Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
December 29, 1959
Place of Birth:
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Patricia Clarkson
Biography
Patricia Davies Clarkson (born December 29, 1959) is an American actress. After studying drama on the East Coast, Clarkson launched her acting career in 1985, and has worked steadily in both film and television. She twice won the Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in Six Feet Under. Film roles included The Green Mile, Far From Heaven, The Station Agent and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Pieces of April (2003).
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Lilly | Lilly Ledbetter |
| 2023 | Monica | Eugenia |
| 2022 | She Said | Rebecca Corbett |
| 2019 | Out of Blue | Det. Mike Hoolihan |
| 2019 | Almost Love | Ravella Brewer |
| 2018 | Delirium | Brody |
| 2018 | Jonathan | Dr. Mina Nariman |
| 2018 | Maze Runner: The Death Cure | Ava Paige |
| 2017 | The Party | April |
| 2017 | The Bookshop | Violet Gamart |
| 2016 | Super Hummingbirds | Narrator |
| 2016 | The 4%: Film's Gender Problem | Self |
| 2015 | Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials | Ava Paige |
| 2014 | Regarding Susan Sontag | Susan Sontag (voice) |
| 2014 | The Maze Runner | Ava Paige |
| 2014 | Learning to Drive | Wendy |
| 2014 | Last Weekend | Celia Green |
| 2014 | October Gale | Helen Matthews |
| 2014 | Walking the Mile | Self (archive footage) |
| 2014 | Annie | Focus Group Woman |
| 2013 | The East | Sharon |
| 2012 | It's Getting Late | Lou |
| 2011 | Rise | Maribel Vinson Owen |
| 2011 | One Day | Alison Mayhew |
| 2011 | Friends with Benefits | Lorna |
| 2011 | Five | Mia |
| 2010 | Shutter Island | Rachel 2 |
| 2010 | Easy A | Rosemary |
| 2010 | Legendary | Sharon |
| 2010 | Main Street | Willa Jenkins |
| 2010 | The Making of Easy A | Self |
| 2009 | Cairo Time | Juliette Grant |
| 2009 | 2081 | Narrator |
| 2009 | Whatever Works | Marietta |
| 2009 | For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism | Narrator |
| 2009 | Soul of a People: Writing America's Story | Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2009 | Beyond All Boundaries | Marguerite Higgins |
| 2008 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | Judy Nash |
| 2008 | Blind Date | Janna |
| 2008 | Married Life | Pat Allen |
| 2008 | Elegy | Carolyn |
| 2008 | Phoebe in Wonderland | Miss Dodger |
| 2007 | No Reservations | Paula |
| 2007 | Lars and the Real Girl | Dagmar |
| 2006 | All the King's Men | Sadie Burke |
| 2006 | The Woods | Mrs. Traverse |
| 2005 | Good Night, and Good Luck. | Shirley Wershba |
| 2005 | The Dying Gaul | Elaine Tishop |
| 2004 | Miracle | Patty Brooks |
| 2004 | Dogville Confessions | Self |
| 2003 | Dogville | Vera |
| 2003 | The Station Agent | Olivia Harris |
| 2003 | Pieces of April | Joy Burns |
| 2003 | All the Real Girls | Elvira |
| 2002 | Far from Heaven | Eleanor Fine |
| 2002 | Carrie | Margaret White |
| 2002 | The Safety of Objects | Annette Jennings |
| 2002 | Welcome to Collinwood | Rosalind |
| 2002 | Wendigo | Kim |
| 2002 | The Baroness and the Pig | The Baroness |
| 2002 | Heartbreak Hospital | Lottie Ohrwasher |
| 2002 | Searching for the Wendigo | Self |
| 2001 | The Pledge | Margaret Larsen |
| 2001 | Falling Like This | Caroline Lockhart |
| 2001 | Dirty Harry: The Original | Self - Actress |
| 2000 | Joe Gould's Secret | Vivian Marquie |
| 2000 | Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile | Self (uncredited) |
| 1999 | The Green Mile | Melinda Moores |
| 1999 | Simply Irresistible | Lois McNally |
| 1999 | Wayward Son | Wesley |
| 1998 | Playing by Heart | Allison |
| 1998 | High Art | Greta |
| 1996 | London Suite | Diana Nichols |
| 1995 | Jumanji | Carol Anne Parrish |
| 1995 | Pharaoh's Army | Sarah Anders |
| 1994 | She Led Two Lives | Desiree Parnell |
| 1993 | Caught in the Act | Meg |
| 1992 | An American Story | Barbara Meade |
| 1992 | Four Eyes and Six-Guns | Lucy Laughton |
| 1992 | Legacy of Lies | Pat Rafael |
| 1992 | Blind Man's Bluff | Dr. Virginia Hertz |
| 1990 | The Old Man and the Sea | Mary Pruitt |
| 1990 | Tune in Tomorrow... | Aunt Olga |
| 1988 | The Dead Pool | Samantha Walker |
| 1988 | Everybody's All-American | Leslie Stone |
| 1988 | Rocket Gibraltar | Rose Black |
| 1987 | The Untouchables | Ness' Wife |
| Light on Broken Glass | Melody Harper |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Gray | Cornelia Gray |
| 2022 | Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg | Self – Actor |
| 2021 | Hemingway | Pauline Pfeiffer (voice) |
| 2021 | Hemingway | Grace Hemingway (voice) |
| 2020 | The Vote | |
| 2019 | State of the Union | Ellen |
| 2019 | Green Eggs and Ham | Pam-I-Am (voice) |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show | |
| 2019 | Today with Hoda & Jenna | Self |
| 2018 | Sharp Objects | Adora Crellin |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self |
| 2014 | Broad City | Timothy's mother |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self |
| 2013 | House of Cards | Jane Davis |
| 2012 | The Dust Bowl | Hazel Lucas Shaw |
| 2011 | Prohibition | Reader / Carrie Nation (voice) |
| 2009 | Parks and Recreation | Tammy One |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest |
| 2007 | Amazing Planet | Narrator |
| 2005 | American Dad! | Meredith Fields (voice) |
| 2001 | Six Feet Under | Sarah O'Connor |
| 2000 | Wonderland | Tammy Banger |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1995 | Murder One | Annie Hoffman |
| 1993 | Alex Haley's Queen | Lizzie |
| 1993 | Frasier | Claire French |
| 1993 | Intimate Portrait | Self |
| 1993 | Raw | |
| 1991 | Davis Rules | Cosmo Yeargin |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Laura Winthrop |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Suzy |
| 1985 | Spenser: For Hire | |
| 1985 | The Equalizer | Deborah Wade |
| 1982 | Nature | Narrator (voice) |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live | Self - Cameo (uncredited) |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame |