Birthday: December 29, 1959
Birth Place: New Orleans, Louisiana
Birth Name: Patricia Davies Clarkson

Biography: Patricia Davies Clarkson is an American actress.   Clarkson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the daughter of Jackie (a locally prominent member of the City Council) and Buzz Clarkson.   She studied drama at Fordham University, where she graduated summa cum laude, and earned her MFA at the Yale School of Drama before making her film debut in The Untouchables in 1987.  

Clarkson starred in a series of high-profile films in her early career, including The Dead Pool, Rocket Gibraltar and Everybody's All-American.  

She starre...