Patricia Arquette — biography, films, roles and trivia

Biography

American actress and director.

Born on April 8, 1968 in Chicago.

She is the youngest daughter in a large acting dynasty. Her great-grandfather performed in vaudeville, her grandfather, Cliff Arquette, was a screenwriter and actor, her father, Lewis Arquette, was a well-known actor who appeared mostly in supporting roles, and her brothers are actors: Alexis, David, and Richmond, while her older sister is the famous actress Rosanna Arquette.

Patricia left home at 15 and went to California to try her hand at acting.

Filmography

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2026 They Will Kill You Lily Woodhouse

Interesting facts

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1
Musician Tom Waits's wife called Patricia "a bonsai Aphrodite": the actress is 157 cm tall.
2
At 15, Patricia shaved her head, ran away from home and moved in with her older sister Rosanna, who helped her break into show business.
3
Patricia is very religious, she was raised Catholic, although she tries not to flaunt her faith.
4
The members of The Rolling Stones are crazy about the actress, and even persuaded her to appear in their music video for the song "Like a Rolling Stone" (1996).
5
Despite the fact that in most films she has blonde hair, in reality the actress is a brunette.
6
At the age of 21, she gave birth out of wedlock to a son, Enzo, with musician Paul Rossi, and soon broke up with the father of her child.
7
In 1997, the star's mother died of breast cancer — since then Patricia has been a staunch activist in the movement fighting this disease.
8
Nicolas Cage was so obsessed with her that he planned to stage a kidnapping. Patricia then fled from the obsessive admirer, but in 1995 she nevertheless married Cage. The marriage fell apart after 6 years.
9
Born in Chicago into an acting family: her sister Rosanna Arquette and brothers David Arquette, Alexis Arquette, and Richmond Arquette are also actors.