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Patricia Arquette

Патрисия Аркетт

Oscar- and Emmy-winning actress whose Jewish mother's ancestors emigrated from Poland and Russia

🇺🇸 Fame: USA🇷🇺 Origin: Russian Empire🔗 Connection: Ancestry🗣 Russian: No
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Profile #712
ProfessionActress
Russian originPoland / Russia (maternal ancestors; town not documented)Russian Empire
ConnectionAncestryLewis Arquette; Brenda Olivia Nowak
RussianNo
CategoryCinema & TVTier B
Biography

Patricia Arquette — actress with roots in the Russian Empire

Patricia Arquette is an American actress, born in Chicago in 1968. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Boyhood (2014), the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for Medium (2005) and the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie for The Act (2019). She is a daughter of actor Lewis Arquette and a sister of actors Rosanna, Richmond, Alexis and David Arquette.

Russian Connection

Tracing the roots — Poland / Russia (maternal ancestors; town not documented)

Her mother, Brenda Olivia 'Mardi' Arquette (née Nowak), was Jewish, and her mother's ancestors emigrated from Poland and Russia. The sources consulted give no town, generation or date.

Family Tree
Subject
Patricia Arquette🇺🇸 USA
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Ancestors
Lewis Arquette
Brenda Olivia Nowak
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Origin
Poland / Russia (maternal ancestors; town not documented)🇷🇺 Russian Empire
Historical context
Russian Empire · c. 1721–1917
Map of the Russian Empire

Poland / Russia (maternal ancestors; town not documented). At the time, this region lay within the Russian Empire, which spanned from Poland to the Pacific.

Map: Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA)
Key Achievements

A career defined by ambition

01
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress — Boyhood (2014)
02
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie — The Act (2019)
03
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series — Medium (2005)
04
Medium (NBC 2005–2009, CBS 2009–2011) — lead role across 7 seasons
05
Three Golden Globe Awards — for Boyhood, Escape at Dannemora and The Act
Russian diasporaRussian Empire roots
Sources