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Patricia Arquette Profile |
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Birth Date: April 8, 1968
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Birth Place: Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Birth Name: Patricia Arquette
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Height: 5'1"
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Biography |
Patricia Arquette was born April 8, 1968, in Chicago,
Illinois. The senior Arquettes were performers and artists
of one sort or another. Grandfather Cliff was a humorist,
known for his persona of Charley Weaver, who frequently
appeared on TV's Hollywood Squares and talk shows during the
1960s and '70s. Father Lewis (a.k.a. Mursulin Arquette) was
also an actor and humorist, while mother Mardi (a.k.a.
Olivia/Brenda/Mardiningshi) was a poet and political
activist.
The family, which also included older siblings Rosanna and
Richmond, and younger brothers Alexis and David, moved to an
artists' commune near Arlington, Virginia when Patricia was
still a child.
Not surprisingly, the Arquette children grew up in an
environment that fostered creativity and freedom of
expression. When Patricia was 15, she ran away to live with
Rosanna, who had moved to L.A. to pursue an acting career.
After several years on the commune, the rest of the family
relocated to Southern California, and soon all the children
became interested in acting.
Patricia studied acting with Milton Katselas, and landed
roles in films such as Pretty Smart (1986) and Daddy (1987),
a made-for-TV movie in which she played a teenage mother.
She gained attention following her appearance in A Nightmare
on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (also 1987), and guest
starred in such TV series as thirtysomething, The Outsiders
and Tales from the Crypt. In 1989, Patricia had a son, Enzo,
with musician Paul Rossi.
In 1990, Patricia starred in The Boy with the Crazy Brother,
a CBS Schoolbreak Special directed by Diane Keaton. The
following year, she played Viggo Mortensen's girlfriend in
Sean Penn's directorial debut, The Indian Runner. For her
second made-for-TV movie directed by Keaton, Wildflower
(1991), Patricia won the CableAce Award for Best Actress in
a Movie or Miniseries.
Patricia's career was now on a roll, and 1993 proved to be a
breakthrough year for the 25-year-old actress. She appeared
in Trouble Bound, Inside Monkey Zetterland, and earned
critical praise for her performance in Ethan Frome, opposite
Liam Neeson. She also held her own against such acting
talents as Christopher Walken, Gary Oldman and Dennis Hopper
in True Romance (written by Quentin Tarantino), where she
played Alabama Whitman, a high-strung, inexperienced call
girl. She also began a brief romance with co-star Christian
Slater during this time.
More roles followed in 1994, including parts in the TV movie
Betrayed by Love, Holy Matrimony and Tim Burton's bio-comedy
Ed Wood, in which she portrayed Kathy O'Hara, the tolerant
wife of the world's worst director. In 1995, Patricia turned
in another fine performance, appearing as an American doctor
caught up in the political turmoil of Burma, in John
Boorman's Beyond Rangoon. On her 27th birthday that April,
she married actor Nicolas Cage (apparently she's the one who
popped the question).
Patricia returned to the silver screen in 1996's Flirting
with Disaster, a comedy in which she played Ben Stiller's
moody wife. She rounded out the year playing the wife of a
Victorian-era anarchist/terrorist in The Secret Agent, and
of nuclear physicist Richard Feynman in Infinity, directed
by Matthew Broderick. In 1997, Patricia earned praise for
her dual role of a murdered wife/femme fatale in David
Lynch's twisted Lost Highway, and appeared with Ewan
McGregor in the thriller Nightwatch.
She portrayed the unhappily married wife of a ranch hand in
The Hi-Lo Country (1998), and starred opposite Gabriel Byrne
in the horror flick Stigmata (1999). In Martin Scorsese's
Bringing Out the Dead, she co-starred with husband Cage
(1999). In November 2000, Arquette filed for divorce, citing
"irreconcilable differences." While the pair had been seen
together in public during their marriage, it was rumored
that they had lived separately nine months after they wed.
The star couple divorced in May 2001.
Patricia returned to comedy, appearing in the Adam Sandler
vehicle Little Nicky (2000), which also featured her father
Lewis. In 2001, she played a hirsute woman involved in a
love triangle with an ape-like man in Human Nature,
co-starring Tim Robbins. She starred in The Badge along with
Billy Bob Thornton, a crime thriller that premiered on the
STARZ! network in September 2002.
In August, Patricia became engaged to actor Thomas Jane. The
couple is expecting Patricia's second child in February
2003. 2003 will also see her in Tiptoes, alongside Gary
Oldman and Matthew McConaughey, and Holes, based on a
best-selling children's book, which co-stars Sigourney
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Other
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Son Enzo (b. 1989).
Daughter of Lewis Arquette.
Granddaughter of the late Cliff Arquette, TV character
"Charlie Weaver".
Sister of Richmond Arquette, Alexis Arquette, David Arquette
and Rosanna Arquette.
Sister-in-law of Courteney Cox.
She is a natural brunette but frequently dyes her hair
blonde.
August 2002: Became engaged to actor Thomas Jane.
Daughter Harlow Olivia Calliope (with actor Thomas Jane)
born February 20, 2003 in Los Angeles.
Attended Mid-City Alternative school on the corner of Adams
Blvd. and Arlington Avenue in the mid 1970s. Her two
brothers, David Arquette and Richmond Arquette, also
attended this school.
Attended Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies in Los
Angeles, California.
Was originally cast in the Jennifer Jason Leigh role
opposite her brother Alexis in Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)
but had to drop out because of her pregnancy.
In an interview with Magnet (June-July 1999), Tom Waits
admitted that a line in "Black Market Baby" was inspired by
Arquette. His wife observed of Arquette, "She's a bonsai
Aphrodite". The track is found on the "Mule Variations". |
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