Early life
Arquette was born in Chicago, Illinois. Her father was actor Lewis Arquette, and her grandfather was comedian Cliff Arquette, best remembered for his "Charley Weaver" character, a fixture on the original Hollywood Squares. Arquette's mother, Mardi Olivia Nowak, was Jewish, the daughter of a Holocaust refugee from Poland. Arquette's father was a convert to Islam and a descendant of explorer Meriwether Lewis. Her siblings are actors Rosanna, Richmond, David and Alexis Arquette. Arquette is also the sister-in-law of Courteney Cox, who is married to her brother David.
Refused to bow to pressure from TV bosses to slim down for her role as psychic detective Allison Dubois in NBC's Medium, saying the request was unreasonable because the character is a mother of three. (August 19, 2006)Her first TV drama, Medium, pulled in a surprising 16.5 million viewers when it debuted in America, nearly catching an original episode of CBS' CSI: Miami and ABC's live coverage of the Sugar Bowl. (January 6, 2005)
Personal life
In April 1995, Arquette married
Nicolas Cage (whom she would later co-star with in
Bringing Out the Dead in 1999). They separated after nine months, but acted as a couple in public until Cage filed for divorce in February 2000.
The divorce petition was withdrawn, but Arquette filed again in November 2000.
She and actor Thomas Jane became engaged in 2002 and married on June 25, 2006 at the Palazzo Contarini in Venice, Italy.[6] They have a daughter, Harlow Olivia Calliope, born on February 20, 2003. Arquette also has a son, Enzo (b. 1989), from her previous relationship with musician Paul Rossi.[7]
In 1997, after her mother died of breast cancer, Arquette worked to raise awareness about the disease. She has run in the annual Race for the Cure, and in 1999 was the spokesperson for Lee National Denim Day, which raises millions of dollars for breast cancer research and education.
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