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Rosanna Arquette has acted extensively in film and television, and has come to be acknowledged as an actress of rare depth and scope.

Arquette was born in New York City, New York. Her parents, Lewis Arquette, an actor, and Brenda Denaut (née Nowak), an acting teacher and therapist, had 4 other children: Richmond Arquette, Patricia Arquette, Alexis Arquette, and David Arquette, all actors. Her paternal grandfather, Cliff Arquette, also was an entertainer. Rosanna's mother was from an Ashkenazi Jewish family (from Poland and Russia), while Rosanna's father had French-Canadian, Swiss-German, and English ancestry.

Growing up in a family of actors, she began working at a young age. Her first big break came as a teenager with a role in the Movie of the Week The Dark Secret of Harvest Home (1978), which starred Bette Davis. Several television roles followed, including an ABC Afterschool Specials (1972) and a part on the series James at 16 (1977) before her talents led to her film debut in Gorp (1980). Since then she has acted in a steady stream of films, including John Sayles' Baby It's You (1983), Fathers & Sons (1992) with Jeff Goldblum, Silverado (1985) (which also featured Goldblum), The Linguini Incident (1991), Martin Scorsese's segment of New York Stories (1989) with Nick Nolte, and many others. She feels particularly proud of her offbeat roles in such independent films as After Hours (1985), Nobody's Fool (1986), and Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), for which she won the British Academy Award. Ms. Arquette was nominated for an Emmy for her work in the controversial The Executioner's Song (1982). She continues her work on television as well as the big screen.

(2002) Print ads for Gap with her sister Patricia.

Served as muse for ex-boyfriend Peter Gabriel&#39;s song &quot;In Your Eyes.&quot;

(1997) Appeared in <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0001391/?ref_=nmwrk">Michael Jackson</a>&#39;s &quot;Liberian Girl&quot; music video.

She was the inspiration for the self-titled song, &quot;Rosanna&quot; released in 1982 by Toto.

Singer: &quot;The Possibilities&quot; from album &quot;A World of Happiness&quot;.

Actress in theater: (27 May 1977) &quot;The Metamorphoses&quot; by Ovid appearing in the Story Theatre Musical production at the Callboard Theatre on Melrose Place in Los Angeles. And &quot;State of Terror&quot;.

(1985) Appeared in <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0000187/?ref_=nmwrk">Madonna</a>&#39;s &quot;Into the Groove&quot; music video (the same scenes of film trailer).

(2013) Appeared in <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/name/nm0005015/?ref_=nmwrk">Susanna Hoffs</a>&#39;s &quot;Raining&quot; music video.

(2009) Appeared in Postman&#39;s &quot;Kills Me&quot; music video, she&#39;s the director too.

(2013) Campaign &quot;No More&quot; for Joyful Heart Foundation, with her sister Patricia too.

(2015) Audiobook: &#39;Reckless - My Life as a Pretender&#39; by Chrissie Hynde.

(January 7, 2022) Guest DJ - Sirius XM (channel 104) - David Bowie Channel (1/3/22 - 1/14/22). One hour special repeated throughout the series. David Arquette also co-hosts.

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