Born December 29, 1959, New Orleans native Patricia Clarkson has been a steady contributor to both television and feature films. After studying drama at Yale, she continued to live on the east coast, diligently working in theatre and honing her skills.Her film breakthrough came with a supporting role in 1987's gritty multi-Oscar winner The Untouchables. She continued to work in television, appearing in a recurring guest role on the NBC sitcom "Frasier" and, the following year, as Aunt Sarah on HBO's dark comedy "Six Feet Under."
With her distinct voice and features, Clarkson is easily recognizable in films such as Rocket Gibraltar, The Safety of Objects, Far from Heaven and 2003's comedy Pieces of April -- for which she received a Best Supporting Actress nomination for her role as a mother visiting her daughter in New York for the holidays.
AddLars and the Real GirlWhen a delusional loner (Ryan Gosling) buys a life-size sex doll over the Internet, promptly falls in love with her and starts telling people that the doll is his girlfriend, his brother (Paul Schneider) and sister-in-law (Emily Mortimer) decide it's time to intervene. Patricia Clarkson co-stars in... Read More
AddThe Station AgentWhen his only friend dies, a young dwarf named Finbar McBride (Peter Dinklage) relocates to an abandoned train station in rural New Jersey, intent on living the life of a hermit. But his solitude is interrupted by his colorful neighbors. Finbar's new crop of friends includes a struggling artist... Read More
AddMiracleFocused on achieving the impossible -- defeating the Soviet Union's unbeaten hockey team at the 1980 Winter Olympics -- brash U.S. hockey coach Herb Brooks (Kurt Russell) unites a motley group of college athletes and turns them into a force to be reckoned with. Based on an improbable true story that... Read More
AddPieces of AprilReformed wild child April Burns (Katie Holmes) attempts to make Thanksgiving dinner -- while battling a temperamental oven -- for her estranged suburban family at her grungy New York apartment and anticipates introducing them to her new boyfriend, Bobby (Derek Luke). Oliver Platt, Sean Hayes and... Read More
AddBlind DateMiddle-aged married couple Don (Stanley Tucci) and Janna (Patricia Clarkson) are torn apart by their daughter's accidental death. No longer able to relate to each other, they reconnect when Don begins placing personal ads for Janna to respond to. They both role-play their parts, pretending to be... Read More
