Patricia Charbonneau

Patricia Charbonneau is an American actress who started in the theater, leaving Boston University's theater program after a month for the Lexington Conservatory Theatre in the Catskills. Born in Valley Stream, New York, she moved to New York City at 19. She appeared with the Lexington Conservatory Theatre in The Revengers at Playwrights Horizons and later took a small part with the New York City Opera. In 1982 she originated the role of Lea in Wendy Kesselman's My Sister in This House with the Actors Theatre of Louisville and later played it Off-Broadway. Her film debut, as Cay Rivvers in Desert Hearts (1985), earned her a 1987 Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best Female Lead. She followed with Manhunter (1986), Call Me (1988), Shakedown (1988) and One Special Night (1999), plus television work in Tales from the Crypt, Wiseguy and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. In 2007 she began teaching acting workshops at the Hudson Valley Academy of Performing Arts.