Candice Patton is an American actress. She portrayed Iris West-Allen in the television series The Flash.
Candice Patton | |
|---|---|
 Patton at the 2017 PaleyFest | |
| Education | Southern Methodist University |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Children | 1 |
Early life
editPatton was raised in Plano, Texas.[1] She attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, graduating with a BFA in Theatre.[1]
Career
editIn May 2004, following her first year in university,[2] Patton took part in CBS' Soap Star Screen Test, a nationwide audition contest for university students to win a role on the soap opera The Young and the Restless.[3] Patton won the contest alongside Ethan Rains.[4] In 2008, Patton had a starring role in The WB's web series Sorority Forever and a role in the independent film Commander and Chief.[5][6]
Patton was cast for many television series including the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful.[1] She portrayed Iris West in The Flash for The CW.[7] The role led to her appearing on other Arrowverse shows including Arrow, Supergirl and Legends of Tomorrow. In the third-season episode "Duet", she played Millie Foss, the daughter of gangsters, in a dream world scenario. Her role as Iris West garnered her a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television in 2017.
Charity work
editIn 2017, along with her Arrowverse co-stars Patton co-founded Shethority ("She + Authority"), an online global collective described as "a positive place for women and the feminine to inspire, empower, and share."[8] Active members of the initiative include Melissa Benoist, Nicole Maines, Chyler Leigh, Caity Lotz, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, Tala Ashe, Emily Bett Rickards, Juliana Harkavy, Katie Cassidy and Danielle Panabaker. Through social media, women share their own stories and experiences on dealing with self-acceptance, homophobia, sexual harassment at the workplace and so on. Shethority has its own clothing line, from which all the money collected will be donated to non-profit organizations fighting for girls and women rights, such as Girls Not Brides[9] and Girls, Inc..[10]
In May and June 2019, Patton, DC Comics Co-Publisher Jim Lee, writer Tom King, and fellow CW series actresses Nafessa Williams and Danielle Panabaker toured five U.S. military bases in Kuwait with the United Service Organizations (USO), where they visited the approximately 12,000 U.S. military personnel stationed in that country as part of DC's 80th anniversary of Batman celebration.[11]
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Commander and Chief | Dana |
| 2014 | The Guest | Sgt. Halway |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004–2005 | The Young and the Restless | Robin | 5 episodes |
| 2007 | The Bold and the Beautiful | Candy | Episode dated December 6, 2007 |
| 2008 | Casanovas | Actress #2 | Episode: "Hollywood Heartburn" |
| 2009 | Entourage | Dan Coakley's assistant | 3 episodes |
| Castle | Young woman | Episode: "Inventing the Girl" | |
| Heroes | Olivia | 2 episodes | |
| 2008–2009 | Days of Our Lives | Jill / Alicia | |
| 2010 | The Forgotten | Kelly | Episode: "Double Doe" |
| One Tree Hill | Tanisha | 2 episodes | |
| Grey's Anatomy | Meg Waylon | Episode: "Almost Grown" | |
| 2011 | The Craigslist Killer | Kate | Television film |
| Harry's Law | Denise Raines | Episode: "American Dreams" | |
| CSI: Miami | Wendy Gibson | Episode: "Blood Lust" | |
| Love Bites | Liz Beth | Episode: "Modern Plagues" | |
| Man Up! | Dana | 3 episodes | |
| 2012 | Rizzoli & Isles | Mrs. Avery | Episode: "This Is How a Heart Breaks" |
| 2013 | The Game | Tori | 8 episodes |
| 2014–2023 | The Flash | Iris West-Allen[a][b] | Main role |
| 2017 | Supergirl | Episode: "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 1" | |
| Arrow | Episode: "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 2" | ||
| Legends of Tomorrow | Episode: "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 4" | ||
| 2019 | Batwoman | Episode: "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two"[12] | |
| 2017 | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Herself | Episode 3 of season 5 (season 13 in Wikipedia terms)[13] |
| 2020 | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Herself | Episode 6 of season 8 (season 16 in Wikipedia terms)[13] |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Sorority Forever | Mercedes Muna | 21 episodes |
| 2015 | Con Man | Dr. Chu Hua substitute | 2 episodes |
| Year | Title | Artist | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | "Good Life" | Keiynan Lonsdale | Herself/Random girl |
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice TV: Breakout Star | The Flash | Nominated | [14] |
| Choice TV: Chemistry (shared with Grant Gustin) | Nominated | ||||
| Choice TV: Liplock (shared with Grant Gustin) | Nominated | ||||
| 2016 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice TV: Chemistry shared with Grant Gustin | Nominated | ||
| Choice TV: Liplock shared with Grant Gustin | Nominated | ||||
| 2017 | Saturn Awards | Best Supporting Actress on Television | Won | ||
| Teen Choice Awards | Choice Action TV Actress | Nominated | [15] | ||
| 2018 | Saturn Awards | Best Supporting Actress on Television | Nominated | [16] | |
| Teen Choice Awards | Choice Action TV Actress | Nominated | |||
| Teen Choice Awards | Choice TV Ship | Nominated | |||
| 2019 | Teen Choice Awards | Choice Action TV Actress | Nominated | [17] | |
| Saturn Awards | Best Actress on Television | Nominated | [18] |
Notes
edit- ^ Also makes appearances in The Flash as Hannibal Bates / Everyman in the episode "Who Is Harrison Wells?", Detective Iris West-Allen (Earth-2) in the episodes "Welcome to Earth-2" and "Escape from Earth-2", Millie Foss in the episode "Duet", Harrison "H. R." Wells (Earth-19) in the episodes "Infantino Street" and "Finish Line", and Mirror Iris West-Allen in 7 episodes of season 6.
- ^ Was going by Iris West until the episode "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 4" of the TV series Legends of Tomorrow. Also, going by the title "The Flash" in the episode "Run, Iris, Run" of The Flash.
References
edit- ^ a b c "About". candicepatton.com. Archived from the original on December 30, 2013.
- ^ Crean, Ellen (May 21, 2004). "Screen Star Votes Being Counted". CBS News. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ^ Morales, Tatiana (May 14, 2004). "'Y&R' Hunts For New Soap Star". CBS News. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ^ Morales, Tatiana (May 24, 2004). "Iman & Candice Win' Y&R' Roles". CBS News. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ^ Carr, Lauren (August 20, 2008). "The WB is back starring Plano graduate!". Plano Star Courier. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ^ "The Flash's Candice Patton claims she was mistreated on set". Digital Spy. July 8, 2022.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (March 14, 2014). "Candice Patton Cast In CW Pilot 'The Flash'". Deadline. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
- ^ "Shethority Twitter Page". candicepatton.com. October 2017. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ^ "Shethority International Women's Day Apparel".
- ^ "SHETHORITY "We Got Your Back" Collection".
- ^ Arrant, Chris (June 2, 2019). "JIM LEE, TOM KING, DC-CW Stars Make Surprise USO Trip To KUWAIT". Newsarama. Archived from the original on June 7, 2019. Retrieved June 3, 2019.
- ^ Agard, Chancellor (November 19, 2019). "New 'Crisis on Infinite Earths' photos reveal Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
- ^ a b Whose Line Is It Anyway? Episode Guide on Zap2it
- ^ "Wave 2 Nominees". Teen Choice. July 7, 2015. Archived from the original on April 11, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
- ^ Ceron, Ella (June 19, 2017). "Teen Choice Awards 2017: See the First Wave of Nominations". Teen Vogue. Archived from the original on June 20, 2017. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- ^ McNary, Dave (March 15, 2018). "'Black Panther,' 'Walking Dead' Rule Saturn Awards Nominations". Variety. Archived from the original on March 16, 2018. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
- ^ Todisco, Eric (August 11, 2019). "Teen Choice Awards 2019: See the Complete List of Winners". People. Archived from the original on August 12, 2019. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
- ^ Mancuso, Vinnie (July 16, 2019). "'Avengers: Endgame', 'Game of Thrones' Lead the 2019 Saturn Awards Nominations". Collider. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
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