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Patricia Davies Clarkson (born December 29, 1959) is an Academy Award-nominated American actress.
Clarkson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the daughter of Jackie Clarkson (a prominent local New Orleans politician) and Buzz Clarkson. She studied drama at Fordham University, where she graduated summa cum laude, and earned her MFA at the Yale School of Drama before making her film debut in The Untouchables in 1987.
Clarkson starred in a series of high-profile films in her early career, including The Dead Pool, Rocket Gibraltar and Everybody's All-American.
She starred in the short-run television series Davis Rules, and in the miniseries Alex Haley's Queen. Other television appearances have included the role of "Aunt Sarah" in Six Feet Under, for which she won two Emmy Awards.
In 1999 she starred in The Green Mile, and in 2002 in Far from Heaven. In 2003 she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Pieces of April, in which she plays an acerbic mother dying of cancer. Clarkson garnered critical acclaim for her work in The Station Agent (2003). Some film enthusiasts note her talent as a character actor.
Selected filmography
* The Untouchables (1987)
* The Dead Pool (1988)
* Everybody's All-American (1988)
* Tales from the Crypt (TV series) (1990) (TV)
* The Old Man and the Sea (1990) (TV)
* Murder One (1995) (TV series) (1995–1996)
* Jumanji (1995)
* Playing by Heart (1998)
* High Art (1998)
* The Green Mile (1999)
* Simply Irresistible (1999)
* The Safety of Objects (2001)
* The Pledge (2001)
* Far from Heaven (2002)
* Welcome to Collinwood (2002)
* Carrie (2002) (TV)
* Dogville (2003)
* The Station Agent (2003)
* All the Real Girls (2003)
* Pieces of April (2003)
* Miracle (2004)
* Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
* The Dying Gaul (2005)
* The Woods (2005)
* All the King's Men (2006)
* Marriage (2007)
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