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| Alexis Arquette |
Arquette attending VH1's "Daisy of Love" Premiere Party at My House, Hollywood, CA on April 26, 2009. |
| Born |
Robert Arquette
July 28, 1969 (1969-07-28) (age 40)
Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Other name(s) |
Eva Destruction |
| Occupation |
Actor |
| Years active |
1982-present |
Alexis Arquette (born July 28, 1969) is an American trans woman, actress, musician, and cabaret performer.
Biography
Early life
Born Robert Arquette[1] 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.[2] Her paternal grandfather was comedian Cliff Arquette. Her mother was Jewish, the daughter of a Holocaust refugee from Poland,[3] and her father was a convert to Islam and a descendant of explorer Meriwether Lewis.[4][5][6][7] 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" by The Tubes.[8] In 1986 Arquette debuted on the big screen with an uncredited bit part as "Alexis", the white-faced friend/bandmate of the sexually ambivalent, angst filled teenager Max Whiteman (Evan Richards[9]) in the classic hit comedy, Down and Out in Beverly Hills[10].
Career
At twenty-two, Arquette landed her first significant acting role, playing a transvestite Georgette in Last Exit to Brooklyn. Sixteen years later, she went through her own transition from male to female, an experience that was documented in the film, Alexis Arquette: She's My Brother, which debuted at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival.[11]
Lesser known than her siblings, the majority of her film work has been limited to low-budget or independent films. She also appeared in I Think I Do, Children of the Corn V: Fields of Terror, Sometimes They Come Back... Again, The Wedding Singer, and Killer Drag Queens on Dope,[12] among 40 other independent pictures.
Arquette has appeared in supporting roles in mainstream films, including Pulp Fiction, Threesome, Bride of Chucky and a memorable appearance as a Boy George fanatic in The Wedding Singer, singing "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me?" over and over. In 2001, Arquette played the Roman emperor Caligula in two episodes of the cult television show Xena: Warrior Princess. Also in 2001, Arquette guest starred in the Friends episode The One with Chandler's Dad as a waiter in drag, in the show's 7th season. She had a cameo appearance in Son of the Beach and in September 2005, VH1 announced her casting in an upcoming season of the reality show The Surreal Life.
On January 31, 2007, Arquette was a featured celebrity client and guest judge on the premiere episode of Bravo's television show Top Design, where she was described by one of the contestants as "Iggy Pop in drag". Arquette also made a cameo appearance in Robbie Williams' "She's Madonna" video. On February 26, 2007, Arquette was promoting the DVD Release of Killer Drag Queens on Dope[12] on The Adam Carolla Show. Danny Bonaduce, a co-host, asked Arquette if she had a penis. The question, and her refusal to answer, sparked an argument between Carolla, Bonaduce, and Arquette, ending in Arquette storming out of the studio and violently pushing sound equipment at them as she was leaving.[13]
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