Candice Patton
Patton at the 2017 PaleyFest
EducationSouthern Methodist University
OccupationActress
Years active2004–present

Candice Patton is an American actress. She portrayed Iris West-Allen in the television series The Flash (2014–2023), earning a Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress on Television in 2017.

Early life

Patton was raised in Plano, Texas.[1] She attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, graduating with a BFA in Theatre.[1]

Career

In 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

In 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

Film
Year Title Role
2012 Commander and Chief Dana
2014 The Guest Sgt. Halway
Television
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]
Web
Year Title Role Notes
2008 Sorority Forever Mercedes Muna 21 episodes
2015 Con Man Dr. Chu Hua substitute 2 episodes
Music videos
Year Title Artist Role
2017 "Good Life" Keiynan Lonsdale Herself/Random girl

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2015 Teen Choice Awards Choice TV: Breakout Star The Flash Nominated [13]
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 [14]
2018 Saturn Awards Best Supporting Actress on Television Nominated [15]
Teen Choice Awards Choice Action TV Actress Nominated
Teen Choice Awards Choice TV Ship Nominated
2019 Teen Choice Awards Choice Action TV Actress Nominated [16]
Saturn Awards Best Actress on Television Nominated [17]

Notes

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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

  1. ^ a b c "About". candicepatton.com. Archived from the original on December 30, 2013.
  2. ^ Crean, Ellen (May 21, 2004). "Screen Star Votes Being Counted". CBS News. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  3. ^ Morales, Tatiana (May 14, 2004). "'Y&R' Hunts For New Soap Star". CBS News. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  4. ^ Morales, Tatiana (May 24, 2004). "Iman & Candice Win' Y&R' Roles". CBS News. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  5. ^ Carr, Lauren (August 20, 2008). "The WB is back starring Plano graduate!". Plano Star Courier. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  6. ^ "The Flash's Candice Patton claims she was mistreated on set". Digital Spy. July 8, 2022.
  7. ^ Andreeva, Nellie (March 14, 2014). "Candice Patton Cast In CW Pilot 'The Flash'". Deadline. Retrieved March 4, 2014.
  8. ^ "Shethority Twitter Page". candicepatton.com. October 2017. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  9. ^ "Shethority International Women's Day Apparel".
  10. ^ "SHETHORITY "We Got Your Back" Collection".
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Agard, Chancellor (November 19, 2019). "New 'Crisis on Infinite Earths' photos reveal Kevin Conroy as Bruce Wayne". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 19, 2019.
  13. ^ "Wave 2 Nominees". Teen Choice. Teen Choice. July 7, 2015. Archived from the original on April 11, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ 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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