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My Take
Rosanna Arquette embodies a particular 1980s cool that never quite got its due. Desperately Seeking Susan won her a BAFTA in the supporting category, though anyone who watches it knows she carries the picture, an irony that feels emblematic of her whole career. She inspired a hit song, came from acting royalty, and still kept choosing risky, off-center projects over safe stardom. What I respect most is her later pivot to producing, moving to the side of the camera where decisions get made rather than fading politely. Her career is more interesting than mere fame, and frankly I prefer it to many bigger ones.
Overview
Rosanna Lisa Arquette ( roh-ZAH-nə ar-KET; born August 10, 1959) is an American actress. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance in the television 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).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Rosanna Arquette
- Name (Japanese)
- ロザンナ・アークエット
- Reading
- ろざんな・あーくえっと
- Born
- August 10, 1959 (age 66)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Boar
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film producer / television actor / film actor / voice actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1986 BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- 1989 Sitges Film Festival Best Actress award
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Film producer — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.