Patricia Clarkson - Biography

Last Editor: pupurple				Patricia Clarkson Biography -   Name : Patricia Clarkson Birth Date : December 29, 1959. Birth Place : New Orleans, Louisana Height : 5' 4 Education : School of Drama at Yale University Nationality : American Occupation : Actress Breakout Role : A drug-addict in 'High Art'

Patricia Clarkson Trivia -

Went to ivy-league Yale college to study dramatic arts. Daughter of New Orleans, LA councilwoman Jackie Clarkson. Graduated Fordham University's College at Lincoln Center, 1982. Some of her favorite movies are: Desk Set (1957), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Gaslight (1944), Gosford Park (2001), Sexy Beast (2000), and Y tu mamá también (2001). Credits Ingrid Bergman as one of her favorite actresses, and the reason she became one. Was member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 2000. In 2003 she was in two different independent films with prominent cast members from "Dawson's Creek" (1998). In The Station Agent (2003) Michelle Williams played an acquaintance from the same small town as Patricia's character and in Pieces of April (2003) Patricia played the mother of the title character portrayed by Katie Holmes. The youngest of five girls. Has four sisters. [2002] Girlfriend of Campbell Scott since Roger Dodger (2002) premiered at the 2002 Tribeca Film Festival. Close friend of Amy Ryan.

Patricia Clarkson Detailed Biography -

Patricia Clarkson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on December 29, 1959, daughter of Jackie Clarkson, a locally prominent member of the City Council. She studied drama at Yale University and worked in the theater before landing the part of Kevin Costner's wife in The Untouchables. 1988 saw her in a bevy of supporting roles: in Clint Eastwood's The Dead Pool, Everybody's All American and the family drama Rocket Gibraltar. During the early 1990s, Clarkson worked intensively in TV, appearing in the series "Law and Order" and in TV movies including "The Old Man and the Sea" (1990) and "Four Eyes and Six Guns" (1993). In 1998 Clarkson put in a bitterly funny performance in High Art, playing Ally Sheedy's heroin-addict girlfriend. This marked the start of higher-profile roles for Clarkson. She appeared in 1999's The Green Mile, The Safety of Objects (2001) and actor-turned-writer/director Sean Penn's The Pledge (2001). She also appeared in Far From Heaven (2002) and director Lars von Trier's experimental Dogville (2003). In 2003, she won several film honors for her role of a grieving mother in the lauded independent film The Station Agent and received a Best Supporting Actress Oscar® nomination for her work in Pieces of April. In 2004 Clarkson appears in The Miracle, about the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team that beat the U.S.S.R. in one of sport's greatest upsets.