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Name: Patricia Clarkson
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Date of Birth:
December 29, 1959
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Place of Birth:
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Mini-bio:
Born and raised in New Orleans, deep-voiced actress Patricia Clarkson studied drama at Yale. She stayed on the East coast working in theater productions before her feature film debut in The Untouchabl... read morees (1987) as the wife of Elliot Ness. Continuing to work in film, she gained attention for her role as the drug-addicted Greta in the independent film High Art. Also working in TV, she had reoccuring roles on Wonderland and Fraser, and even won an Emmy award for her role as Sarah on the HBO drama Six Feet Under. She gave memorable performances in her smaller film roles, such as the bedridden wife in The Green Mile. Her career really picked up in 2002 with appearances in such films as the Russo brothers' Welcome to Collinwood, Todd Haynes' Far From Heaven, and Lars von Trier's Dogville. In 2003, Clarkson appeared in several films at the Sundance Film Festival, where she won the Outstanding Performance award for her work in All the Real Girls, The Station Agent, and Pieces of April. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
Patricia Clarkson mini-bio: 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.
