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Patricia Arquette
at the 2009 Heart Truth fashion show
Born	Patricia T. Arquette April 8, 1968 (1968-04-08) (age 41) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1986–present
Spouse(s)	Nicolas Cage (m. 1995–2001) «start: (1995)–end+1: (2002)»"Marriage: Nicolas Cage to Patricia Arquette" Location: (linkback:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Arquette) Thomas Jane (m. 2006–present) «start: (2006)»"Marriage: Thomas Jane to Patricia Arquette" Location: (linkback:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Arquette)

Patricia T. Arquette (born April 8, 1968) is an American actress and director. She plays the lead character in the supernatural drama series Medium.

Contents 1 Early life and family 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links

Early life and family

Arquette was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Lewis Arquette, an actor, and Brenda "Mardi" Olivia (née Nowak), an actress, poet, theater operator, activist, acting teacher and therapist.¹ Arquette's mother was Jewish, the daughter of a Holocaust refugee from Poland, and Arquette's father was a convert to Islam and a descendant of explorer Meriwether Lewis.¹²³⁴⁵⁶ Her paternal grandfather was comedian Cliff Arquette, and her siblings are actors Rosanna, Alexis, Richmond and David Arquette. Arquette is the sister-in-law of Courteney Cox, who is married to her brother David.

Arquette was raised in Virginia and California.

Career

At the age of seventeen, Arquette was first cast in a role for Pretty Smart (1986). A year later, she gained attention for her starring role in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, playing Kristen Parker. She won a CableACE Award in 1991 for her portrayal of a deaf epileptic in Wildflower. In 1993, she starred in Tony Scott's True Romance. Soon after, her career took off, and she has since appeared in such critically acclaimed movies as Ed Wood as the 'worst ever' film director's eventual wife, 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. Her role as psychic Allison DuBois won her an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in 2005, as well as nominations for a Golden Globe in 2006 and 2007, a SAG award in 2006 and 2010, and an Emmy Award in 2007 and 2008.⁷ She studied at the Los Angelos Center for Enriched Studies.

Personal life

In April 1995, Arquette married Nicolas Cage (with whom she would later co-star 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

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.

Arquette has a son, Enzo (born January 3, 1989) with musician Paul Rossi.¹⁰

While filming Holes she discovered she was pregnant. Daughter Harlow Olivia Calliope Jane was born on February 20, 2003. She and actor Thomas Jane became engaged in 2002 and married on June 25, 2006 at the Palazzo Contarini in Venice, Italy.¹¹ In January 2009, Arquette filed for divorce from Jane on the grounds of irreconcilable differences,¹² but a couple of weeks later, the couple reconciled and Arquette requested to abandon the divorce petition.¹³

Filmography

Year	Title	Role
1986	Pretty Smart	Zero
1987	A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors	Kristen Parker
1988	Far North	Jilly
1990	Prayer of the Rollerboys	Casey
1991	The Indian Runner	Dorothy
	Wildflower	Alice
1992	Trouble Bound	Kit Califano
	Inside Monkey Zetterland	Grace Zetterland
1993	True Romance	Alabama Worley
	Ethan Frome	Mattie Silver
1994	Ed Wood	Kathy O'Hara
	Holy Matrimony	Havana
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
	Searching for Debra Winger	Herself
2003	Deeper Than Deep	Linda Lovelace
	Tiptoes	Lucy
	Holes	Miss Katherine 'Kissin' Kate' Barlow
	Abby Singer	Cameo
2005–present	Medium (TV series)	Allison DuBois
2006	Fast Food Nation	Cindy
2013	Boyhood	Mom

References

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External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Patricia Arquette

• Patricia Arquette at the Internet Movie Database
• Patricia Arquette at Allmovie

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NAME	Arquette, Patricia
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SHORT DESCRIPTION	American actress
DATE OF BIRTH	April 8, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DATE OF DEATH
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