PATRICIA CLARKSON (Joy Burns), who recently showed up on Entertainment Weekly’s 2003 It List, won the New York Film Critics Circle and National Society of Film Critics’ best supporting actress awards for her performance in Far From Heaven. She was nominated for a Chicago Film Critics Award for the same film.
At this year’s Sundance Film Festival, Clarkson was honored with the Jury Prize for Outstanding Performance for her work in three films: Pieces of April,The Station Agent, and All the Real Girls. The Station Agent also won the Audience Award and Screenwriting Award and All the Real Girls won the Special Jury Prize for Emotional Truth. For her work on the small screen, Clarkson won an Emmy this year for her guest-starring appearance on Six Feet Under.
Recently seen in The Safety of Objects, Clarkson just finished production on Miracle and will next be seen in The Station Agent and Dogville. Her past film credits include The Untouchables, Welcome to Collinwood, The Pledge, The Green Mile, Everybody’s All-American, The Dead Pool, Rocket Gibraltar, Tune in Tomorrow, Joe Gould’s Secret, Wendigo, and High Art, for which she was nominated for an IFP Independent Spirit Award.