Patricia Clarkson is an American actress. After making her acting debut in 1987, she gained prominence for her roles on stage and screen. She has received several accolades including three Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a British Independent Film Award, five Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Tony Award.
Clarkson garnered critical acclaim for her performance playing a German actress struggling with heroin addiction in the drama High Art (1998), which earned her an Independent Spirit Award nomination, among other critical accolades. Her subsequent performance as a warden's wife in psychological drama The Green Mile (1999) earned her a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress. In 2003, she starred in three films which received numerous accolades. She portrayed a cancer-stricken matriarch who reunites with her daughter in Pieces of April (2003), for which she was nominated for the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role. That same year she played an artist grappling with the death of her son in The Station Agent (2003), which earned her a nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role. For her role in All the Real Girls, for she won the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
Clarkson earned two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for her performance as a free-spirited, bohemian aunt in the HBO drama series Six Feet Under, in 2002 and 2006, respectively. She returned to the stage playing Mrs. Kendal in the Broadway revival of the Bernard Pomerance play The Elephant Man (2014) which earned her a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. In 2017, she won a British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Sally Potter's The Party. She played Adora Crellin, a Southern matriarch in the HBO limited series Sharp Objects (2018) earning a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award and Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Television Movie.
Major associations Academy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2003 Best Supporting Actress Pieces of April
Critics' Choice Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2003 Best Supporting Actress Pieces of April Critics' Choice Television Awards 2012 Best Actress in a Miniseries or Movie Five 2018 Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie Sharp Objects
Emmy Awards Year Category Nominated work Result Primetime Emmy Awards 2002 Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series Six Feet Under 2006 2019 Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Sharp Objects 2022 Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series State of the Union
Golden Globe Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2003 Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Pieces of April 2018 Best Supporting Actress – Television Sharp Objects
Screen Actors Guild Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 1999 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture The Green Mile 2003 The Station Agent Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role Pieces of April 2005 Outstanding Cast in a Motion Picture Good Night, and Good Luck. 2019 Outstanding Actress in a Miniseries or Television Movie Sharp Objects
Tony Awards Year Category Nominated work Result 2014 Best Featured Actress in a Play The Elephant Man
Miscellaneous awards Organizations Year Category Work Result British Independent Film Awards 2017 Best Supporting Actress The Party Deauville American Film Festival 2001 Best Female Performance The Safety of Objects Gotham Awards 2005 Best Ensemble Cast Good Night, and Good Luck. Independent Spirit Awards 1998 Best Supporting Female High Art 2003 Pieces of April Satellite Awards 2003Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture The Station Agent Pieces of April Saturn Awards 1999 Best Supporting Actress The Green Mile Sundance Film Festival 2003 Special Jury Prize The Station Agent All the Real Girls Pieces of April
Critics' awards YearNominated workAssociationCategoryResult 1998 Boston Society of Film Critics Best Supporting Actress High Art National Society of Film Critics Best Supporting Actress 2001 San Diego Film Critics Society Body of Work Award The Safety of Objects 2002 National Society of Film Critics Best Supporting Actress Far from Heaven New York Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actress Chicago Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress Las Vegas Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actress 2003 Boston Society of Film Critics Best Supporting Actress The Station Agent Kansas City Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actress National Society of Film Critics Best Supporting Actress National Board of Review Best Supporting Actress San Diego Film Critics Society Body of Work Award Las Vegas Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actress Phoenix Film Critics Society Best Cast San Diego Film Critics Society Body of Work Award All the Real Girls Boston Society of Film Critics Best Supporting Actress Pieces of April Chicago Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress Florida Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actress National Society of Film Critics Best Supporting Actress National Board of Review Best Supporting Actress Phoenix Film Critics Society Supporting Actress San Diego Film Critics Society Body of Work Award San Francisco Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actress Vancouver Film Critics Circle Best Supporting Actress Broadcast Film Critics Association Best Supporting Actress Las Vegas Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actress Online Film Critics Society Best Supporting Actress
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