Patricia Davies Clarkson (born December 29, 1959) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy-winning American actress.
Went to ivy-league Yale college to study dramatic arts.
Daughter of New Orleans, LA councilwoman Jackie Clarkson.
Graduated Fordham University's College at Lincoln Center, 1982.
Some of her favorite movies are: Desk Set (1957), Driving Miss Daisy (1989), Gaslight (1944), Gosford Park (2001), Sexy Beast (2000), and Y tu mamá también (2001).
Credits Ingrid Bergman (I) as one of her favorite actresses, and the reason she became one.
Was member of the dramatic jury at the Sundance Film Festival in 2000.
In 2003 she was in two different independent films with prominent cast members from "Dawson's Creek" (1998). In Station Agent, The (2003) Michelle Williams (I) played an acquaintance from the same small town as Patricia's character and in Pieces of April (2003) Patricia played the mother of the title character portrayed by Katie Holmes.
