Anna Paquin: Summary

Recent Role:: Herself on The Graham Norton Show

Gender:: Female

Birthday:: 7-24-1982

Birthplace:: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Birth Name:: Anna Helene Paquin

Anna Helene Paquin is a Canadian film, TV, and stage actress who is best known for being one of the youngest actors to ever win an Oscar, for her role in Jane Campion's movie The Piano. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on July 24, 1982, Anna was raised in New Zealand where she was eventually discovered by the Academy Award-winning director. Anna was merely ten years old when she brilliantly portrayed the interpreter of Holly Hunter's mute character.

In 1995, Anna moved in with her mother as her parents divorced. Throughout the second half of the '90s, she continued to play varied roles in several movies such as Fly Away Home (1996), Jane Eyre (1996), Amistad (1997). The year 2000 saw Anna appear in Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous and Gus Van Sant's Finding Forrester. That same year, she was also cast as Rogue in the first installment of the X-Men series.

Aside from her work on the big screen, Anna has also performed in various theater productions, most notable of which is in the play The Distance From Here which earned the cast a Drama Desk Award nomination in 2004. In 2008, Paquin landed her first major role on television playing Sookie Stackhouse, a barmaid with telepathic powers, in HBO's drama series True Blood. Anna Helene Paquin is a Canadian film, TV, and stage actress who is best known for being one of the youngest actors to ever win an Oscar, for her role in Jane Campion's movie The Piano. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on July 24, 1982, Anna was raised in New Zealand where she was eventually discovered by...

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- 01/25/10 2:31 PM
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- 01/22/10 12:00 AM
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- 12/15/09 7:32 AM
- 37 comments
True Blood is HBO's Latest Bloody Miracle
The second season premiere of HBO's True Blood reeled in 3.7 million viewers on Sunday, the highest number for HBO since 11 million tuned in to watch the series finale of The Sopranos. Though the difference in the numbers is staggering, it appears that True Blood is starting to fill some pretty big shoes.
- 06/17/09 5:22 PM
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Blog Spotlight: Can Anything Stop The Voices Tormenting Sookie? True Blood Gets Louder
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- 06/05/09 10:35 AM
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sandbur
member since: Apr 28, 2008
A natural performer. ...Continue »
A lot of time has lapsed between The Piano and True Blood, but the natural ability and genuine performances remain the same in caliber.
I could still see the giggling little girl on stage at the Oscars; so dumbfounded she couldn't speak. Her sincere reaction was as captivating as her sincere performance.
Then, somehow "Sookie Stackhouse" took care of that little girl image burned on my brain very quickly, though with no less an impression.
I love this show, its premise and its originality, and I love its characters and most of the characterizations. "Sookie" is far and away the most complex character, and there is none better to handle that complexity than Anna Paquin.
I hope this show goes for a while; for the sake of the genre as well as for some of the cast...particularly Paquin.
04/21/09 07:21am | report abuse
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NoOneIsAlone
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She is a great actress. Though, she is only beginning I can tell that she has a lot of future, you have to see her in X-Men, because she is awesome over there. She really knows how to potray her character and she is really cool! I think that she is awesome!
02/18/07 08:01pm | report abuse
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Bountyhunterc28
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Anna Paquin is a smart, sexy, and talented young actress ...Continue »
Anna Paquin is a young actress that has been in just about every type of movie out, the ones I've seen her in are Fly Away Home and X-Men and X-Men 2. She has talent being the second youngest person to win an Acadamy Award, her talent is only matched by her beauty. She is a very beautiful young actress, and has talent that can make her one of hollwood hottest and recognizable stars.
03/28/06 09:38am | report abuse