Rosanna Arquette Height, Weight and Measurements

Rosanna Arquette is generally listed at about 5 ft 4 in (163 cm), with a slim build and a weight reported around 115 lb (52 kg). As of 2026 she is 67, and those numbers are approximations from public profiles, not official data.

Quick facts

Looks and style

Arquette’s image has always leaned toward the offbeat rather than the polished. In the 1980s her tousled hair and vintage-inspired outfits made her a natural for indie-spirited roles, and she has kept a creative, slightly bohemian wardrobe ever since. Her frame is petite, and fashion writers often describe her as elegant without being formal.

At about 5 ft 4 in she is right around average height for American women, and that approachable scale suits the characters she tends to play: curious, a bit vulnerable, often caught up in something larger than herself. Directors from Martin Scorsese to David Cronenberg have used that quality, casting her as women who are underestimated until they aren’t.

A family of performers

She comes from a famously creative family. Her grandfather was the comedian Cliff Arquette, who became familiar to American television viewers as the character Charley Weaver, and her siblings, Richmond, Patricia, Alexis and David, are also actors or performers, and her father, Lewis Arquette, was an actor too. The family home was a busy, artistic place, and she began acting young and built a career steadily from television movies into feature films. One early landmark was The Executioner’s Song (1982), a television film that gave her some of her first serious critical attention.

Career highlights

Her breakthrough role was in Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) opposite Madonna, which became a defining film of the decade and earned Arquette a BAFTA Award. She played Roberta, a bored New Jersey housewife who ends up swapping lives with a downtown free spirit. She followed it with After Hours for Martin Scorsese, the segment of New York Stories he directed, and Pulp Fiction, in a memorable small part as Jody, the pierced and unimpressed wife of Eric Stoltz’s dealer. Other credits include Luc Besson’s The Big Blue and David Cronenberg’s Crash.

She also directed Searching for Debra Winger, a documentary in which she interviewed women in the film industry about the realities of ageing and keeping a career going. It remains a candid look at what happens to actresses after their thirties, and it fed into the way she now speaks about the business.

Television has been just as important to her. She has built a long list of guest and recurring roles over the years, and she remains an active voice on social media about politics and causes she supports.

The “Rosanna” song

Fans of classic rock often ask about the Toto hit “Rosanna”, since she dated a member of the band in the early 1980s. The group has said that the song was not simply about her but a composite inspired by several people, so it is best treated as a piece of rock folklore rather than a biography. It does show how closely she was tied to the creative scene of the era.

Personal life

She has been married twice and has a daughter from an earlier relationship. Beyond that she keeps private matters mostly out of interviews and puts attention on her work and activism. She has also spoken publicly about how women are treated in the entertainment industry, which has become a regular theme of her interviews.

Staying active

Rather than a famous diet, Arquette has talked in general terms about yoga, healthy eating and keeping a balanced routine. Her approach appears to be steady and unglamorous, which suits a career that has spanned five decades.

What fans ask

Questions about her tend to fall into three groups: how tall she is, which film to watch first, and whether she was really in Pulp Fiction for only a few minutes. The last one is true, since her role is brief, though it left a stronger impression than many longer parts. For a first film, most people begin with Desperately Seeking Susan, then move on to After Hours if they like their comedy dark.

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