Anna Paquin Biography

Anna Paquin Profile Biography – Biographyzone.com. Anna Helene Paquin (born July 24, 1982 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian-New Zealand actress. In 1994 she received at the age of eleven years, the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in the drama film The Piano and was the second youngest Oscar winner ever. She gained notoriety but mainly by the X-Men movies and the series True Blood. Paquin has been nominated five times for a Golden Globe.

Anna Paquin Biography Career History

Paquin was born in Winnipeg, Canada. Her mother is an English teacher, her father, a sports teacher. She has an older brother named Andrew (1977) and an older sister named Katya (1980). Her childhood was spent mostly in New Zealand, after her parents divorced in 1995 she moved with her mother to Los Angeles.

Anna Paquin Personal Information

Paquin at the 25th Annual Paley Television Festival, ArcLight Cinemas, Los Angeles, April 13, 2009
Born	Anna Helene Paquin July 24, 1982 (1982-07-24) (age 28) Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1993–present
Spouse	Stephen Moyer (2010–present)

She played as a child viola, cello and piano and took ballet lessons. After her graduation in 2000 she studied for a year at Columbia University, but then decided on an acting career.

Her acting career began in 1991 in New Zealand, as the director Jane Campion, a young actress for the drama The Piano was looking for. Paquin’s sister Katya went to an ad in a newspaper to audition.Anna Paquin was originally only as an accompaniment, but was then hired for the role. She sat down so that by about 5000 candidates.

The film was awarded an international success and Paquin for her role in the Oscar as best supporting actress. It is to Tatum O’Neal, the second youngest ever awarded this prize an actress. Then she had not initially plan to become an actress and rejected new roles.

Finally in 1996 she was again seen as a young Jane Eyre in the same film. In the same year she played the lead role in the drama of Amy and the geese. In her teenage years she was in the comedies including Hurlyburly and She’s not seen, as well as in the drama Almost Famous – Almost Famous alongside Kate Hudson.

To again, she managed worldwide fame in 2000 for her role in the comic book movie X-Men, in which she played the mutant Rogue. In the same year she was at the side of Sean Connery in the drama Finding Forrester -! to see. In 2003 she again played the Rogue in X-Men 2 and repeated the role in 2006 in the third part X-Men: The Last Stand. For her work on the TV movie Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee in 2007 she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award.

Since 2008, Paquin plays the main role in the vampire series True Blood. The series is based on the Sookie Stackhouse book series by Charlaine Harris. For this role, she was awarded the 2009 Golden Globe for best series, lead actress and was also nominated in this category in 2010.

Another success on television they had in 2009 with the title role of the film The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler, which also earned her a nomination for a Golden Globe. 2010, she starred alongside Katie Holmes in the comedy The Romantics and has a cameo in Scream 4 over.

The Scream Award for best horror actresses, Anna Paquin Paul Wesley, Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder awarded.

Paquin is dating since 2008 with her costars Stephen Moyer. Also in the series True Blood, the two play a pair. On 21 August 2010 the couple married in Malibu.  Moreover, in 2010, Paquin outed as bisexual. Paquin’s step-mother of a son (* 2000) and a daughter (born 2002).

Anna Paquin Filmography

* 1986: The Castle in the sky (no shiro Tenkû Rapyuta), by Hayao Miyazaki (voice dubbing Sheeta in U.S. in 2003).
* 1993: The Piano (The Piano), Jane Campion
* 1996: Jane Eyre by Franco Zeffirelli
* 1996: Fly Away (Fly Away Home), Carroll Ballard
* 1997: The Member of the Wedding, of Fielder Cook (TV)
* 1997: Amistad, Steven Spielberg
* 1998: Hollywood sunrise (Hurlyburly), Anthony Drazan
* 1999: The Choice of Life (A Walk on the moon), Tony Goldwyn
* 1999: She’s All That (She’s All That), Robert Iscove: Mackenzie Saller
* 1999: All the Rage, James D. Stern
* 2000: X-Men, Bryan Singer: Rogue
* 2000: Almost Famous (Almost Famous), Cameron Crowe
* 2000: Finding Forrester (Finding Forrester), Gus Van Sant
* 2001: Buffalo Soldiers, Gregor Jordan
* 2002: Darkness, Jaume Balagueró
* 2002: The 25th Hour (24 hours before the night) (25th Hour), Spike Lee
* 2003: X-Men 2 (X ²), Bryan Singer: Rogue
* 2004: Steamboy, Katsuhiro Otomo of (the voice of Ray Steam in the U.S. dubbing)
* 2005: The Squid and the Whale, Noah Baumbach for: Lili
* 2005: Joan of Arc, Pamela Mason Wagner (the voice of Joan)
* 2006: X-Men 3 (X-Men: The Last Stand), Brett Ratner: Rogue
* 2007: Mosaic, Roy Allen Smith: Maggie Nelson
* 2007: Blue State in Marshall Lewy: Chloe Hamon
* 2007: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Yves Simoneau: Elaine Goodale
* 2008: Trick ‘r Treat Michael Dougherty: Laurie
* 2008 -: True Blood (TV series), Alan Ball: Sookie Stackhouse
* 2009: Kenneth Lonergan Margaret: Lisa Cohen
* 2009: The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler, John Kent Harrison: Irena Sendler
* 2009: Flying Into Love by Chris Raymond: Sister Agnes
* 2010: Metamorphosis of Limor Diamant
* 2010: The Romantics by Galt Niederhoffer: Lila
* 2011: Scream 4 Wes Craven: Rachel Miles
* 2013: X-Men 4: Evolution of Bryan Singer: Rogue

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