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Patricia Clarkson
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December 29, 1959 in New Orleans, LA
Biography: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 Untouchables (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... Full Biography
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George Clooney, Patricia Clarkson and David Strathairn attend the 58th Annual Directors Guild of...
Kristen Stewart's first film was 1992's "The Safety of Objects," which featured Oscar nominees Glenn...
Actors Peter Sarsgaard, Patricia Clarkson and Penelope Cruz, from left, attend a Cinema Society...
From left: Jenny Wade as Leah, Lily Rabe as Bernadette and Patricia Clarkson as Paula in "No...
Patricia Clarkson, left, as Paula and Catherine Zeta-Jones as Kate in "No Reservations" (Warner...
Jude Law and Patricia Clarkson in "All the King's Men"
Patricia Clarkson and Robert Downey, Jr. in "Good Night, and Good Luck."
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