Patricia Clarkson attends the 2023 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 12, 2023. Lionel Hahn/Getty Images ...

Jackie Clarkson, who served on the New Orleans City Council for 15 years, is a "powerhouse mother" who's also "incredibly accomplished" and "fierce," her daughter, the actress Patricia Clarkson ...

Clarkson: Eugenia was pretty much formed, and I accepted the journey she had. But I’m a very verbal, physical actress and I was robbed of both those assets. It was almost a radical part for me.