Rosanna Arquette facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Rosanna Arquette
Arquette at the 2012 Monte-Carlo Television Festival
Born	Rosanna Lisa Arquette (1959-08-10) August 10, 1959 (age 65) New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1977–present
Spouse(s)	Anthony Greco ​ ​ (m. 1979; div. 1980)​ James Newton Howard ​ ​ (m. 1986; div. 1987)​ John Sidel ​ ​ (m. 1993; div. 1999)​ Todd Morgan ​ ​ (m. 2013; separated 2022)​
Children	1
Parent(s)	Lewis Arquette (father)
Relatives	Patricia Arquette (sister) Alexis Arquette (sister) David Arquette (brother) Cliff Arquette (grandfather)

Rosanna Lisa Arquette (/roʊˈzɑːnə ɑːrˈkɛt/; 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, the daughter of Brenda Olivia "Mardi" (née Nowak), an actress, poet, theater operator, activist, acting teacher, and therapist, and Lewis Arquette, a film actor, screenwriter, and producer. Her paternal grandfather was comedian Cliff Arquette. Her mother was Jewish, from a family that emigrated from Poland and Russia. Her father, whose family's surname was originally "Arcouet", was of part-French-Canadian descent. Her father was a convert from Catholicism to Islam; through him, Arquette is distantly related to explorer Meriwether Lewis. Her siblings, Richmond, Patricia, Alexis, and David, all became actors as well.

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). Her first starring role was in John Sayles's film, Baby It's You (1983), highly regarded by Rotten Tomatoes reviewers but not widely distributed. 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). 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.

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. 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. Arquette starred in the 2011 French thriller The Divide, directed by Xavier Gens. 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".

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."

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. 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. In January 2022, Todd Morgan filed for divorce from Arquette after 8 years of marriage.

Arquette has described her diet as "vegetarian for the most part".

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.

Philanthropy

In 2010, Rosanna Arquette became Goodwill Ambassador for The Womanity Foundation.

Filmography

Film

Television

Web

Awards and nominations

See also

In Spanish: Rosanna Arquette para niños