Patricia Arquette is an American actress. She is best known for her Academy Award-winning performance in the film Boyhood.
Patricia Arquette is an American actress, director, and activist. She is best known for her roles in films such as True Romance, Ed Wood, Lost Highway, and Boyhood. She has also appeared in television series such as Medium, Escape at Dannemora, and The Act.
Arquette was born in Chicago, Illinois, on April 8, 1968. She is the daughter of Lewis Arquette, an actor, and Brenda Denaut, an acting teacher and therapist. She has four siblings, all of whom are actors. Arquette began her career as a child actor, appearing in films such as A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors and the television series Pee-wee’s Playhouse.
In the 1990s, Arquette began to take on more adult roles, appearing in films such as True Romance, Ed Wood, and Lost Highway. She received critical acclaim for her performance in the latter, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also appeared in the Academy Award-winning film Boyhood, for which she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress.
In addition to her acting career, Arquette is an activist for a variety of causes, including women’s rights, LGBT rights, and animal rights. She is a vocal advocate for equal pay for women, and has spoken out against the gender pay gap in Hollywood. She is also a supporter of the Time’s Up movement, which seeks to end sexual harassment and assault in the workplace.
Arquette has been married twice, first to actor Nicolas Cage and then to actor Thomas Jane. She has three children, two from her marriage to Cage and one from her marriage to Jane. She currently resides in Los Angeles, California.