Rosanna Arquette

{{Infobox person

| name =

| image = Rosanna Arquette - Monte-Carlo Television Festival.JPG

| caption = Arquette at the 2012 Monte-Carlo Television Festival

| birth_name = Rosanna Lisa Arquette

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|8|10}}

| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 1977–present

| spouse = {{plainlist|

{{marriage|Anthony Greco|1979|1980|end=div}}
{{marriage|James Newton Howard|1986|1987|end=div}}
{{marriage|John Sidel|1993|1999|end=div}}
{{marriage|Todd Morgan|2013|2022|end=separated}}

}}

| father = Lewis Arquette

| children = 1

| relatives = {{ubl|Patricia Arquette (sister)|Alexis Arquette (sister)|David Arquette (brother)|Cliff Arquette (grandfather)}}

| website = {{URL|rosannaarquette.com}}

}}

Rosanna Lisa Arquette ({{IPAc-en|r|oʊ|ˈ|z|ɑː|n|ə|_|ɑːr|ˈ|k|ɛ|t}};{{Cite web |date=March 8, 2021 |title=Rosanna Arquette Introduces Poetic Justice |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dolxp5CfFcg&t=6s |access-date=January 27, 2024 |website=YouTube}} born August 10, 1959) is an American actress. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance in the TV film The Executioner's Song (1982) and won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the film Desperately Seeking Susan (1985). Her other film roles include After Hours (also 1985), The Big Blue (1988), Pulp Fiction (1994), and Crash (1996). She also directed the documentary Searching for Debra Winger (2002) and starred in the ABC sitcom What About Brian? from 2006 to 2007.

Early life

Arquette was born in New York City, on August 10, 1959,{{cite news |author= |date=1986-05-24 |title=Between the Lines |work=The South Bend Tribune |agency=King Features Syndicate |page= C4|quote=She's 26 (born August 10, 1959), the granddaughter of comedian Cliff Arquette and daughter of director/performer Lewis Arquette and poet/political activist Mardi Arquette.}}{{cite news |last=Brady |first=James |date=1988-10-09 |title=In Step With: Rosanna Arquette |work=The Salt Lake Tribune |page=19 |agency=Parade Magazine |quote=BORN: Aug. 10, 1959, in New York City.}} the daughter of Brenda Olivia "Mardi" (née Nowak), an actress, poet, theater operator, activist, acting teacher, and therapist, and Lewis Arquette, a film actor and producer.{{Citation needed |date=August 2021}} Her paternal grandfather was comedian Cliff Arquette. Her mother was Jewish, from a family that emigrated from Poland and Russia.{{cite news |url=http://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/6855/ |title=Arquette Reconnects |last=Pfefferman |first=Naomi |date=October 17, 2002|newspaper=The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles |access-date=May 24, 2018 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.jweekly.com/2013/09/06/celebrity-jews-09-06/ |title=Celebrity Jews |last=Bloom |first=Nate |date=September 6, 2013 |work=J. The Jewish News of Northern California |access-date=May 24, 2018 }}{{cite news |url=http://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts_in_la/76709/ |title=David Arquette: The Females of My Life |last=Pfefferman |first=Naomi |date=February 17, 2010 |work=The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles |access-date=June 22, 2018}}{{cite web |url=http://www.crankycritic.com/qa/pf_articles/patriciaarquette.html |title=Patricia Arquette – Cranky Critic StarTalk – Movie Star Interviews |publisher=Crankycritic.com |access-date=2016-03-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010107215700/http://www.crankycritic.com/qa/pf_articles/patriciaarquette.html |archive-date=January 7, 2001 }} Her father, whose original family surname was "Arcouet", was of part French-Canadian descent.Finding Your Roots, February 9, 2016, PBS Her father was a convert from Catholicism to Islam.{{cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-feb-13-me-24843-story.html |title=Lewis Arquette Obituary |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=1986-07-10 |access-date=2016-03-17}}{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/patricia-arquette-the-not-so-dippy-hippie-412274.html |newspaper=The Independent |location=London |title=Patricia Arquette: The not-so-dippy hippie |first=Liz |last=Hoggard |date=August 18, 2006 |access-date=May 22, 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/15769/Medium_Cool |title='Medium' Cool |access-date=June 11, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120601041932/http://www.jewishexponent.com/article/15769/Medium_Cool/ |archive-date=June 1, 2012}} Her four siblings, Richmond, Patricia, Alexis, and David, also became actors.

Career

Arquette has appeared in both television and feature films since 1977. One of her first noticeable roles was in S.O.B. (1981), directed by Blake Edwards. She earned an Emmy Award nomination for the TV film The Executioner's Song (1982). However, she was unhappy with the film's nude scene, remarking in an interview that the idea of the general public seeing her naked made her feel uncomfortable and exploited, and that most of the offers she had received since demanded that she similarly expose herself.{{cite magazine |last=Caldwell|first=Carol |title=Baby, It's Her|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=June 9, 1983 |issue=397|pages=17, 19}} Her first starring role was in John Sayles's film, Baby It's You (1983), highly regarded by Rotten Tomatoes reviewers{{rottentomatoes|id=baby_its_you|title=Baby It's You}} but not widely distributed.{{Mojo title|id=babyitsyou|title=Baby It's You}} She co-starred in Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) alongside pop superstar Madonna, for which Arquette won a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role despite appearing in the leading role. In an interview at the time, Arquette said "The two questions I hate the most are 'What was it like working with Madonna?' and 'Are you the Rosanna in the song "Rosanna"?'" Following the commercial and critical success of Lawrence Kasdan's Silverado (also 1985), the limited success of the Martin Scorsese film After Hours (also 1985) and the commercial flop 8 Million Ways to Die (1986), also a critical failure, she quit Hollywood to work in Europe, acting in Luc Besson's The Big Blue (1988). Director Scorsese then offered her a part in his segment of New York Stories (1989).

Arquette's other movies of note are Pulp Fiction and the David Cronenberg film Crash and the Australian film Wendy Cracked a Walnut (1990, also known as ...Almost). In 1990, she appeared on the cover and in a nude pictorial in Playboy{{'}}s September issue, although she said it was without her prior knowledge or consent.{{cite web |author=Account |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/mndwebpages/rosanna%20still%20upset%20about%20playboy%20spread |title=Rosanna Arquette – Rosanna Still Upset About Playboy Spread |publisher=Contactmusic.com |date=2005-05-12 |access-date=2016-03-17}} Arquette starred in Sondra Locke's Trading Favors, played Angelina Jolie's mother in Hell's Kitchen and later appeared as the girlfriend of Jolie's real-life father Jon Voight on Ray Donovan.

In 2017, Arquette alleged (along with almost a hundred other women from the entertainment industry), that the then film producer Harvey Weinstein sexually harassed her, threatened her because of her refusal to enter his hotel room, and subsequently saw to it that she was paid less for Pulp Fiction, then no longer cast her in A-list lead roles because of her rejection of his quid pro quo sexual harassment proposition; Weinstein was convicted of sex offences in 2020. When news broke about Weinstein's sexual offending in October 2017, Arquette was one of the first actresses to speak openly about his misconduct, with Ronan Farrow for The New Yorker and The New York Times{{'}}s Jodi Kantor.{{cite news |last=Cocozza |first=Paula|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/aug/26/rosanna-arquette-they-said-i-was-a-pain-in-the-ass-its-not-true |title=Rosanna Arquette: 'They said I was a pain in the ass. It's not true'|work=The Guardian |date=2019-08-26 |access-date=2019-12-30}} In the documentary Untouchable (2019) about Weinstein focusing on those who accused him of sexual abuse, Arquette, Paz de la Huerta, and Erika Rosenbaum were among those interviewed.

Arquette has expanded into directing, including the documentaries Searching for Debra Winger (2002) and All We Are Saying (2005); she also produced both projects. Arquette appeared in What About Brian as Nicole Varsi and in Showtime's The L Word as Cherie Jaffe.{{citation needed|date=October 2010}} She also guest-starred in Malcolm in the Middle as a healer named Anita.

In 2009, she joined Fit Parent Magazine, founded by Craig Knight, as Editor at Large.{{cite web |url=http://www.fitparentmagazine.com |title=Fit Parent Magazine web site |publisher=Fitparentmagazine.com |access-date=2016-03-17}} Arquette starred in the 2011 French thriller The Divide, directed by Xavier Gens.{{cite web |url=http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/news/20190 |title=Xavier Gens' Apocalypse 'The Divide' Encompasses Genre Cast |date=May 12, 2010 |publisher=BloodyDisgusting}} She had a featured role in the 2012 comedy Peace, Love & Misunderstanding with Jane Fonda.

In an August 8, 2019 interview with TheWrap, Arquette said the FBI advised her to make her Twitter account private after online critics complained about her tweeting that she had shame for being "white and privileged".{{cite news |last1=Burch |first1=Sean |last2=Waxman |first2=Sharon |url=https://www.thewrap.com/rosanna-arquette-fbi-twitter-account-white-shame/ |title=Rosanna Arquette Says FBI Told Her to 'Lock' Twitter Account After Blowback From White 'Shame' Tweet (Exclusive) |work=TheWrap |date=2019-08-08 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190809072214/http://www.thewrap.com/rosanna-arquette-fbi-twitter-account-white-shame/ |archive-date=2019-08-09 |access-date=2019-08-09 }}

Personal life

The Toto song "Rosanna" was written by David Paich, who has claimed that the song is based on numerous girls he had known. However, as a joke, the band members initially played along with the common assumption that the song was based on Arquette, who was dating Toto keyboard player Steve Porcaro at the time. Arquette herself played along with the joke, commenting in an interview that the song was about "my showing up at 4 a.m., bringing them juice and beer at their sessions."{{cite magazine |last=Caldwell|first=Carol |title=Baby, It's Her|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=June 9, 1983 |issue=397|pages=17, 19}}

Arquette was romantically involved with Peter Gabriel for several years, after his 1987 divorce to his wife Jill Moore. Arquette has said on some occasions that his 1986 song "In Your Eyes" was inspired by her, although Gabriel has never confirmed that to be true, and has explained that he drew inspiration for the song from other sources.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/immortal-women-of-song|title = Immortal Women of Song|newspaper = The Daily Beast|date = September 29, 2009}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/rosanna-arquette-desperately-seeking-rosanna-7169.html|title=Rosanna Arquette: Desperately seeking Rosanna|website=Independent.co.uk |date=March 21, 2005}} Arquette's first three marriages—to director Tony Greco, film composer James Newton Howard, and restaurateur John Sidel—ended in divorce. She has one daughter with Sidel. In August 2013, Arquette married her fourth husband, investment banker Todd Morgan, following a two-year engagement.{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20727413,00.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130822044659/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20727413,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 22, 2013|title=Rosanna Arquette Weds Todd Morgan|work=People|date=August 21, 2013|access-date=August 21, 2013|first=Lee|last=Hernandez}} In January 2022, Todd Morgan filed for divorce from Arquette after 8 years of marriage.{{Cite web |last=Nikhil |first=Nikita |title=Who is Todd Morgan? All about Rosanna Arquette's husband as he files for divorce |url=https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/news-who-todd-morgan-all-rosanna-arquette-s-husband-files-divorce |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=www.sportskeeda.com |date=March 10, 2022 |language=en-us}}

Arquette has described her diet as "vegetarian for the most part".[http://www.fitparentmagazine.com/rosanna-arquette-displays-motherly-love/ "Rosanna Arquette displays motherly love"]. Retrieved 13 September 2020. "I'm vegetarian for the most part. Sometimes, I will eat some salmon just because I feel the need for the protein, but I consider myself pretty much a vegetarian."

In August 2019, Arquette posted a Twitter rant about her experience with white guilt, stating; "I'm sorry I was born white and privileged. It disgusts me. And I feel so much shame." She later claimed the FBI told her to set her Twitter page to private due to the reaction she received after posting.{{cite web | url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2019/08/08/rosanna-arquette-feels-so-much-shame-over-being-white-privileged/1962475001/ | title=Rosanna Arquette slammed for saying she 'feels so much shame' over being white, privileged | website=USA Today }}

Philanthropy

In 2010, Arquette became Goodwill Ambassador for The Womanity Foundation.{{cite web|url=https://theluxurychannel.com/magazine/womanity-equality-and-womens-empowerment/ |title=Womanity – Equality And Women's Empowerment |publisher=The Luxury Channel}}

Filmography

=Film=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
1979 \|More American Graffiti \|Girl in Commune \|
1980 \|Gorp \|Judy \|
1981 \|S.O.B. \|Babs \|
1982 \|The Executioner's Song \|Nicole Baker \|
rowspan="2" \|1983 \|Baby It's You \|Jill Rosen \|
Off the Wall \|Pam Smith \|
rowspan="4" \|1985 \|{{sortname\|The\|Aviator\|The Aviator (1985 film)}} \|Tillie Hansen \|
Desperately Seeking Susan \|Roberta Glass / 'Susan' \|
Silverado \|Hannah \|
After Hours \|Marcy Franklin \|
rowspan="2" \|1986 \|8 Million Ways to Die \|Sarah \|
Nobody's Fool \|Cassie \|
1987 \|Amazon Women on the Moon \|Karen \|Segment: "Two I.D.'s"
1988 \|{{sortname\|The\|Big Blue}} \|Johana Baker \|
rowspan="2" \|1989 \|New York Stories \|Paulette \|Segment: "Life Lessons"
Black Rainbow \|Martha Travis \|
rowspan="2" \|1990 \|Wendy Cracked a Walnut \|Wendy \|Re-titled ...Almost
Sweet Revenge \|Kate Williams \|
rowspan="2" \|1991 \|Flight of the Intruder \|Callie Joy \|
{{sortname\|The\|Linguini Incident}} \|Lucy \|
rowspan="2" \|1992 \|Fathers & Sons \|Miss Athena \|
In the Deep Woods \|Joanna \|
rowspan="2" \|1993 \|Nowhere to Run \|Clydie Anderson \|
The Wrong Man \|Missy Mills \|
rowspan="2" \|1994 \|Pulp Fiction \|Jody \|
La Cité de la peur \|Rosanna Arquette \|
1995 \|Search and Destroy \|Lauren Mirkheim \|
1996 \|Crash \|Gabrielle \|
rowspan="3" \|1997 \|Trading Favors \|Alex Langley \|a.k.a. Do Me a Favor
Gone Fishin' \|Rita \|
Deceiver \|Mrs. Kennesaw \|
rowspan="5" \|1998 \|Buffalo '66 \|Wendy Balsam \|
Hope Floats \|Connie Phillips \|Uncredited
Hell's Kitchen \|Liz McNeary \|
I'm Losing You \|Rachel Krohn \|
Fait Accompli \|Jezzebelle \|
rowspan="2" \|1999 \|Sugar Town \|Eva \|
The 60's \|Hippie Mother \|
2000 \|{{sortname\|The\|Whole Nine Yards\|The Whole Nine Yards (film)}} \|Sophie Oseransky \|
rowspan="5" \|2001 \|Things Behind the Sun \|Pete \|
Joe Dirt \|Charlene the Gator Farmer \|Uncredited
Big Bad Love \|Velma \|
Good Advice \|Cathy Sherman \|
Diary of a Sex Addict \|Grace Horn \|Video
2002 \|Searching for Debra Winger \|Herself \|Documentary; Also directorial debut
2004 \|Dead Cool \|Deirdre \|
rowspan="2" \|2005 \|My Suicidal Sweetheart \|Vera \|a.k.a. Crazy for Love
Kids in America \|Abby Pratt \|
2006 \|I-See-You.Com \|Lydia Ann Layton \|
2007 \|Battle for Terra \|Professor Lina (voice) \|
rowspan="2" \|2008 \|Ball Don't Lie \|Francine \|
Nick Nolte: No Exit \|Herself \|Documentary
rowspan="2" \|2009 \|Repo Chick \|Lola \|
American Pie Presents: The Book of Love \|Madeline Shearson \|
2010 \|Inhale \|Dr. Rubin \|
rowspan="4" \|2011 \|Convincing Clooney \|JC \|
The Divide \|Marilyn \|
Exodus Fall \|Marilyn Minor \|
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding \|Darcy \|
2012 \|Hardflip \|Bethany Jones \|
rowspan="2" \|2014 \|Draft Day \|Angie \|
Asthma \|Gus' Mother \|
rowspan="2" \|2015 \|Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant \|TV Anchorwoman \|
Kill Your Friends \|Barbara \|
rowspan="2" \|2016 \|Frank & Lola \|Patricia \|
Lovesong \|Eleanor \|
rowspan="3" \|2017 \|Maya Dardel \|Leonora \|Won—Indie Star Award at the American Film Festival.{{Cite web\|url=http://8.americanfilmfestival.pl/en/rosanna-arquette-receive-indie-star-award-american-film-festival-wroclaw-poland/\|title=Rosanna Arquette to receive Indie Star Award - American Film Festival\|access-date=October 17, 2017\|archive-date=October 18, 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018071036/http://8.americanfilmfestival.pl/en/rosanna-arquette-receive-indie-star-award-american-film-festival-wroclaw-poland/\|url-status=dead}}
Born Guilty \|Judith \|
Holy Lands \|Monica \|
rowspan="3" \| 2018 \| Billionaire Boys Club \| Sydney's Mom \|
The Etruscan Smile \| Claudia \|
Octavio Is Dead! \| Joan \|
2019 \| Untouchable \| rowspan="2" \| Herself \| rowspan="2" \| Documentary
rowspan="2" \| 2020 \| You Cannot Kill David Arquette
Love Is Love Is Love \| Anne \|
2021 \| Puppy Love \| Deb \|
2022 \| Signs of Love \| Rosie \|
2023 \| Ex-Husbands \| Maria Pearce \|
TBA \| The Moment \| \| Filming{{cite web\|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/charli-xcxs-the-moment-starts-shooting-in-the-uk-for-a24/5203077.article\|title=Charli xcx's 'The Moment' starts shooting in the UK for A24\|website=Screen International\|first=Ellie\|last=Calnan\|date=March 18, 2025\|access-date=March 18, 2025}}

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

1979

|More American Graffiti

|Girl in Commune

1980

|Gorp

|Judy

1981

|S.O.B.

|Babs

1982

|The Executioner's Song

|Nicole Baker

rowspan="2" |1983

|Baby It's You

|Jill Rosen

Off the Wall

|Pam Smith

rowspan="4" |1985

|{{sortname|The|Aviator|The Aviator (1985 film)}}

|Tillie Hansen

Desperately Seeking Susan

|Roberta Glass / 'Susan'

Silverado

|Hannah

After Hours

|Marcy Franklin

rowspan="2" |1986

|8 Million Ways to Die

|Sarah

Nobody's Fool

|Cassie

1987

|Amazon Women on the Moon

|Karen

|Segment: "Two I.D.'s"

1988

|{{sortname|The|Big Blue}}

|Johana Baker

rowspan="2" |1989

|New York Stories

|Paulette

|Segment: "Life Lessons"

Black Rainbow

|Martha Travis

rowspan="2" |1990

|Wendy Cracked a Walnut

|Wendy

|Re-titled ...Almost

Sweet Revenge

|Kate Williams

rowspan="2" |1991

|Flight of the Intruder

|Callie Joy

{{sortname|The|Linguini Incident}}

|Lucy

rowspan="2" |1992

|Fathers & Sons

|Miss Athena

In the Deep Woods

|Joanna

rowspan="2" |1993

|Nowhere to Run

|Clydie Anderson

The Wrong Man

|Missy Mills

rowspan="2" |1994

|Pulp Fiction

|Jody

La Cité de la peur

|Rosanna Arquette

1995

|Search and Destroy

|Lauren Mirkheim

1996

|Crash

|Gabrielle

rowspan="3" |1997

|Trading Favors

|Alex Langley

|a.k.a. Do Me a Favor

Gone Fishin'

|Rita

Deceiver

|Mrs. Kennesaw

rowspan="5" |1998

|Buffalo '66

|Wendy Balsam

Hope Floats

|Connie Phillips

|Uncredited

Hell's Kitchen

|Liz McNeary

I'm Losing You

|Rachel Krohn

Fait Accompli

|Jezzebelle

rowspan="2" |1999

|Sugar Town

|Eva

The 60's

|Hippie Mother

2000

|{{sortname|The|Whole Nine Yards|The Whole Nine Yards (film)}}

|Sophie Oseransky

rowspan="5" |2001

|Things Behind the Sun

|Pete

Joe Dirt

|Charlene the Gator Farmer

|Uncredited

Big Bad Love

|Velma

Good Advice

|Cathy Sherman

Diary of a Sex Addict

|Grace Horn

|Video

2002

|Searching for Debra Winger

|Herself

|Documentary; Also directorial debut

2004

|Dead Cool

|Deirdre

rowspan="2" |2005

|My Suicidal Sweetheart

|Vera

|a.k.a. Crazy for Love

Kids in America

|Abby Pratt

2006

|I-See-You.Com

|Lydia Ann Layton

2007

|Battle for Terra

|Professor Lina (voice)

rowspan="2" |2008

|Ball Don't Lie

|Francine

Nick Nolte: No Exit

|Herself

|Documentary

rowspan="2" |2009

|Repo Chick

|Lola

American Pie Presents: The Book of Love

|Madeline Shearson

2010

|Inhale

|Dr. Rubin

rowspan="4" |2011

|Convincing Clooney

|JC

The Divide

|Marilyn

Exodus Fall

|Marilyn Minor

Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

|Darcy

2012

|Hardflip

|Bethany Jones

rowspan="2" |2014

|Draft Day

|Angie

Asthma

|Gus' Mother

rowspan="2" |2015

|Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant

|TV Anchorwoman

Kill Your Friends

|Barbara

rowspan="2" |2016

|Frank & Lola

|Patricia

Lovesong

|Eleanor

rowspan="3" |2017

|Maya Dardel

|Leonora

|Won—Indie Star Award at the American Film Festival.{{Cite web|url=http://8.americanfilmfestival.pl/en/rosanna-arquette-receive-indie-star-award-american-film-festival-wroclaw-poland/|title=Rosanna Arquette to receive Indie Star Award - American Film Festival|access-date=October 17, 2017|archive-date=October 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018071036/http://8.americanfilmfestival.pl/en/rosanna-arquette-receive-indie-star-award-american-film-festival-wroclaw-poland/|url-status=dead}}

Born Guilty

|Judith

Holy Lands

|Monica

rowspan="3" | 2018

| Billionaire Boys Club

| Sydney's Mom

The Etruscan Smile

| Claudia

Octavio Is Dead!

| Joan

2019

| Untouchable

| rowspan="2" | Herself

| rowspan="2" | Documentary

rowspan="2" | 2020

| You Cannot Kill David Arquette

Love Is Love Is Love

| Anne

2021

| Puppy Love

| Deb

2022

| Signs of Love

| Rosie

2023

| Ex-Husbands

| Maria Pearce

TBA

| The Moment

| Filming{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/charli-xcxs-the-moment-starts-shooting-in-the-uk-for-a24/5203077.article|title=Charli xcx's 'The Moment' starts shooting in the UK for A24|website=Screen International|first=Ellie|last=Calnan|date=March 18, 2025|access-date=March 18, 2025}}

=Television=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" \| Notes
rowspan="2" \|1977 \|Fernwood 2 Night \|Member of The Fernwood Precision Swim Team \|Episode: "Animal Sexuality"
Having Babies II \|Connie \|TV film
rowspan="5" \|1978 \|{{sortname\|The\|Dark Secret of Harvest Home}} \|Kate Constantine \|TV miniseries
What Really Happened to the Class of '65? \|Nancy \|Episode: "Mr. Potential"
Zuma Beach \| Beverly \| TV film
James at 16 \|Karen Waller \|Episode: "An Hour Before Midnight"
ABC Afterschool Special \|Charlie Meredith \|Episode: "Mom and Dad Can't Hear Me"
1979 \|Eight Is Enough \|Lori West \|Episode: "Best of Friends"
1979–1980 \|Shirley \|Debra Miller \|Main role (13 episodes)
rowspan="2" \|1981 \|Here's Boomer \|Ginny \|Episode: "Good Looking"
A Long Way Home \|Rose Cavanaugh \| rowspan="4" \|TV film
rowspan="3" \|1982 \|The Wall \|Halinka Apt
{{sortname\|The\|Executioner's Song\|The Executioner's Song (film)}} \|Nicole Baker
Johnny Belinda \|Belinda McAdam
1983 \|Insight \|Jo \|Episode: "Butterfly"
1984 \|The Parade \|Tilda Kirby \|TV film
1986 \|Saturday Night Live \|Host \|Recorded October 25, 1986, broadcast two weeks later. With musical guest Ric Ocasek.
1987 \|Trying Times \|Kara Dimley \|Single Episode "A Family Tree"
1988 \|Promised a Miracle \|Lucky Parker \| rowspan="5" \|TV film
1990 \|Separation \|Sarah Weiss
1991 \|Son of the Morning Star \|Libby Custer
1992 \|In the Deep Woods \|Joanna Warren
1994 \|Nowhere to Hide \|Sarah Blake
1996 \|Homicide: Life on the Street \|Caroline Widmer \|Episode: "The Heart of a Saturday Night"
1997 \|Gun \|Lilly Difideli \|Episode: "Columbus Day"
rowspan="2" \|1998 \|I Know What You Did \|Stacey Keane \| rowspan="2" \|TV film
Floating Away{{Cite web\|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0143891/\|title = Floating Away (TV Movie 1998) - IMDb\| website=IMDb }} \|Maurey Talbot
rowspan="2" \|1999 \|The '60s \|Hippie mother \|TV miniseries Uncredited
Switched at Birth \|Linda Wells \|TV film Also known as Mistaken Identity
2000 \|Poison \|Dana Lazlo \|TV film Also known as Tease
2001 \|{{sortname\|The\|Huntress\|The Huntress (TV series)}} \|Arlene Potts \|Episode: "Black Widow"
2002 \|Going to California \|Helen \|Episode: "Home Games"
rowspan="2" \|2003 \|{{sortname\|The\|Practice}} \|Brenda Miller \|Episode: "Character Evidence"
Will & Grace \|Julie \|Episodes: "Fagmalion Part 1: Gay It Forward", "Women and Children First"
rowspan="2" \|2004 \|Summerland \|Ronnie \|Episode: "Skipping School"
{{sortname\|The\|L Word}} \|Cherie Jaffe \|Episodes: "Luck, Next Time", "Liberally", "Limb from Limb"
rowspan="3" \|2005 \|Law & Order: Criminal Intent \|Kay Connelly \|Episode: "Sex Club"
Malcolm in the Middle \|Anita \|Episode: "Burning Man"
Grey's Anatomy \|Constance Ferguson \|Episode: "Owner of a Lonely Heart"
2006 \|{{sortname\|The\|L Word}} \|Cherie Jaffe \|Episode: "Lifeline"
2006–2007 \|What About Brian \|Nicole Varzi \|Main role (24 episodes)
2007 \|{{sortname\|The\|L Word}} \|Cherie Jaffe \|Episode: "Legend in the Making"
rowspan="3" \|2008 \|Dirt \|Mia \|Episode: "And the Winner Is"
Medium \|Michelle Todd \|Episode: "Lady Killer"
Lipstick Jungle \|Tina Atwood \|Episode: "Let the Games Begin"
rowspan="2" \|2009 \|Northern Lights \|Charlene Galligan \|TV film
Eastwick \|Greta Noa \|Episodes: "Paint and Pleasure", "Tasers and Mind Erasers"
2010 \|Private Practice \|Corinne \|Episodes: "Shotgun", "'Til Death Do Us Part"
2012 \|Royal Pains \|Louise 'Lou' Hunter \|Episodes: "Something Fishy This Way Comes", "Sand Legs"
2013 \|Girls \|Petula \|Episode: "Video Games"
2013–2014 \|Ray Donovan \|Linda \|Episodes: "Bridget", "Fite Nite", "Yo Soy Capitan", "S U C K", "Irish Spring", "The Captain"
2014 \|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit \|Alexa Pierson \|Episode: "Wednesday's Child"
2015 \|CSI: Cyber \|Trish McCarthy \|Episode: "Selfie 2.0"
2016 \|Roadies \|Abby Van Ness \|Episode: "Carpet Season"
2018 \|Sideswiped \|Mary Maple \|Main role (8 episodes)
2020 \|Ratched \|Anna \|Recurring role
2021 \|The L Word: Generation Q \|Cherie Jaffe \|Episode: "Lobsters, Too"
2022–2023 \|Big Sky \|Virginia Cessna \|Recurring role
rowspan="3" \|2023 \|Paul T. Goldman \|Genevieve \|Episode: "The Warrior"
Florida Man \|Rose \|Episode: "Please Don't Wake Up"
Hell's Kitchen \|Herself \|Red guest diner and Teen Cancer America contributor; Episode: "A Hellish Food Fight"

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! class="unsortable" | Notes

rowspan="2" |1977

|Fernwood 2 Night

|Member of The Fernwood Precision Swim Team

|Episode: "Animal Sexuality"

Having Babies II

|Connie

|TV film

rowspan="5" |1978

|{{sortname|The|Dark Secret of Harvest Home}}

|Kate Constantine

|TV miniseries

What Really Happened to the Class of '65?

|Nancy

|Episode: "Mr. Potential"

Zuma Beach

| Beverly

| TV film

James at 16

|Karen Waller

|Episode: "An Hour Before Midnight"

ABC Afterschool Special

|Charlie Meredith

|Episode: "Mom and Dad Can't Hear Me"

1979

|Eight Is Enough

|Lori West

|Episode: "Best of Friends"

1979–1980

|Shirley

|Debra Miller

|Main role (13 episodes)

rowspan="2" |1981

|Here's Boomer

|Ginny

|Episode: "Good Looking"

A Long Way Home

|Rose Cavanaugh

| rowspan="4" |TV film

rowspan="3" |1982

|The Wall

|Halinka Apt

{{sortname|The|Executioner's Song|The Executioner's Song (film)}}

|Nicole Baker

Johnny Belinda

|Belinda McAdam

1983

|Insight

|Jo

|Episode: "Butterfly"

1984

|The Parade

|Tilda Kirby

|TV film

1986

|Saturday Night Live

|Host

|Recorded October 25, 1986, broadcast two weeks later. With musical guest Ric Ocasek.

1987

|Trying Times

|Kara Dimley

|Single Episode "A Family Tree"

1988

|Promised a Miracle

|Lucky Parker

| rowspan="5" |TV film

1990

|Separation

|Sarah Weiss

1991

|Son of the Morning Star

|Libby Custer

1992

|In the Deep Woods

|Joanna Warren

1994

|Nowhere to Hide

|Sarah Blake

1996

|Homicide: Life on the Street

|Caroline Widmer

|Episode: "The Heart of a Saturday Night"

1997

|Gun

|Lilly Difideli

|Episode: "Columbus Day"

rowspan="2" |1998

|I Know What You Did

|Stacey Keane

| rowspan="2" |TV film

Floating Away{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0143891/|title = Floating Away (TV Movie 1998) - IMDb| website=IMDb }}

|Maurey Talbot

rowspan="2" |1999

|The '60s

|Hippie mother

|TV miniseries
Uncredited

Switched at Birth

|Linda Wells

|TV film
Also known as Mistaken Identity

2000

|Poison

|Dana Lazlo

|TV film
Also known as Tease

2001

|{{sortname|The|Huntress|The Huntress (TV series)}}

|Arlene Potts

|Episode: "Black Widow"

2002

|Going to California

|Helen

|Episode: "Home Games"

rowspan="2" |2003

|{{sortname|The|Practice}}

|Brenda Miller

|Episode: "Character Evidence"

Will & Grace

|Julie

|Episodes: "Fagmalion Part 1: Gay It Forward", "Women and Children First"

rowspan="2" |2004

|Summerland

|Ronnie

|Episode: "Skipping School"

{{sortname|The|L Word}}

|Cherie Jaffe

|Episodes: "Luck, Next Time", "Liberally", "Limb from Limb"

rowspan="3" |2005

|Law & Order: Criminal Intent

|Kay Connelly

|Episode: "Sex Club"

Malcolm in the Middle

|Anita

|Episode: "Burning Man"

Grey's Anatomy

|Constance Ferguson

|Episode: "Owner of a Lonely Heart"

2006

|{{sortname|The|L Word}}

|Cherie Jaffe

|Episode: "Lifeline"

2006–2007

|What About Brian

|Nicole Varzi

|Main role (24 episodes)

2007

|{{sortname|The|L Word}}

|Cherie Jaffe

|Episode: "Legend in the Making"

rowspan="3" |2008

|Dirt

|Mia

|Episode: "And the Winner Is"

Medium

|Michelle Todd

|Episode: "Lady Killer"

Lipstick Jungle

|Tina Atwood

|Episode: "Let the Games Begin"

rowspan="2" |2009

|Northern Lights

|Charlene Galligan

|TV film

Eastwick

|Greta Noa

|Episodes: "Paint and Pleasure", "Tasers and Mind Erasers"

2010

|Private Practice

|Corinne

|Episodes: "Shotgun", "'Til Death Do Us Part"

2012

|Royal Pains

|Louise 'Lou' Hunter

|Episodes: "Something Fishy This Way Comes", "Sand Legs"

2013

|Girls

|Petula

|Episode: "Video Games"

2013–2014

|Ray Donovan

|Linda

|Episodes: "Bridget", "Fite Nite", "Yo Soy Capitan", "S U C K", "Irish Spring", "The Captain"

2014

|Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

|Alexa Pierson

|Episode: "Wednesday's Child"

2015

|CSI: Cyber

|Trish McCarthy

|Episode: "Selfie 2.0"

2016

|Roadies

|Abby Van Ness

|Episode: "Carpet Season"

2018

|Sideswiped

|Mary Maple

|Main role (8 episodes)

2020

|Ratched

|Anna

|Recurring role

2021

|The L Word: Generation Q

|Cherie Jaffe

|Episode: "Lobsters, Too"

2022–2023

|Big Sky

|Virginia Cessna

|Recurring role

rowspan="3" |2023

|Paul T. Goldman

|Genevieve

|Episode: "The Warrior"

Florida Man

|Rose

|Episode: "Please Don't Wake Up"

Hell's Kitchen

|Herself

|Red guest diner and Teen Cancer America contributor; Episode: "A Hellish Food Fight"

=Web=

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes
2010 \| Sweety \| Mrs. Summers \| 2 episodes

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Title

! Role

! Notes

2010

| Sweety

| Mrs. Summers

| 2 episodes

Awards and nominations

class="wikitable sortable"
Year ! Award ! Category ! Production ! Result !Ref
1983 \|Primetime Emmy \| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special \| {{center\|The Executioner's Song}} \| {{nom}} \|
1984 \| Boston Society of Film Critics Awards \| Best Actress \| {{center\|Baby It's You}} \| {{won}} \|
rowspan="3"\| 1986 \| BAFTA Awards \| Best Actress in a Supporting Role \| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" \|Desperately Seeking Susan \| {{won}} \|
Golden Globe \| Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical \| {{nom}} \|
Independent Spirit Awards \| Best Female Lead \| rowspan="2"\| {{center\|After Hours}} \| {{nom}} \|
1987 \| BAFTA Awards \| Best Actress in a Supporting Role \| {{nom}} \|
1989 \| Sitges - Catalan International Film Festival \| Best Actress \| {{center\|Black Rainbow}} \| {{won}} \|
rowspan="2"\| 1990 \| Australian Film Institute \| Best Actress in a Lead Role \| {{center\|Wendy Cracked a Walnut}} \| {{nom}} \|
Fantasporto \| International Fantasy Film Award \| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" \|Black Rainbow \| {{won}} \|
1991 \| Mystfest \| Best Actress \| {{won}} \|
1994 \| Awards Circuit Community Awards \| Best Cast Ensemble Shared with John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Harvey Keitel, Ving Rhames, Amanda Plummer, Bruce Willis, Eric Stoltz. \| {{center\|Pulp Fiction}} \| {{won}} \|
1997 \| Online Film & Television Association \| Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series \| {{center\|Gun}} \| {{nom}} \|
rowspan="2"\| 2000 \| Teen Choice Awards \| Film – Choice Hissy Fit \| rowspan="2"\| {{center\|The Whole Nine Yards}} \| {{nom}} \|
The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards \| Worst Supporting Actress \| {{nom}} \|
rowspan="2"\| 2007 \| Fantasporto \| Special Career Award \| {{NA}} \| {{won}} \|
LA Femme International Film Festival \| Pioneer Award \| {{NA}} \| {{nom}} \|
2021 \|Newport Beach Film Festival \|Icon Award \| Self \| {{won}} \|{{Cite web\|last=Plunkett\|first=Paul\|date=2021-10-21\|title=Newport Beach Film Festival Returns Live with Events and Honorees Including Harvey Keitel and Regina Hall\|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/awards/newport-beach-film-festival-returns-live-events-and-honorees-1235091863/\|access-date=2021-11-19\|website=Variety\|language=en-US}}
2022 \|Vienna Independent Film Festival \|Best Supporting Actress \| Futra Days \| {{won}} \|{{cite web\|url=http://indie-cinema.com/2022/09/vienna-independent-film-festival-2022-the-complete-winners-list/\|work=Indie Cinema Magazine\|title=Vienna Independent Film Festival 2022: The Complete Winners List\|date=September 15, 2022 }}

class="wikitable sortable"

Year

! Award

! Category

! Production

! Result

!Ref

1983

|Primetime Emmy

| Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special

| {{center|The Executioner's Song}}

| {{nom}}

1984

| Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

| Best Actress

| {{center|Baby It's You}}

| {{won}}

rowspan="3"| 1986

| BAFTA Awards

| Best Actress in a Supporting Role

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Desperately Seeking Susan

| {{won}}

Golden Globe

| Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical

| {{nom}}

Independent Spirit Awards

| Best Female Lead

| rowspan="2"| {{center|After Hours}}

| {{nom}}

1987

| BAFTA Awards

| Best Actress in a Supporting Role

| {{nom}}

1989

| Sitges - Catalan International Film Festival

| Best Actress

| {{center|Black Rainbow}}

| {{won}}

rowspan="2"| 1990

| Australian Film Institute

| Best Actress in a Lead Role

| {{center|Wendy Cracked a Walnut}}

| {{nom}}

Fantasporto

| International Fantasy Film Award

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Black Rainbow

| {{won}}

1991

| Mystfest

| Best Actress

| {{won}}

1994

| Awards Circuit Community Awards

| Best Cast Ensemble Shared with John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Harvey Keitel, Ving Rhames, Amanda Plummer, Bruce Willis, Eric Stoltz.

| {{center|Pulp Fiction}}

| {{won}}

1997

| Online Film & Television Association

| Best Guest Actress in a Drama Series

| {{center|Gun}}

| {{nom}}

rowspan="2"| 2000

| Teen Choice Awards

| Film – Choice Hissy Fit

| rowspan="2"| {{center|The Whole Nine Yards}}

| {{nom}}

The Stinkers Bad Movie Awards

| Worst Supporting Actress

| {{nom}}

rowspan="2"| 2007

| Fantasporto

| Special Career Award

| {{NA}}

| {{won}}

LA Femme International Film Festival

| Pioneer Award

| {{NA}}

| {{nom}}

2021

|Newport Beach Film Festival

|Icon Award

| Self

| {{won}}

|{{Cite web|last=Plunkett|first=Paul|date=2021-10-21|title=Newport Beach Film Festival Returns Live with Events and Honorees Including Harvey Keitel and Regina Hall|url=https://variety.com/2021/film/awards/newport-beach-film-festival-returns-live-events-and-honorees-1235091863/|access-date=2021-11-19|website=Variety|language=en-US}}

2022

|Vienna Independent Film Festival

|Best Supporting Actress

| Futra Days

| {{won}}

|{{cite web|url=http://indie-cinema.com/2022/09/vienna-independent-film-festival-2022-the-complete-winners-list/|work=Indie Cinema Magazine|title=Vienna Independent Film Festival 2022: The Complete Winners List|date=September 15, 2022 }}