Alexis Arquette (born July 28, 1969) is an American trans woman actor, musician, and cabaret performer.
Arquette was born Robert Arquette in Los Angeles, California, to Brenda "Mardi" Olivia (née Nowak), an actor, poet, theater operator, activist, acting teacher and therapist, and Lewis Arquette, an actor and director. Her paternal grandfather was comedian Cliff Arquette. Her mother was Jewish, the daughter of a Holocaust refugee from Poland, and...
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Alexis Arquette (born July 28, 1969) is an American trans woman actor, musician, and cabaret performer.
Arquette was born Robert Arquette in Los Angeles, California, to Brenda "Mardi" Olivia (née Nowak), an actor, poet, theater operator, activist, acting teacher and therapist, and Lewis Arquette, an actor and director. Her paternal grandfather was comedian Cliff Arquette. Her mother was Jewish, the daughter of a Holocaust refugee from Poland, and her father was a convert to Islam and a descendant of explorer Meriwether Lewis. Arquette's siblings are actors Rosanna, Patricia, Richmond and David. Arquette is also the sister-in-law of actress Courteney Cox, who is married to her brother David.
At the age of twelve, Arquette's first job was in 1982 where she was cast as "this little kid who's on a ride with all these women and whatnot" in the music video "She's a Beauty" for the San Francisco-based rock band The Tubes.
At twenty-two, Arquette landed her first significant acting role,...
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