
Patricia Clarkson
Biography
Patricia Davies Clarkson (born December 29, 1959) is an American actress. After studying drama on the East Coast, Clarkson launched her acting career in 1985, and has worked steadily in both film and television. She twice won the Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in Six Feet Under. Film roles included The Green Mile, Far From Heaven, The Station Agent and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Pieces of April (2003).
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Acting History
2025
Lilly as Lilly Ledbetter
2023Gray as Cornelia Gray
2023Monica as Eugenia
2022She Said as Rebecca Corbett
2022Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg as Self – Actor
2021Hemingway as Grace Hemingway (voice)
2021Hemingway as Pauline Pfeiffer (voice)
2020The Vote
2019Green Eggs and Ham as Pam-I-Am (voice)
2019The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019Almost Love as Ravella Brewer
2019State of the Union as Ellen
2019Today with Hoda & Jenna as Self
2019Out of Blue as Det. Mike Hoolihan
2018Jonathan as Dr. Mina Nariman
2018Sharp Objects as Adora Crellin
2018Delirium as Brody
2018Maze Runner: The Death Cure as Ava Paige
2017The Bookshop as Violet Gamart
2017The Party as April
2016Super Hummingbirds as Narrator
2016The 4%: Film's Gender Problem as Self
2015Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials as Ava Paige
2014Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2014Annie as Focus Group Woman
2014Walking the Mile as Self (archive footage)
2014October Gale as Helen Matthews
2014The Maze Runner as Ava Paige
2014Last Weekend as Celia Green
2014Learning to Drive as Wendy
2014Regarding Susan Sontag as Susan Sontag (voice)
2014Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014Broad City as Timothy's mother
2013The East as Sharon
2013House of Cards as Jane Davis
2012The Dust Bowl as Hazel Lucas Shaw
2012It's Getting Late as Lou
2011The Flying House as Woman (voice)
2011Five as Mia
2011Prohibition as Reader / Carrie Nation (voice)
2011Friends with Benefits as Lorna
2011One Day as Alison Mayhew
2011Rise as Maribel Vinson Owen
2010The Making of Easy A as Self
2010Main Street as Willa Jenkins
2010Easy A as Rosemary
2010Legendary as Sharon
2010Shutter Island as Rachel 2
2009Beyond All Boundaries as Marguerite Higgins
2009Cairo Time as Juliette Grant
2009Soul of a People: Writing America's Story as Self - Narrator (voice)
2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2009Whatever Works as Marietta
20092081 as Narrator
2009Parks and Recreation as Tammy One
2009For the Love of Movies: The Story of American Film Criticism as Narrator
2008Blind Date as Janna
2008Vicky Cristina Barcelona as Judy Nash
2008Elegy as Carolyn
2008Married Life as Pat Allen
2008Phoebe in Wonderland as Miss Dodger
2007Lars and the Real Girl as Dagmar
2007No Reservations as Paula
2007Amazing Planet as Narrator
2006All the King's Men as Sadie Burke
2006The Woods as Mrs. Traverse
2005Good Night, and Good Luck. as Shirley Wershba
2005American Dad! as Meredith Fields (voice)
2005The Dying Gaul as Elaine Tishop
2004Dogville Confessions as Self
2004Miracle as Patty Brooks
2003The Station Agent as Olivia Harris
2003Pieces of April as Joy Burns
2003Dogville as Vera
2003All the Real Girls as Elvira
2002Heartbreak Hospital as Lottie Ohrwasher
2002Searching for the Wendigo as Self
2002Far from Heaven as Eleanor Fine
2002Carrie as Margaret White
2002The Safety of Objects as Annette Jennings
2002Welcome to Collinwood as Rosalind
2002The Baroness and the Pig as The Baroness
2002Wendigo as Kim
2001Dirty Harry: The Original as Self - Actress
2001Falling Like This as Caroline Lockhart
2001Six Feet Under as Sarah O'Connor
2001The Pledge as Margaret Larsen
2000Walking the Mile: The Making of The Green Mile as Self (uncredited)
2000Wonderland as Tammy Banger
2000Joe Gould's Secret as Vivian Marquie
1999The Green Mile as Melinda Moores
1999Wayward Son as Wesley
1999Simply Irresistible as Lois McNally
1998Playing by Heart as Allison
1998High Art as Greta
1997The View as Self
1996London Suite as Diana Nichols
1995Jumanji as Carol Anne Parrish
1995Murder One as Annie Hoffman
1995Pharaoh's Army as Sarah Anders
1994She Led Two Lives as Desiree Parnell
1993Intimate Portrait as Self
1993Frasier as Claire French
1993Caught in the Act as Meg
1993Alex Haley's Queen as Lizzie
1992Four Eyes and Six-Guns as Lucy Laughton
1992An American Story as Barbara Meade
1992Legacy of Lies as Pat Rafael
1992Blind Man's Bluff as Dr. Virginia Hertz
1991Davis Rules as Cosmo Yeargin
1990Tune in Tomorrow... as Aunt Olga
1990Law & Order as Laura Winthrop
1990The Old Man and the Sea as Mary Pruitt
1989Tales from the Crypt as Suzy
1988Everybody's All-American as Leslie Stone
1988Rocket Gibraltar as Rose Black
1988The Dead Pool as Samantha Walker
1987The Untouchables as Ness' Wife
1985Spenser: For Hire
1985The Equalizer as Deborah Wade
1982Nature as Narrator (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1953The Oscars as Self
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame
—Light on Broken Glass as Melody Harper









