Rosanna Arquette - Biography

Rosanna Lauren Arquette (born August 10, 1959) is an American actress, film director, and producer.

Early life

Arquette was born in New York City, the daughter of Brenda Olivia "Mardi" (née Nowak), an actress, poet, theater operator, activist, acting teacher, and therapist, and Lewis Arquette, an actor and director. Her paternal grandfather was comedian Cliff Arquette. Her mother was Jewish, the daughter of a Holocaust refugee from Poland. Her father was a convert to Islam and a descendant of explorer Meriwether Lewis. Her siblings are actors Patricia, Alexis, Richmond, and David Arquette.

In 1963, Arquette's family moved to Chicago, where her father managed The Second City theater for several years. When she was eleven years old, her parents moved to a commune in Front Royal, Virginia. Arquette did not do well at school. In 1974, she hitchhiked across the country with three older teenagers, eventually going to San Francisco, where she worked at renaissance and Dickens fairs. Her professional theater debut was May 27, 1977, appearing in the Story Theatre Musical production of Ovid's The Metamorphoses at the Callboard Theatre on Melrose Place in Los Angeles.

Arquette was 19 when she married director/composer Tony Greco; they divorced 2 years later in October 1980.

Career

Arquette has appeared in both television and screen films. In 1982, she earned an Emmy Award nomination for the TV film The Executioner's Song. Arquette's first starring role was in John Sayles's Baby It's You, a highly regarded but little seen film. She starred in Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) alongside pop singer Madonna, for which she won a British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) for her "supporting" role despite her clearly being the lead. Following the commercial and critical failure of both After Hours and 8 Million Ways to Die, she quit Hollywood to work in Europe where she acted in Luc Besson's The Big Blue (1988).

In 1989, director Martin Scorsese offered her a part in New York Stories. Other movies of note are Pulp Fiction and the David Cronenberg film, Crash and the Australian film Wendy Cracked a Walnut (1990) (also known as …Almost). In 1990, Arquette appeared on the cover and in a nude pictorial in Playboy's September issue, although she claimed it was without her prior knowledge or consent.

In recent years, Arquette has expanded into directing, including the documentaries Searching for Debra Winger (2002) and All We Are Saying (2005); she also produced both projects.

Arquette appeared in the short running What About Brian as Nicole Varsi and on Showtime's The L Word as Cherie Jaffe.

In 2009, she joined Fit Parent Magazine, founded by Craig Knight, as Editor at Large. Arquette stars in the French thriller The Divide, directed by Xavier Gens.

Actress

• 2011: The Divide .... Marylin
• 2010: Exodus Fall .... Marilyn Minor
• 2010: Private Practice .... Corinne (2 episodes, 2010)
• 2009: Eastwick .... Greta Noa (2 episodes, 2009)
• 2009: American Pie Presents: The Book of Love (V) .... Rob's Mom
• 2009: Repo Chick .... Lola
• 2009: Northern Lights (TV) .... Charlene Galligan
• 2008: Lipstick Jungle .... Tina Atwood (1 episode, 2008)
• 2008: Growing Op .... Diana
• 2008: Ball Don't Lie .... Francine
• 2008: Medium .... Michelle Todd (1 episode, 2008)
• 2008: Dirt .... Mia (1 episode, 2008)
• 2007: Terra (voice) .... Professor Lina
• 2006: What About Brian .... Nicole Varzi / ... (24 episodes, 2006–2007)
• 2004: The L Word .... Cherie Jaffe (5 episodes, 2004–2007)
• 2006: I-See-You.Com .... Lydia Ann Layton
• 2005: Grey's Anatomy .... Constance Ferguson (1 episode, 2005)
• 2005: Kids in America .... Abby Pratt
• 2005: Welcome to California .... Prostitute
• 2005: Malcolm in the Middle .... Anita (1 episode, 2005)
• 2005: Iowa .... Effie Harte
• 2005: My Suicidal Sweetheart .... Vera
• 2005: Law & Order: Criminal Intent .... Kay Connelly (1 episode, 2005)
• 2004: Dead Cool .... Deirdre
• 2004: Summerland .... Ronnie (1 episode, 2004)
• 2004: Gilded Stones .... Sally
• 2003: Rush of Fear (TV) .... Alex McGuire
• 2003: The Law and Mr. Lee (TV) .... Linda Ellis
• 2003: Will & Grace .... Julie (2 episodes, 2003)
• 2003: The Practice .... Brenda Miller (1 episode, 2003)
• 2002: Going to California .... Helen (1 episode, 2002)
• 2001: Diary of a Sex Addict (V) .... Grace Horn
• 2001: Good Advice .... Cathy Sherman
• 2001: Big Bad Love .... Velma
• 2001: Joe Dirt (uncredited) .... Charlene the Gator Farmer
• 2001: Things Behind the Sun .... Pete
• 2001: The Huntress .... Arlene Potts (1 episode, 2001)
• 2000: Too Much Flesh .... Amy
• 2000: Poison (TV) .... Dana Lazlo
• 2000: The Whole Nine Yards .... Sophie Oseransky
• 1999: Switched at Birth (TV) .... Linda Wells
• 1999: Pigeonholed .... Devon's Mother
• 1999: Palmer's Pick Up .... Dawn
• 1999: The '60s (TV) (uncredited) .... Hippie Mother
• 1999: Sugar Town .... Eva
• 1999: Interview with a Dead Man
• 1998: Fait Accompli .... Jezzebelle
• 1998: I'm Losing You .... Rachel Krohn
• 1998: Hell's Kitchen .... Liz McNeary
• 1998: Floating Away (TV) .... Maurey Talbot
• 1998: Hope Floats (uncredited) .... Connie Phillips
• 1998: Buffalo '66 .... Wendy Balsam
• 1998: I Know What You Did (TV) .... Stacey Keane
• 1998: Homeslice
• 1997: Do Me a Favor .... Alex Langley
• 1997: Deceiver .... Mrs. Kennesaw
• 1997: Gone Fishin' .... Rita
• 1997: Gun .... Lilly Difideli (1 episode, 1997)
• 1996: Homicide: Life on the Street .... Caroline Widmer (1 episode, 1996)
• 1996: Crash .... Gabrielle
• 1996: White Lies .... Junkie Artist
• 1995: Search and Destroy .... Lauren Mirkheim
• 1994: Nowhere to Hide (TV) .... Sarah Blake
• 1994: Pulp Fiction .... Jody
• 1993: The Wrong Man (TV) .... Missy Mills
• 1993: Nowhere to Run .... Clydie Anderson
• 1992: In the Deep Woods (TV) .... Joanna Warren
• 1992: Fathers & Sons .... Miss Athena
• 1991: The Linguini Incident .... Lucy
• 1991: Son of the Morning Star (TV) .... Libby Custer
• 1991: Flight of the Intruder .... Callie
• 1990: Wendy Cracked a Walnut .... Wendy
• 1990: Separation (TV) .... Sarah Weiss
• 1990: Sweet Revenge .... Kate Williams
• 1989: Black Rainbow .... Martha Travis
• 1989: New York Stories .... Paulette (segment "Life Lessons")
• 1988: Promised a Miracle (TV) .... Alice Elizabeth 'Lucky' Parker
• 1988: Le grand bleu .... Johana Baker
• 1987: Trying Times .... Kara Dimley (1 episode, 1987)
• 1987: Amazon Women on the Moon .... Karen (segment "Two I.D.'s")
• 1986: Nobody's Fool .... Cassie
• 1986: 8 Million Ways to Die .... Sarah
• 1985: After Hours .... Marcy Franklin
• 1985: Silverado .... Hannah
• 1985: Desperately Seeking Susan .... Roberta Glass
• 1985: The Aviator .... Tillie Hansen
• 1985: Survival Guide (TV)
• 1984: The Parade (TV) .... Tilda Kirby
• 1983: One Cooks, the Other Doesn't (TV) .... Tracy Boone
• 1983: Off the Wall .... Pam Smith
• 1983: Baby It's You .... Jill Rosen
• 1983: Insight (1 episode, 1983)
• 1982: Johnny Belinda (TV) .... Belinda McAdam
• 1982: The Executioner's Song (TV) .... Nicole Baker
• 1982: The Wall (TV) .... Halinka Apt
• 1981: A Long Way Home (TV) .... Rose Cavanaugh
• 1981: Here's Boomer .... Ginny (1 episode, 1981)
• 1981: S.O.B. .... Babs
• 1980: Gorp .... Judy
• 1979: Shirley .... Debra Miller (13 episodes, 1979–1980)
• 1979: The Runaways .... Sally (1 episode, 1979)
• 1979: More American Graffiti .... Girl in Commune
• 1979: The Ordeal of Patty Hearst (TV) .... Becky
• 1979: Eight Is Enough .... Lori West (1 episode, 1979)
• 1978: Zuma Beach (TV) .... Beverly
• 1978: ABC Afterschool Specials .... Charlie Meredith (1 episode, 1978)
• 1978: What Really Happened to the Class of '65? .... Nancy (1 episode, 1978)
• 1978: The Dark Secret of Harvest Home TV mini-series .... Kate Constantine
• 1977: James at 15 .... Karen (1 episode 1978)
• 1977: Having Babies II (TV) .... Connie

Filmography as director/producer

• Searching For Debra Winger (2002)
• All We Are Saying (2005)

External links

• 1M1 Records Rosanna Arquette is Wendy Cracked a Walnut.