Patricia Arquette mini-bio: At the age of eighteen she got her start in show business in 1986's
Pretty Smart. A year later, she gained attention for her starring
role in A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors, playing Kristen
Parker. In 1993 she starred in Tony Scott's ultra-violent "True
Romance", which put Arquette on the map, so to speak. Soon after, her
career took off, and she has since appeared in such critically
acclaimed movies as Beyond Rangoon, Ethan Frome, Lost Highway,
"Stigmata", "Bringing Out The Dead", "Human Nature", Disney's
"Holes", and Flirting with Disaster. In January, 2005 she began
starring in her first television series, NBC's Medium ". Now in its
3rd season, the success of Medium " has given Arquette household name
status. She won a CableACE Award in 1991 for her portrayal of a deaf
epileptic in Wildflower. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Awward
and SAG award in 2006 for her role as the psychic Allison DuBois on
NBC's Medium She won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in
2005 for her role as the psychic Allison DuBois on NBC's Medium.