Born Rosanna Lauren Arquette, on Aug 10, 1959, in New York, New York, USA.

Rosanna Arquette is one of those actresses that I've been dimly aware of since 1985's Desperately Seeking Susan but to whom I never really gave that much thought. Perhaps this is because her career seems to have stubbornly avoided the Hollywood mainstream for so long (and hasn't had very many recent hits in the indie world, either) that, without a good video store or extensive cable lineup, it's easy to forget that it's there. Or perhaps her narrow face combined with that wide, almost duck-like mouth and Simpson-esque overbite didn't much appeal to me at first. But recently I've been catching myself watching Voodoo Dawn every time I come across it while channel surfing, and I realize now that I shouldn't have been so quick to dismiss her all those years ago. And though I had actually decided that I liked her some time ago, it's been a while since I've thought of her and it took seeing her nude in another film for me to remember that she was someone I should add to The Iconophile.

Something else I should point out about Rosanna: I don't know if it's because of the party lifestyle or what, but a lot of actresses and models seem to hit the beauty wall in their late thirties, after which they start to fall apart more rapidly and dramatically than civilian folk. Rosanna, who was nearly 40 when she made Voodoo Dawn, still looks great in that film and has generally been holding up remarkably well. (Sure, she's had some off-puttingly scary pictures taken of her recently, but in all fairness she's had scary pictures taken of her since high school.)

Also sprach Golem.

Film

• Terra (2008) .... [voice]
• I-See-You.Com (2006) .... Lydia Ann Layton
• Kids in America (2005) .... Abby Pratt
• Welcome to California (2005) .... Prostitute
• Dead Cool (2004) .... Deirdre
• Gilded Stones (2004) .... Sally
• Iowa (2004) .... Effie Harte
• Max and Grace (2004) .... Vera
• Searching for Debra Winger (2002) .... Herself
• Big Bad Love (2001) .... Velma
• Diary of a Sex Addict (2001) .... Grace Horn
• Good Advice (2001) .... Cathy Sherman
• Joe Dirt (2001) .... Charlene [uncredited]
• Things Behind the Sun (2001) .... Pete
• Too Much Flesh (2000)
• The Whole Nine Yards (2000) .... Sophie Oseransky
• Interview with a Dead Man (1999)
• Palmer's Pick Up (1999) .... Dawn
• Pigeon Holed (1999) .... Devon's Mother
• Sugar Town (1999) .... Eva
• Buffalo '66 (1998) .... Wendy Balsam
• Fait Accompli (1998; aka “Voodoo Dawn”)
• Floating Away (1998) .... Maurey
• Hell's Kitchen (1998) .... Liz
• Homeslice (1998)
• Hope Floats (1998;) .... Connie Phillips [uncredited]
• I'm Losing You (1998) .... Rachel Krohn
• Deceiver (1997; aka “Liar”) .... Mrs. Kennesaw
• Do Me a Favor (1997; aka “Trading Favors”) .... Alex Langley
• Gone Fishin' (1997) .... Rita
• You're Still Not Fooling Anybody (1997; archive footage) .... Jody
• Crash (1996) .... Gabrielle
• White Lies (1996) .... Artist
• Search and Destroy (1995) .... Lauren Mirkheim
• La cité de la peur: une comédie familiale (1994; “Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy”)
• Pulp Fiction (1994) .... Jody
• Nowhere to Run (1993) .... Clydie
• Fathers & Sons (1992) .... Miss Athena
• The Linguini Incident (1991) .... Lucy
• Almost (1990; aka “Wendy Cracked a Walnut”) .... Wendy
• Black Rainbow (1990) .... Martha Travis
• Flight of the Intruder (1990) .... Callie
• New York Stories (1989) .... Paulette
• Le Grand bleu (1988; aka “The Big Blue”) .... Johanna
• Amazon Women on the Moon (1987) .... Karen (“Two I.D.'s”)
• Million Ways to Die (1986) .... Sarah
• Nobody's Fool (1986) .... Cassie
• After Hours (1985) .... Marcy
• The Aviator (1985) .... Tillie Hansen
• Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) .... Roberta Glass
• Silverado (1985) .... Hannah
• Baby, It's You (1983) .... Jill Rosen
• Off the Wall (1983) .... Pam
• S.O.B. (1981) .... Babs
• Gorp (1980) .... Judy
• More American Graffiti (1979; aka “Purple Haze”) .... Girl in Commune

• The Wrong Man (1993; Showtime) .... Missy Mills
• Sweet Revenge (1990) .... Kate

• The L Word: “Lifeline” (2006; Showtime) .... Cherie Jaffe
• The L Word: “Limb from Limb” (Apr 11, 2004; Showtime) .... Cherie Jaffe
• The L Word: “Liberally” (Mar 21, 2004; Showtime) .... Cherie Jaffe
• The L Word: “Luck, Next Time” (Mar 14, 2004; Showtime) .... Cherie Jaffe

• Rush of Fear (2003) .... Alex McGuire
• Switched at Birth (1999) .... Linda
• Poison (1999) .... Dana Lazlo
• I Know What You Did (1998) .... Stacey Keane
• Nowhere to Hide (1994) .... Sarah Blake
• In the Deep Woods (1992) .... Joanna Warren
• Separation (1990) .... Sarah
• Promised a Miracle (1988) .... Alice ‘Lucky’ Parker
• Survival Guide (1985)
• The Parade (1984; aka “Hit Parade”) .... Tilda Kirby
• One Cooks, the Other Doesn't (1983) .... Tracy Boone
• The Executioner's Song (1982) .... Nicole Baker [nude only in European version]
• The Wall (1982) .... Halinka
• Johnny Belinda (1982) .... Belinda McAdam
• A Long Way Home (1981) .... Rose Cavanaugh
• The Ordeal of Patty Hearst (1979)
• Mom and Dad Can't Hear Me (1978) .... Charlie Meredith
• Zuma Beach (1978) .... Beverly
• Dark Secret of Harvest Home (1978) .... Kate Constantine
• Having Babies II (1977)

• The '60s (1999) .... Hippie Mother [uncredited]
• Son of the Morning Star (1991) .... Libby Custer
• Crossings (1986) .... Girlfriend of Robert de Villier

• What About Brian: “Sex, Lies and Videotape (2006) .... Nicole ‘Nic’ Varzi
• What About Brian: “The Importance of Being Brian (2006) .... Nicole ‘Nic’ Varzi
• What About Brian: “What About Second Chances (2006) .... Nicole ‘Nic’ Varzi
• What About Brian: “What About the Wedding (2006) .... Nicole ‘Nic’ Varzi
• What About Brian: “What About What Was Supposed to Be... (2006) .... Nicole ‘Nic’ Varzi
• Grey’s Anatomy: “Owner of a Lonely Heart” (2005) .... Constance Ferguson
• Summerland: “Skipping School” (Jul 20, 2004) .... Ronnie
• The Sharon Osbourne Show (Jan 9, 2004) .... Herself
• Celebrities Uncensored (Aug 27, 2003) .... Herself [archive footage]
• Celebrities Uncensored (Jul 9, 2003) .... Herself [archive footage]
• Will & Grace: “Women and Children First” (Feb 13, 2003) .... Julie
• The Practice: “Character Evidence” (Feb 10, 2003) .... Brenda Miller
• Will & Grace: “Fagmalion Part 1: Gay It Forward” (Jan 16, 2003) .... Julie
• The Henry Lee Project: “Junkyard Dog” (2003) .... Linda Ellis
• Visible Panty Lines (Jul 11, 2002) .... Herself
• Going to California: “Home Games” (Jan 17, 2002) .... Helen
• The Huntress: “Black Widow” (Jan 7, 2001) .... Arlene Potts
• Gun: “Columbus Day” (May 3, 1997) .... Lilly Difideli
• Homicide: Life on the Street: “The Heart of a Saturday Night” (Nov 15, 1996) .... Caroline Widmer
• Trying Times: “A Family Tree” (Oct 18, 1987) .... Kara Dimley
• Saturday Night Live (Nov 8, 1986) .... Host
• Eight Is Enough: “Best of Friends” (Feb 7, 1979) .... Lori West

• Pulp Fiction: The Facts (2002) .... Herself

• Accidents Will Happen
  Paper (Mar 1997)
  Rosanna Arquette's Crash Landing
• Arquette Act
  Harper's Bazaar (Aug 1994)
  On and off the screen, sisters Patricia ('True Romance,' 'Ed Wood') and Rosanna ('Pulp Fiction') keep the groovy vibe going.
• Vital Statistics: Rosanna Arquette
  Chicago Tribune Magazine (Jul 25, 1993)
• Rosanna Arquette
  Details (Jun 1991)
  On loving, learning, and sucking her thumb
• Material Girl
  American Film (Jul-Aug, 1985)
  Raised in the flower-power sixties, Rosanna Arquette is getting down to serious business
• Mythic Attributes: Rosanna Arquette
  Film Comment (Mar-Apr, 1985)

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