• Shutter Island (2009)
• Blind Date (2008)

Janna

• Elegy (2008)

Carolyn

• Married Life (2008)

Pat Allen

• Phoebe in Wonderland (2008)

Miss Dodger

• Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
• Lars and the Real Girl (2007)

Dagmar

• No Reservations (2007)

Paula

• All the King's Men (2006)

Sadie Burke

• The Woods (2006)

Ms Traverse--The Headmistress

• Good Night, And Good Luck (2005)

Shirley Wershba

• The Dying Gaul (2005)

Elaine

• Dogville (2004)

Vera

• In the Company of Women (2004)
• Miracle (2004)

Patty Brooks

• All the Real Girls (2003)

Elvira

• Pieces of April (2003)

Joy Burns

• The Safety of Objects (2003)
• The Safety of Objects (2003)

Annette Jennings

• The Station Agent (2003)

Olivia Harris

• Far From Heaven (2002)

Eleanor Fine

• Heartbreak Hospital (2002)

Lottie Ohrwasher

• Welcome to Collinwood (2002)

Rosalind

• Wendigo (2002)

Kim McClaren

• The Pledge (2001)

Margaret Larsen--Young Victim's Mother

• Falling Like This (2000)

Caroline

• Joe Gould's Secret (2000)

Vivian Marquie

• Simply Irresistible (1999)

Lois McNally

• Wayward Son (1999)

Wesley Alexander

• The Green Mile (1999)

Melinda Moores

• High Art (1998)

Greta

• Playing By Heart (1998)

Allison

• Jumanji (1995)

Carol Parrish

• Pharaoh's Army (1995)

Sarah Anders

• Four Eyes and Six Guns (1992)
• Legacy of Lies (1992)
• An American Story (1992)
• Tune in Tomorrow... (1990)

Aunt Olga

• Everybody's All American (1988)

Leslie Stone

• Rocket Gibraltar (1988)

Rose Black

• The Dead Pool (1988)

Samantha Walker

• The Untouchables (1987)

Ness's Wife

• The Baroness And The Pig

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 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 The Station Agent (2003) Michelle Williams 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.

The youngest of five girls.

Academy Year Category Movie Win/Nominated 2003 Best Supporting Actress Pieces of April (2003) Nominated

Boston Society of Film Critics Year Category Movie Win/Nominated 2003 Best Supporting Actress Pieces of April (2003) Win 2003 Best Supporting Actress Station Agent (2003) Win

Chicago Film Critics Association Year Category Movie Win/Nominated 2003 Best Supporting Actress Pieces of April (2003) Win

Golden Globe Year Category Movie Win/Nominated 2003 Best Supporting Actress Pieces of April (2003) Nominated

Independent Spirit Award Year Category Movie Win/Nominated 2003 Best Supporting Actress Pieces of April (2003) Nominated 1998 Best Supporting Actress High Art (1998) Nominated

National Board of Review Year Category Movie Win/Nominated 2003 Best Supporting Actress Pieces of April (2003) Win 2003 Best Supporting Actress Station Agent (2003) Win

National Society of Film Critics Year Category Movie Win/Nominated 2003 Best Supporting Actress Station Agent (2003) Win 2002 Best Supporting Actress Far From Heaven (2002) Win 1998 Best Supporting Actress (Runner-up) High Art (1998) Win

New York Film Critics Circle Year Category Movie Win/Nominated 2002 Best Supporting Actress Far From Heaven (2002) Win

San Francisco Film Critics Circle Year Category Movie Win/Nominated 2003 Best Supporting Actress Pieces of April (2003) Win

Screen Actors Guild Year Category Movie Win/Nominated 2003 Best Actress Station Agent (2003) Nominated 2003 Best Supporting Actress Pieces of April (2003) Nominated

Sundance Film Festival Year Category Movie Win/Nominated 2003 Outstanding Performance All the Real Girls (2003) Win 2003 Outstanding Performance Station Agent (2003) Win 2003 Special Jury Prize Pieces of April (2003) Win