--- title: Oscars 2017: Patricia Arquette Slams Snub of Sister Alexix description: Patricia Arquette criticized the Academy after her late sister, Alexis Arquette, a trans woman, was omitted from the 'In Memoriam' video. canonical: https://time.com/4685645/patricia-arquette-oscars-alexis-arquette/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-02-28T17:59:14.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:41:29.986Z og:title: Patricia Arquette Calls Out Oscars For Omitting Her Trans Sister og:description: "I think that was a real slight to the trans community" og:url: https://time.com/4685645/patricia-arquette-oscars-alexis-arquette/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4cd5f86dc3a660ec/6988bc588e06012e9b469608/patricia-arquette-oscars-in-memoriam-alexis-arquette-trans-sister.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Premiere Of "The Butler's In Love" og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Patricia Arquette Calls Out Oscars For Omitting Her Trans Sister twitter:description: "I think that was a real slight to the trans community" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4cd5f86dc3a660ec/6988bc588e06012e9b469608/patricia-arquette-oscars-in-memoriam-alexis-arquette-trans-sister.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Patricia Arquette Slams the Oscars For Omitting Her Trans Sister Alexis Arquette From the 'In Memoriam' Segment > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images) David Livingston—Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Feb 28, 2017 5:59 PM UTC It looks like [the Best Picture mix-up](http://time.com/4685155/oscars-best-picture-academy-statement/) isn’t the only thing Sunday night’s Oscars has drawn criticism for this year; [Patricia Arquette](http://time.com/3718634/oscars-2015-patricia-arquette-feminism/) has made it clear that she thinks the Oscars snubbed her late sister Alexis in what she calls a “real slight to the trans community.” In an interview with [_Entertainment Tonight_](http://www.etonline.com/awards/211579%5Fexclusive%5Fpatricia%5Farquette%5Fcalls%5Fsister%5Falexis%5Foscars%5Fin%5Fmemoriam%5Fsnub%5Fa%5Freal%5Fslight/), Arquette criticized the awards show for their omission of her sister, transgender actor and activist, Alexis Arquette, in the annual [“In Memoriam”](http://time.com/4683643/jan-chapman-in-memoriam-oscars/) video. “Alexis was a great actor, and had 70 credits, and was really brave to live her truth as a trans woman, and they didn’t include her in the memorial,” she said. “I think that was a real slight to the trans community, especially at this time when trans kids can’t even go to the bathroom in the United States of America at school. It says a lot about the lack of inclusion — trans kids can really never look at anyone and see their heroes, and I think that was a big mistake.” Alexis Arquette [passed away last September](http://people.com/celebrity/alexis-arquette-has-died/) at the age of 47\. The “In Memoriam” video also received heat for using a photo of [producer Jan Chapman instead of late costume designer Janet Patterson.](http://time.com/4683643/jan-chapman-in-memoriam-oscars/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4685645/patricia-arquette-oscars-alexis-arquette/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4685645/patricia-arquette-oscars-alexis-arquette/"},"headline":"Patricia Arquette Slams the Oscars For Omitting Her Trans Sister Alexis Arquette From the 'In Memoriam' Segment","datePublished":"2017-02-28T17:59:14.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:41:29.986Z","description":"I think that was a real slight to the trans community","url":"https://time.com/4685645/patricia-arquette-oscars-alexis-arquette/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Oscars","LGBT","celebrity","Culture","Patricia Arquette","In Memoriam","Oscars 2017"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4cd5f86dc3a660ec/6988bc588e06012e9b469608/patricia-arquette-oscars-in-memoriam-alexis-arquette-trans-sister.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4cd5f86dc3a660ec/6988bc588e06012e9b469608/patricia-arquette-oscars-in-memoriam-alexis-arquette-trans-sister.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Premiere Of \"The Butler's In Love\"","caption":"Premiere Of \"The Butler's In Love\"","creditText":"David Livingston—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4685645/patricia-arquette-oscars-alexis-arquette/","name":"Patricia Arquette Slams the Oscars For Omitting Her Trans Sister Alexis Arquette From the 'In Memoriam' Segment"}}]}] ```