fast Food Nation
Cindy
2006
The Secret Agent
Winnie
1996
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
Self
2020
Survivor's Guide to Prison
Self
2018
Goodbye Lover
Sandra Dunmore
1999
Girl in Progress
Ms. Armstrong
2012
Beyond Rangoon
Laura Bowman
1995
The Badge
Scarlett
2002
Prayer of the Rollerboys
Casey
1991
The Issue Is
Self
2018
The Wannabe
Rose
2015
Ethan Frome
Mattie Silver
1993
Miss Representation: Rise Up
Executive Producer
2026
Trouble Bound
Kit Califano
1993
Gonzo Girl
Claudia
2023Gonzo Girl
Producer
2023Gonzo Girl
Director
2023
9 Kisses
Woman in Park
2014
Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother
Self
2007
Daddy
Stacy
1987Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Self (archive footage)
2021
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010
Pretty Smart
Zero
1987
Certifiably Jonathan
Self
2007
Vijay and I
Julia
2013
Adam Sandler Goes to Hell
Self
2001
Electric Slide
Tina
2014
Dillinger
Polly Hamilton
1991
Wildflower
Alice Guthrie
1991
Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny
Self
2016
Far North
Jilly
1988
Searching for Debra Winger
Self
2002
Abby Singer
Patricia Arquette (uncredited)
2003
Made in Hollywood
Tammy
1990
Ed Wood: Pie Plates Over Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2004The Last Disturbance of Madeline Hynde
The Rolling Stones: From the Vault - Sticky Fingers Live at the Fonda Theatre 2015
Self - Audience Member
2017
Special Thanks To Roy London
2005
Betrayed by Love
Deanna
1994
Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch
Self
1997
The Edge
The Girl / Raped Woman (Indian Poker)
1989
Permanent
Jeanne Dixon
2017
The Manufacturing of 'Fast Food Nation'
Self
2007
Inside Monkey Zetterland
Grace
1992
A Single Woman
Storyteller
2008
VH1: Divas Live
Self - Host
1998
The Wait
Psychic
2013
Who I Am Not
Executive Producer
2023
Twelve Years
Self
2015
Time Out
Lucy
1988
We Are Windows
Mom
2026
Celebrities Uncensored
Self
2003
Equal Means Equal
Executive Producer
2016