Alexis Arquette (born July 28, 1969) is an
American trans woman actor,
musician, and
cabaret performer.
Biography
Early life
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.
