Patricia Arquette

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

Biography

Family

Arquette is of Jewish and distant French Muslim descent. She is the daughter of the late actor Lewis Arquette, granddaughter of the late comic Cliff Arquette, and sister to the actors Rosanna, Alexis, Richmond and David Arquette. She's also the sister-in-law of Courteney Cox Arquette, who is married to her brother David.

Career

At the age of eighteen she got her start in showbiz in 1986's Pretty Smart. A year later, she gained attention for her starring role in Dream Warriors, playing Kristen Parker, which is often considered the best sequel of the Nightmare series. In 1989. Soon after, her career took off, and she has since appeared in such critically acclaimed movies as True Romance, Beyond Rangoon, Ethan Frome, Lost Highway, and Flirting with Disaster.

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.

Personal life

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nine months, but acted as a couple in public until Cage filed for divorce in February 2000.The divorce petition was withdrawn, but Arquette filed again in November 2000.[http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,7412,00.html

She and actor Thomas Jane became engaged in 2002 and married in June 2006 at the Palazzo Contarini in Venice, Italy.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.[http://www.eonline.com/News/Items/0,1,11482,00.html

In 1997, after her mother died of breast cancer, Patricia took the lead in the fight against the disease. She's run in the annual Race for the Cure, and in 1999 was the Lee National Denim Day spokesperson which raises millions of dollars for breast cancer research and education.

Filmography

Medium (TV series) (2005)
Deeper Than Deep (2003)
Tiptoes (2003)
Holes (2003)
Human Nature (2001)
Little Nicky (2000)
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
Stigmata (1999)
The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
Lost Highway (1997)
Nightwatch (1997)
Flirting with Disaster (1996)
Beyond Rangoon (1995)
Ed Wood (1994)
True Romance (1993)
Trouble Bound (1992)
Inside Monkey Zetterland (1992)
The Indian Runner (1991)
Prayer of the Rollerboys (1990)
Far North (1988)
Dream Warriors (1987)
Pretty Smart (1986)