Arquette Patricia - biography and filmography of the actress

Today we are talking about a popular American actress and director named Arquette Patricia. As a domestic and foreign audience, she is known for her participation in such series as "Medium" and "CSI: Crime Scene". We offer today to learn about the details of the career and personal life of a talented actress.

Patricia Arquette: biography

The future star of Hollywood was born in 1968, April 8, in the American city of Chicago, Illinois. Patricia comes from an acting dynasty. So, her great-grandfather played in vaudeville, grandfather - Cliff Arquette - was a screenwriter and actor, father - Lewis Arquette - is a rather popular actor (although for the most part played minor roles), mother - Olivia Novak - poetess and actress. The brothers and sister of the heroine of our story also chose the career of the actors. Thus, it is not surprising that Arquette Patricia, from childhood, dreamed of becoming a famous actress.

The first steps in the professional field

When Patricia was 15 years old, she, along with her older sister Rosanna, went to California to try herself as an actress. She attended numerous tests. And in the end, her inviting appearance with bright blue eyes and a pleasant soft southern accent drew the attention of filmmakers and producers. In addition, Arquette Party had a lot of boyfriends among the actors. Initially, the girl was offered episodic roles in films for teenagers. And at the age of eighteen, Patricia had already played the main character. It was also a movie for teenagers called "Big Clever". In the rental it was released in 1986. And a year later Arquette was entrusted with one of the main roles in one of the parts of the sensational horror film called "The Nightmare on Elm Street". Patricia brilliantly played a heroine named Kristen Parker.

Continuation of career

After participating in the "Nightmare on Elm Street" Patricia began to receive more proposals for filming. So, in 1988 she played the role of a young mother in the film "Dad". It's interesting that at the time of filming the actress Arquette Patricia was pregnant. In the same year, other works with her participation, including "Tales from the Crypt", "Time Out", "On the Edge" and "Far to the North", could be seen.

The 1990s

The career of the actress gradually went up the hill, and films with Patricia Arquette went out to hire each year. So, in 1990 she appeared in front of the viewer in two pictures: "The Girl and Her Mad Brother" and "The Outcasts". The following year, several films with Arquette's participation appeared on the screens: "Roller Prayer", "Especially on Sunday", "Dillinger's Story", "Wild Flower" and "Runaway Indians".

In 1993, Patricia was lucky to work on the same set with stars such as Christian Slater, Val Kilmer and Michael Rapaport. It was a movie called "True Love", where she performed the main role. The heroine of Patricia, Alabama Witman, was a "call girl". But her life changed dramatically after meeting with the respectable Clarence Worley, who fell in love with her without a memory.

In 1994, Patricia again shone on the screens in the biographical film drama "Ed Wood." The film tells of a rather strange but bright life of one of the most odious figures of American cinema - Ed Wood, who was unanimously recognized as the worst director in the history of Hollywood. On set, Arquette has the privilege of working alongside celebrities such as Johnny Depp, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jeffrey Jones and Martin Landau. For the same period, the actress also participates in such films as "The Holy Ties of Marriage" and "Dedicated Love."

In the rays of glory

Patricia Arquette, whose filmography with an enviable regularity replenished with new successful films, has become increasingly popular and in demand. In 1996, she shone in a tape called "Secret Agent", where her partners in the shooting were Gerard Depardieu, Bob Hoskins and Robin Williams. The painting takes us to London of the beginning of the last century, which was almost the ideal refuge for various kinds of anarchists, revolutionaries and other radical people who wanted to hide from their governments. For the same year there are also such films with the participation of the actress, like "Do not wake a sleeping dog" and "Infinity".

In 1997, Patricia had a unique opportunity to fully reveal her rich acting potential thanks to the shooting in the movie "Highway to Nowhere" directed by David Lynch. Then followed the participation of Arquette in such films as "Night Watch", "Country of Hills and Valleys" and "Farewell, Lover".

It is interesting that Partition aspired not only to the main roles. She was interested in playing and secondary characters, which the actress managed to make very bright and memorable. To such works can be attributed two films of 1999: "Stigmata" by Rupert Wainwright and "Resurrecting the Dead" by the legendary Martin Scorsese.

2000s

Patricia Arquette, whose filmography already included a number of very successful film works, continued to be filmed a lot with the beginning of the new millennium. So, in 2000, the comedy "Nikki, Devil Jr." was released, in which the actress played the role of an eccentric student who became the beloved son of Satan in the performance of Adam Sandler. Everyone remembered the participation of Patricia in the 2001 film "Beast Nature". The tape tells the story of the girl Laila, who suffered from a congenital defect in the form of increased hairiness of the body. It is interesting that the image of Arquette in the image of Laila was even placed in the medical encyclopedia as an illustration to this disease.

In 2002, Patricia again pleased the audience with her participation in the film "Behind the Sun", where her partner on the set was Billy Bob Thornton. 2003 turned out to be a success, when a drama called "Little fingers" appeared on the screens. On the set of this project Patricia managed to work with Matthew McConaughey, Kate Beckinsale, Gary Oldman and Peter Dinklage.

Last works

In 2006, another film with the participation of Patricia Arquette called "Nation of Fast Food" was released. However, this project did not justify the hopes placed on it and was negatively accepted by most critics and spectators. Rehabilitated the actress was thanks to participation in the filming of the popular American television series "Medium". Now Patricia is also busy in filming another television project. It's about the series "CSI: Crime Scene", in which she performs the role of Avery Ryan.

Patricia Arquette: Children, Private Life

At the age of 21, the actress gave birth to her first child, Enzo's son. With his father - musician Paul Rossi - Patricia was not in an official marriage. And after some time after the birth of their common son, the young parents decided to part ways. For two years (1992-1993), Arquette had a violent romance with Christian Slater, with whom they starred in the film "True Love". There are also rumors that in 1994 the actress was in close relationship with Matthew McConaughey.

In 1995, Patricia married one of the most famous American actors - Nicolas Cage. This marriage attracted everyone's attention, which made the heroine of our story even more popular. However, the family's happiness was not achieved, and in 2001 Patricia Arquette and Nicolas Cage divorced.

In 2002, the actress announced an engagement with her fellow filmmaker - Thomas Jane. The following year, the couple had a daughter, who was named Harlow Olivia Calliope. The official marriage of actors was combined in 2006 in Venice. Unfortunately, this family also disintegrated. Jane and Arquette divorced in 2011, having issued joint custody of their daughter.

Interesting Facts

- Despite the fact that on the screen Arquette Patricia in most cases appears with fair hair, in fact she is a brunette.

- At the age of 14 the heroine of our story shaved nalyso and ran away from her parents' house. She began to live with her older sister named Rosanna, who helped her to take the first steps in acting.

- Patrician's own brother - Robert Arquette - made a plastic surgery to change the sex and took the name Alexis.

- Members of the famous rock band Rolling Stones, according to their confession, are literally delighted with the actress. They even managed to persuade her to appear in a video for a song called Like a Rolling Stone.

"According to Patricia herself, she is terribly afraid of the outbreak of war." After all, there is nothing more terrible in the world than when people kill each other.

- Patricia Arquette is not only a talented artist, but also a person with a big heart. So, at one time she became the face of a charity company called Lee National Denim Day. All collected funds were directed to support programs for the treatment of breast cancer.

- In 1989, Arquette participated in the soundtrack of the American film "Uncle Buck".

- In 2009, Patricia tried herself and in the director's role in the course of work on the popular series "Medium".