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Patricia Clarkson

Patricia Clarkson

14 films · 1,145 frames · top-billed in 4 · 19872022

Born 29 December 1959 · New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Patricia Davies Clarkson is an American actress. After studying drama on the East Coast, Clarkson launched her acting career in 1985, and has worked steadily in both film and television. She twice won the Emmy for Outstanding Guest Actress in Six Feet Under. Film roles included The Green Mile, Far From Heaven, The Station Agent and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Pieces of April (2003).

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Awards

On FrameThrower we have: 14 films · 1,145 frames · top-billed in 4 · 19872022

  • Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film2018
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series2006
  • Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series2002
  • Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress1999

How their films are shot

Measured across 1,145 frames from the 14 films we hold. This is the look of the work Patricia takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.

Across the 14 films we hold, 49% of their frames are day, 47% natural — the look of the work Patricia takes.

Time of day

Day49%
Night40%
Interior7%

Lighting

Natural47%
Low key35%
High key14%

Shot size

Medium51%
Wide21%
Closeup19%
Fullbody5%

Camera angle

Eye level84%
High angle8%
Low angle4%

Mood

Neutral70%
Tense14%
Lonely8%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

Often with

Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 1,145 frames from Patricia Clarkson's 14 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.