Biography

Growing up in a family of actors, she began at a young age. Her first big break came as a teenager with a role in the Movie of the Week "Harvest Home", which starred Bette Davis. Several television roles followed, including an Afterschool Special and a part on the series "James at 15", before her talents led to her film debut in "Gorp". Since then she has acted in a steady stream of films, including John Sayles' "Baby, It's You," "Fathers and Sons" (1986) with Jeff Goldblum "The Linguini Incident, " Martin Scorsese's segment of "New York Stories", "Flight of the Intruder", "Silverado", "S.O.B.", "Amazon Women on the Moon, " "Eight Million Ways to Die", and "More American Graffiti." She feels particularly proud of her off-beat roles in such independent films as "After Hours", "Nobody's Fool" and "Desperately Seeking Susan". Ms. Arquette continues her work on television, she starred with Anthony Perkins in the NBC Movie of the Week, "In The Deep Woods", and also in "Son of the Morning Star, " "The Long Way Home", "The Class of '65", "Get Patty Hearst", "State of Terror" and Showtime's "The Wrong Man", with John Lithgow and Kevin Anderson. She was nominated for an Emmy for her work in the controversial "The Executioner's Song."

Filmography

Searching for Debra Winger (2002) .... Herself
Diary of a Sex Addict (2001) .... Grace Horn
Big Bad Love (2001) .... Velma
Good Advice (2001) .... Cathy Sherman
Joe Dirt (2001) (uncredited) .... Charlene
Things Behind the Sun (2001) .... Pete
Too Much Flesh (2000) .... Amy
Whole Nine Yards, The (2000) .... Sophie Oseransky
... aka Nouveau voisin, Le (2000) (Canada: French title)

Interview with a Dead Man (1999)
Poison (1999) (TV) .... Dana Lazlo
... aka Blonde Biest - Wenn Mutterliebe blind macht, Das (2000) (TV) (Germany)
... aka Tease (2002) (TV) (USA: DVD title)
Switched at Birth (1999) (TV) .... Linda
... aka Mistaken Identity (2000) (TV) (UK: video title)
... aka Two Babies: Switched at Birth (1999) (TV) (USA)
Pigeonholed (1999) .... Devon's Mother
Palmer's Pick Up (1999) .... Dawn
"'60s, The" (1999) (mini) TV Series (uncredited) .... Hippie Mother
Sugar Town (1999) .... Eva
Homeslice (1998)
Fait Accompli (1998) .... Jezzebelle
... aka VooDoo Dawn (2000) (USA: video title)
I'm Losing You (1998) .... Rachel Krohn
Hell's Kitchen (1998) .... Liz
... aka Hell's Kitchen N.Y.C. (1999) (USA)
Floating Away (1998) .... Maurey Talbot
Hope Floats (1998) (uncredited) .... Connie Phillips
Buffalo '66 (1998) .... Wendy Balsam
I Know What You Did (1998) (TV) .... Stacey Keane
... aka Crimes of Passion: I Know What You Did (1998) (TV)
... aka In Defense of Murder (1998) (TV) (UK)
Gun (1997/I) .... Lily
Michael Jackson: History on Film - Volume II (1997) (V) .... Herself (Liberian Girl video)
Do Me a Favor (1997) .... Alex Langley
... aka Trading Favors (1997) (USA: video title)
Deceiver (1997) .... Mrs. Kennesaw
... aka Liar (1997)
Gone Fishin' (1997) .... Rita
You're Still Not Fooling Anybody (1997) (archive footage) .... Jody
White Lies (1996) .... Artist
Crash (1996) .... Gabrielle
... aka Crash (1996) (France)
Search and Destroy (1995) .... Lauren Mirkheim
... aka Four Rules, The (1995) (Australia: video title)
Pulp Fiction (1994) .... Jody
Nowhere to Hide (1994) (TV) .... Sarah Blake
Cité de la peur: une comédie familiale, La (1994) .... Herself
... aka Cité de la peur, La (1994) (France: short title)
... aka Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy (1994)
... aka Film de les nuls, Le (1994)
Wrong Man, The (1993) (TV) .... Missy Mills
Nowhere to Run (1993) .... Clydie
Fathers & Sons (1992) .... Miss Athena
In the Deep Woods (1992) (TV) .... Joanna Warren
Linguini Incident, The (1991) .... Lucy
Son of the Morning Star (1991) (TV) .... Libby Custer
...Almost (1990) .... Wendy
... aka Wendy Cracked a Walnut (1990)
Black Rainbow (1990) .... Martha Travis
Flight of the Intruder (1990) .... Callie
Sweet Revenge (1990) (TV) .... Kate
Separation (1990) (TV) .... Sarah Weiss
... aka Don't Hang Up (1990) (TV) (USA)

New York Stories (1989) .... Paulette
Promised a Miracle (1988) (TV) .... Alice 'Lucky' Parker
Grand bleu, Le (1988) .... Johanna Baker
... aka Big Blue, The (1988/I) (USA)
... aka Grand bleu, version intégrale, Le (1998) (France: director's cut)
... aka Grand bleu, version longue, Le (1998) (France: director's cut)
Amazon Women on the Moon (1987) .... Karen (segment "Two I.D.'s")
... aka Cheeseburger Film Sandwich (1987)
Nobody's Fool (1986) .... Cassie
8 Million Ways to Die (1986) .... Sarah
Survival Guide (1985) (TV)
After Hours (1985) .... Marcy
Silverado (1985) .... Hannah
Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) .... Roberta Glass
Aviator, The (1985) .... Tillie Hansen
Parade, The (1984) (TV) .... Tilda Kirby
... aka Hit Parade (1984) (TV)
Off the Wall (1983) .... Pam
One Cooks, the Other Doesn't (1983) (TV) .... Tracy Boone
Baby, It's You (1983) .... Jill
Johnny Belinda (1982) (TV) .... Belinda McAdam
Executioner's Song, The (1982) (TV) .... Nicole Baker
Wall, The (1982/I) (TV) .... Halinka Apt
Long Way Home, A (1981) (TV) .... Rose Cavanaugh
S.O.B. (1981) .... Babs
Gorp (1980) .... Judy

"Shirley" (1979) TV Series .... Debra Miller
More American Graffiti (1979) .... Girl in Commune
... aka Purple Haze (1979)
Ordeal of Patty Hearst, The (1979) (TV) .... Becky
Mom and Dad Can't Hear Me (1978) (TV) .... Charlie Meredith
Zuma Beach (1978) (TV) .... Beverly
"Dark Secret of Harvest Home, The" (1978) (mini) TV Series .... Kate Constantine
Having Babies II (1977) (TV)