Short Biography

BIO:
Arquette was born in New York City, the daughter of Brenda "Mardi" Olivia (née Nowak), an actress, poet, theater operator, activist, acting teacher and therapist, and Lewis Arquette, an actor and director.[1] Arquette`s paternal grandfather was comedian Cliff Arquette. Arquette`s mother was Jewish, the daughter of a Holocaust refugee from Poland,[2] and Arquette`s father was a convert to Islam and claimed to be a descendant of explorer Meriwether Lewis.[3][4][5][6] Arquette`s siblings are actors Patricia, Alexis, Richmond and David Arquette. Arquette is also the sister-in-law of Courteney Cox, who is married to Arquette`s brother David.
In 1963, Arquette`s family moved to Chicago, where her father managed The Second City theater for several years. When she was eleven years old, her parents moved to a commune in Front Royal, Virginia. Arquette did not do well at school. In 1974, she hitchhiked across the country with three older teenagers, eventually going to San Francisco, where she worked at renaissance and Dickens fairs. Her professional theater debut was May 27, 1977, appearing in the Story Theatre Musical production of Ovid`s The Metamorphoses at the Callboard Theatre on Melrose Place in Los Angeles.
[edit]Career

Besides films, Arquette appeared from the beginning of her career in television films. In 1982, she earned an Emmy Award nomination for the TV film The Executioner`s Song. Thereafter, she played in many cinema movies and TV films and has worked with many of the most acclaimed film directors of the last twenty years. Arquette`s first starring role was in John Sayles`s Baby It`s You, a highly regarded but little seen film. She starred in Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) alongside pop singer Madonna. Following the commercial and critical failure of both After Hours and 8 Million Ways to Die, she quit Hollywood to work in Europe.
In 1989, Scorsese offered her a part in New York Stories. Since then, Arquette has appeared, with few exceptions, in one or in several movies each year, some of them of notable interest, like Pulp Fiction and the David Cronenberg film, Crash. An offbeat choice, however, was to fly downunder and make the Australian film Wendy Cracked a Walnut (1990) (also known as …Almost). An expensive film, and a huge box office flop, only the musical score by Bruce Smeaton was generally noted by critics, for its musical innovation. In 1990, Arquette appeared on the cover and in a nude pictorial in Playboy`s September issue, although she claimed it was without her prior knowledge or consent.[7]
In recent years, Arquette has also been expanding into direction. Recent films which she has directed include the documentaries Searching for Debra Winger (2002) and All We Are Saying (2005); she also produced both projects.[8]
Arquette appeared in the short running What About Brian as Nicole Varsi and on Showtime`s The L Word as Cherie Jaffe.
Rosanna joins Fit Parent Magazine [9] as Associate Publisher / Editor at Large Los Angeles.
[edit]Personal life

Arquette was 19 when she married director/composer Tony Greco; they divorced in October 1980. Arquette briefly dated Toto member Steve Porcaro; the band`s Grammy Award-winning single "Rosanna", the lead track on the album Toto IV, was named after her, but the song itself was not about her, according to writer David Paich.[10] In a 1983 interview with Rolling Stone, Arquette said that she used to bring the band "juice and beer" at all ho

Miscellaneous Information

Measurements

Bust: 36" C  Waist: - "  Hips: 34"

Friends and Family

Kimberly Beck [Friend]

Alexis Arquette [Brother]

Richmond Arquette [Brother]

David Arquette [Brother]

Patricia Arquette [Sister]

Mardiningsih Olivia Nowak [Mother]

Lewis Arquette [Father]

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