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

Biography

Early life

Arquette was born in Chicago, Illinois. Her father was actor Lewis Arquette, and her grandfather was comedian Cliff Arquette, who was perhaps 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,[1] and her father, who was of French, Swiss, and mostly English descent, was a convert to Islam and a descendant of explorer Meriwether Lewis.[2] 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.

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 Awward 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.

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nine months, but acted as a couple in public until Cage filed for divorce in February 2000.[3] The divorce petition was withdrawn, but Arquette filed again in November 2000.[4]

She and actor Thomas Jane became engaged in 2002 and married on June 25, 2006 at the Palazzo Contarini in Venice, Italy.[5] 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.[6]

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.

Filmography

External links

• Patricia Arquette .org
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