Patricia Davies Clarkson Wikipedia
| Full Name at Birth |
Patricia Davies Clarkson |
| Age | 62 |
| Date of Birth | 29 December, 1959 |
| Birthplace | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States |
| Height | 5 ' 5" (165 cm) |
| Weight | 140 lbs (63.5 kg) |
| Build | Slim |
| Eye Color | Brown - Dark |
| Hair Color | Blonde |
| Net Worth | $3,000,000 USD |
| Star | SignCapricorn |
| Sexuality | Straight |
| Ethnicity | White |
| Nationality | American |
| University | Fordham University Yale School of Drama |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Claim to Fame | Six Feet Under, The Untouchables |
| Year(s) Active | 1985–present |
She has captivated cinema and television viewers since the early 1990s with her bright, but careworn quirkiness and old world-styled allure, which she has done in a variety of roles since her debut. Patricia Clarkson, who is in high demand as a character actor these days, has chosen to stay away from the lucrative mainstream film industry in order to garner critical acclaim and performance honours for her work in indie films.
Her given name is Patricia Davies Clarkson, and she was born on December 29, 1959, in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Arthur ("Buzz") Clarkson, a school administrator, and Jackie Clarkson, a former city councilwoman and current mayor of the city. As a child, Patricia shown an early interest in acting, and she went on to perform in a few junior high and high school productions throughout her childhood. She began her undergraduate studies at Louisiana State University, where she majored in speech for two years before moving to Fordham University in New York, where she received honours in theatrical arts after graduating with distinction.
She was accepted into the prestigious Yale School of Drama graduate programme, where she earned her Master of Fine Arts after appearing in a variety of productions, including "Electra," "Pericles," "Twelfth Night," "The Lower Depths," "The Misanthrope," "Pacific Overtures," and "La Ronde." She is currently working on her next project, which is a play called "The Misanthrope." Afterwards, she moved to New York City, where she gained widespread attention on the East Coast in 1986 for her depiction of Corrina in "The House of Blue Leaves." She has also been in several plays, including "Eastern Standard" (1988) and "Wolf-Man" (1989). (1989).
The flaxen-maned actress, who is known for her naturalistic approach to acting, chose to test out her characteristic whiskey voice in Hollywood at the age of 28 when she landed the role of Mrs. Eliot Ness in Brian De Palma's The Untouchables (1987), which starred Kevin Costner. As Samantha Walker in The Dead Pool (1988), in which she acted alongside Clint Eastwood's "Dirty Harry" persona, she received widespread notoriety in the following years. She began her career as a supporting, wifely type, but by the mid-to-late 1990s, she had established herself as a serious candidate for character fame, not just on stage but also in the indie cinema industry.
On camera, she was given parts that were substantially different from one another. She was able to transition seamlessly from the darker dramatics of a film like Pharaoh's Army (1995) to light humour, thanks to Neil Simon, in the television movie London Suite (1999). (1996). But it was her dismal, convulsive depiction as Greta, a strung-out, heroin-addicted German has-been actress, alongside a resurgent Ally Sheedy in the critically acclaimed art film High Art (1998) that really established Patricia as a leading lady in independent cinema. After that, she was awarded a silver platter full of parts that were both interesting and unusual. Just in 2003, Patricia received a special acting award at the Sundance Film Festival for her outstanding performances in three films: The Station Agent (2003) (in which she played a sombre and grieving artist), Pieces of April (2003) (in which she played a cold-hearted cancer victim), and All the Real Girls (2003) (in which she played a joking, get-with-it mom) (2003). She was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of "Best Supporting Actress" for the second film listed.
The popular dark comedy series Six Feet Under featured Patricia in recurrent guest roles, for which she got two Emmy nominations. Patricia is also a published author and has published two books (2001). Apart from that, she was recognised with awards from the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics for her supporting role in the gorgeous, 1950s-styled melodrama Far from Heaven (2002), where she played a prim and proper Stepford wife and deceptive friend to Julianne Moore.
Even in small roles, such as her lengthy appearances in films such as The Green Mile (1999), All the Real Girls (2003), Miracle (2004), and Elegy (2008), Patricia manages to make the most of the little screen time she is given, often stealing scenes with ease and finesse. Having worked with director/actor Woody Allen in a tiny but important part in Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), he was pleased enough to elevate her with a main role in a later film Whatever Works (2009). (2009).
More recent credits include roles in the films Vincent in Brixton (2003), Legendary (2010), Friends with Benefits (2011), Learning to Drive (2014), The Bookshop (2017), Delirium (2018), Out of Blue (2018), Almost Love (2019), as well as the sci-fi thrillers The Maze Runner (2014), Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015), and Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2016). (2018). Patricia was nominated for a supporting Golden Globe for her outstanding performance in the miniseries Sharp Objects (2018), and she has also had a prominent recurring role in the political drama House of Cards (2018-present) (2013).
