Real Name : Anna Helene Paquin
Birth : 24 July 1982, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Height : 5' 5"
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Anna Paquin is the star of several major motion pictures, including her first Oscar winning performance in _The Piano (1993)_ (qv), the role of the young Jane in the 1996 film _Jane Eyre (1996)_ (qv), and the role of Amy Alden in the charming family film, _Fly Away Home (1996)_ (qv). With a well-developed vocabulary and gentle sense of humor, Paquin proves herself to be the most enchanting young talent working today. Paquin's rising stardom has often been a cause of charming media shyness, where it is obvious that she is an ordinary girl who happens to posses an extraordinary talent. She has two agents, Gail Cowan in New Zealand, and the William Morris agency in Los Angeles, but neither these nor her parents have much influence in deciding what she films. "In the end", she says, "it's my decision". Paquin's parents separated while she was filming _Fly Away Home (1996)_ (qv) in Canada. On Oscar night in 1993, Anna Paquin was the surprise (and surprised) winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She stood, wide-eyed and gulping for breath at the microphone for a full twenty-something-odd seconds before delivering a gracious, though rather breathless thank-you speech. Anna Paquin, the young Canadian who grew up in New Zealand and whose only acting experience was as a skunk at a school play, stunned movie-goers from all over the world with her performance as 'Holly Hunter' (qv)'s angry young daughter in the acclaimed film _The Piano (1993)_ (qv). Anna, who received an Oscar for her performance (the second youngest Oscar winner ever), has proven that _The Piano (1993)_ (qv) was only the beginning of a fabulous career. She starred in 'Carroll Ballard' (qv)'s _Fly Away Home (1996)_ (qv) and in 'Franco Zeffirelli' (qv)'s _Jane Eyre (1996)_ (qv). After her parents' divorce, she moved to Los Angeles with her mother and sister in order to pursue more actively a career in acting. Soon enough, she made the transition from child-actress to teenage actress with her performance in _Hurlyburly (1998)_ (qv) alongside 'Sean Penn (I)' (qv), 'Kevin Spacey' (qv) and 'Meg Ryan' (qv) and in _A Walk on the Moon (1999)_ (qv) alongside 'Diane Lane (I)' (qv), 'Viggo Mortensen' (qv) and 'Liev Schreiber' (qv). Paquin, who has become an expert at portraying troubled teenagers, then starred in the popular science fiction film, the _X-Men (2000)_ (qv). The same year, 2000, she also appeared in films such as 'Cameron Crowe (I)' (qv)'s _Almost Famous (2000)_ (qv) and 'Gus Van Sant' (qv)'s _Finding Forrester (2000)_ (qv). Anna, who was a student at Columbia University, moved to New York City and began a new career as a stage actress appearing both in New York and London.
Biography written by: anonymous
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- 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2010) (TV) [Herself]
- 2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (2000) (TV) [Herself]
- 25th Hour (2002) [Mary D'Annunzio] <5>
- 5th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (1999) (TV)
- 8th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2002) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- A Walk on the Moon (1999) [Alison Kantrowitz] <4>
- All the Rage (1999) [Annabel Lee] <6>
- Almost Famous (2000) [Polexia Aphrodisia] <8>
- Amistad (1997) [Queen Isabella] <11>
- Behind the Scenes: 'Almost Famous' - Postcards from the Road (2001) (V) [Herself]
- Behind the Scenes: Finding Forrester (2001) (V) [Herself]
- Blue State (2007) [Chloe Hamon] <2>
- Breaking the Silence: The Making of 'Hannibal' (2001) (V) [Herself (N.Y. Premiere)]
- Buffalo Soldiers (2001) [Robyn Lee] <4>
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007) (TV) [Elaine Goodale] <1>
- Castle in the Sky: Character Sketches (2010) (V) [Herself]
- Castle in the Sky: Creating 'Castle in the Sky' (2010) (V) [Herself]
- Castle in the Sky: The World of Laputa (2010) (V) [Herself]
- Darkness (2002) [Regina] <1>
- Finding Forrester (2000) [Claire Spence] <4>
- Fly Away Home (1996) [Amy Alden] <2>
- Flying Into Love (2011) (rumored) [Sister Agnes]
- Hurlyburly (1998) [Donna] <6>
- Jane Eyre (1996) [Young Jane Eyre] <1>
- Joan of Arc (2005) (TV) (voice) [Joan]
- Margaret (2010) [Lisa Cohen] <1>
- Metamorphosis (2009/IV) {{SUSPENDED}} (rumored)
- Mosaic (2007) (V) (voice) [Maggie Nelson] <1>
- Open House (2010) [Jennie] <1>
- Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo (2008) (TV) (archive footage) (uncredited) [Flora McGrath]
- Premio Donostia a Ian McKellen (2009) (TV) (archive footage) (uncredited) [Marie/Rogue]
- Scream Awards 2009 (2009) (TV) [Herself] <19>
- She's All That (1999) [Mackenzie Siler] <7>
- Spike Lee's '25th Hour': The Evolution of an American Filmmaker (2003) (V) [Herself]
- Suchîmubôi (2004) (voice: English version) [James Ray Steam] <8>
- Tenkû no shiro Rapyuta (1986) (voice: English version) [Sheeta (2003)] <2>
- The 58th Annual Tony Awards (2004) (TV) [Herself - Presenter: Best Featured Actor in a Play]
- The 60th Annual Tony Awards (2006) (TV) [Herself - Presenter]
- The 66th Annual Academy Awards (1994) (TV) [Herself - Winner: Best Actress in a Supporting Role]
- The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2009) (TV) [Herself - Winner]
- The 67th Annual Academy Awards (1995) (TV) [Herself - Presenter: Best Actor in a Supporting Role]
- The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2010) (TV) [Herself - Nominee: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama & Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini - Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television]
- The 70th Annual Academy Awards (1998) (TV) (uncredited) [Herself - Past Winner]
- The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009) (TV) [Irena Sendler]
- The Member of the Wedding (1997) (TV) [Frankie Addams] <1>
- The Piano (1993) [Flora McGrath] <4>
- The Romantics (2010) [Lila] <2>
- The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making 'X2' (2003) (V) [Herself]
- The Squid and the Whale (2005) [Lili] <7>
- The Teen Choice Awards 2007 (2007) (TV) [Herself]
- The Uncanny Suspects (2003) (V) [Herself]
- The Visual Effects of X-Men (2003) (V) [Herself]
- Trick 'r Treat (2008) [Laurie] <13>
- X-Factor: The Look of 'X-Men' (2003) (V) [Herself]
- X-Men (2000) [Rogue/Marie D'Ancanto] <7>
- X-Men Production Scrapbook (2003) (V) [Herself]
- X-Men: Evolution of a Trilogy (2006) (V) [Herself]
- X-Men: The Excitement Continues (2006) (V) [Herself]
- X-Men: The Last Stand (2006) [Marie/Rogue] <6>
- X2 (2003) [Marie D'Ancanto/Rogue] <7>
- "A Drop of True Blood" (2010) {Jason (#1.6)} (archive footage) [Sookie Stackhouse]
- "A Drop of True Blood" (2010) {Sookie, Tara & Lafayette (#1.3)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "Cinema mil" (2005) {(#1.10)} (archive footage) (uncredited) [Regina]
- "Corazón de..." (1997) {(2006-05-24)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2008-09-03)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2009-01-12)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2009-06-10)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2009-11-25)} [Herself]
- "Entertainment Tonight" (1981) {(2010-06-09)} [Herself]
- "HBO First Look" (1992) {'Fly Away Home': Leading the Flock (#3.6)} [Herself]
- "HBO First Look" (1992) {Finding Forrester (#7.23)} [Herself]
- "HypaSpace" (2002) {(#5.103)} [Herself]
- "Last Call with Carson Daly" (2002) {(2002-12-20)} [Herself]
- "Last Call with Carson Daly" (2002) {(2004-03-04)} [Herself]
- "Last Call with Carson Daly" (2002) {(2006-05-24)} [Herself]
- "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) {(2003-07-23)} [Herself]
- "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" (2009) {(#1.80)} [Herself] <2>
- "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993) {(#16.176)} [Herself - Guest] <3>
- "Late Show with David Letterman" (1993) {(1996-04-01)} [Herself]
- "Le grand journal de Canal+" (2004) {(2006-05-20)} [Herself]
- "Liquid News" (2000) {(2002-03-25)} [Herself]
- "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" (1989) {(2004-12-08)} [Herself]
- "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" (1989) {(2006-06-05)} [Herself]
- "Sidewalks Entertainment" (1988) {Oscar Winners (#18.19)} [Herself]
- "The Daily Show" (1996) {(2000-07-10)} [Herself]
- "The Daily Show" (1996) {(2002-12-12)} [Herself]
- "The Graham Norton Show" (2007) {(#6.12)} (archive footage) [Herself] <22>
- "The Graham Norton Show" (2007) {(#6.2)} [Herself] <4>
- "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson" (2005) {(#2.149)} [Herself]
- "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" (1996) {(1999-03-31)} [Herself]
- "The View" (1997) {(2003-03-02)} [Herself]
- "The View" (1997) {(2003-05-02)} [Herself]
- "True Blood" (2008) {(#3.11)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {9 Crimes (#3.4)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {Bad Blood (#3.1)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {Beautifully Broken (#3.2)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {Beyond Here Lies Nothin' (#2.12)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {Burning House of Love (#1.7)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {Cold Ground (#1.6)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {Escape from Dragon House (#1.4)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {Everything Is Broken (#3.9)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {Evil Is Going On (#3.12)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {Frenzy (#2.11)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {Hard-Hearted Hannah (#2.6)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {I Don't Wanna Know (#1.10)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {I Got a Right to Sing the Blues (#3.6)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {I Smell a Rat (#3.10)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {I Will Rise Up (#2.9)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {It Hurts Me Too (#3.3)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {Keep This Party Going (#2.2)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {Let the Bodies Hit the Floor (#3.7)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {Mine (#1.3)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {Never Let Me Go (#2.5)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {New World in My View (#2.10)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {Night on the Sun (#3.8)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {Nothing But the Blood (#2.1)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {Plaisir d'amour (#1.9)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {Release Me (#2.7)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {Scratches (#2.3)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {Shake and Fingerpop (#2.4)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {Sparks Fly Out (#1.5)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {Strange Love (#1.1)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {The First Taste (#1.2)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {The Fourth Man in the Fire (#1.8)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {Timebomb (#2.8)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {To Love Is to Bury (#1.11)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {Trouble (#3.5)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
- "True Blood" (2008) {You'll Be the Death of Me (#1.12)} [Sookie Stackhouse] <1>
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- "Widescreen" (Germany), 4 October 2006, Iss. 11/2006, pg. 59, by: Emanuel Bergmann, "Es ist nicht leicht, vor der Kamera erwachsen zu werden"
- "Premiere" (USA), Women In Hollywood Issue 2000, by: Robert Abele, "Ballad of a Teenage Queen"
- "Detour" (USA), April 1999, by: Peter Davis, "Anna Paquin: Wallflower"
- "Venice" (USA), January 1999, by: Jose Martinez, "Anna Paquin!"
- "React" (USA), May 10, 1999, by: Marisa Fox, "Anna's Balancing Act: Actress Anna Paquin Finds Time for Fame and Friends. "
- "Chicago Tribune" (USA), April 29, 1999, by: Jane Wollman Rusoff, "Fast Forward Anna Paquin Has Quickly Made The Move From Tot to Tart in Her Movie Roles"
- "The Daily Telegraph" (UK), November 27, 1999, by: Katrina Onstad, "The Natural"
- "The Los Angeles Times" (USA), January 11,1994, by: Elaine Dutka, "A Young Star is Born in the Piano"
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- "TV Guide" (USA), 13 April 2009, Vol. 57, Iss. 15, pg. 28-29, by: Ileane Rudolph, "A True Heroine"
- "Parade" (USA), 3 August 2003, pg. 22, by: James Brady, "In Step With: Anna Paquin"
- "People Weekly" (USA), 8 April 2002, pg. 114, "One Year Later...From Winner to Presenter"
- "Premiere" (Czech Republic), March 2001, Vol. 2, Iss. 3, pg. 124, by: Darek Smíd, "Anna Paquin na pokraji slávy"
- "The Dominion" (New Zealand), January 3,1998, "Anna Comes of Age in Hollywood"
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- "Celebrity Skin" (USA), January 2009, Vol. 31, Iss. 186, pg. 20-21, "Fresh Flesh: Anna Paquin"
- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 2007, Iss. 49, pg. 76-79, by: staff, "Anatomy Awards 11: The Piano"
- "Maxim" (USA), May 2001, Iss. Special, pg. 8, by: Yariv Milchan, "Maxim Hot 100 - 2001: #69"
- "Premiere" (Czech Republic), March 2001, Vol. 2, Iss. 3, pg. 125, by: Norman Jean Roy/Corbis Outline
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- "Nylon" (USA), September 2009
- "TV Guide" (USA), 15 June 2009, Vol. 27, Iss. 25
- "Parade" (USA), 3 August 2003
- "Fashion 18" (Canada), Summer 2003
- "Nylon" (USA), October 2000
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- TV commercial for Manitoba Telecom Services (1997).
- (October 30 - December 22, 2001) Starring as Lisa in 'Rebecca Gilman' (qv)'s off- Broadway play "The Glory of Living", directed by 'Philip Seymour Hoffman' (qv). Won a Theatre World Award for her performance and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for best leading actress in a play.
- (February - April 2002) Starring as Jessica Goldman in the West End play "This Is Our Youth" alongside 'Jake Gyllenhaal' (qv) and 'Hayden Christensen' (qv) in London, England.
- (February 15 - March 14, 2004) Starring as Jenny in the off-Broadway play "Roulette", alongside 'Larry Bryggman' (qv), 'Shawn Hatosy' (qv), 'Ana Gasteyer' (qv) and 'Leslie Lyles' (qv).
- Starred with 'Jeffrey Carlson (II)' (qv) in the "Manuscript" in the first 2003 offering of "The Cape Cod Theatre Project", the nine-year-old summer theatre festival (July 10, 11, 12 2003).
- She was featured in the June 16, 2003 Manhattan Theatre Club reading of "Drug Buddy", by 'David Folwell' (qv), as part of MTC's 6@6 series of rehearsed readings.
- (May 2004) Starring in 'Neil LaBute' (qv)'s play "The Distance From Here" at The Duke, alongside 'Mark Webber (I)' (qv), 'Melissa Leo' (qv), 'Josh Charles' (qv), 'Logan Marshall-Green' (qv) and 'Alison Pill' (qv). The play will be directed by 'Michael Grief' (qv). The cast was awarded with a special Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Ensemble Performance.
- (March 2005): Plays Julie in "After Ashley", a play by 'Gina Gionfriddo' (qv) (Vineyard Theatre, New York City, New York, USA).
- Starred in the September 2004 production of the "24 Hour Plays" at the American Airlines Theatre.
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- (January 2003) Returning to continue her studies at Columbia University in New York.
- (May 2004) Starring in 'Neil LaBute' (qv)'s Off-Broadway play, "The Distance from Here."
- (February 2005) Starring in the Off-Broadway production of "After Ashley".
- (April 2006) Filming _Blue State (2007)_ (qv) in Canada.
- (2007) Working on _"True Blood" (2008)_ (qv), an HBO series.
- (February 2010) Working on _"True Blood" (2008)_ (qv).
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- None of the characters I've played are really like me. That would be boring. It wouldn't be acting.
- Everything about being a teenager and not feeling like you fit in is just magnified by being a mutant!
- If I don't do laundry today, I'm gonna have to buy new clothes tomorrow.
- There are very few films or plays or anything about really happy people with perfect lives. Everyone is usually screwed up in some way and that is usually where the work comes in - figuring out how to make it believable and make it real to present someone's problems that you don't necessarily actually know anything about. I mean it is not challenging to be happy all the time. I don't think I could do it!
- I just do what feels right. I think the great thing about getting to do what I do is that you can try out being a different person without having to screw up your life to do it.
- I'm not very political. I'm also not American and I don't get to vote so my feelings are not really relevant.
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- She is a vegetarian.
- (1997) While filming the movie _Amistad (1997)_ (qv) in Montreal during the summer, she made a side-trip to Toronto to film 5 TV commercials for the telephone company of her old hometown in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She delivers the commercials in a variety of costumes in her Canadian accent rather than her New Zealand one.
- She keeps her Oscar in her bedroom closet so her friends won't see it and feel the need to comment on it.
- She enjoys photography.
- Family moved to New Zealand when Anna was 4.
- Has an older brother, 'Andrew Paquin' (qv), a film producer, with whom she is working on _Blue State (2007)_ (qv)), and a sister, Katya.
- She plays the cello.
- Father, Brian, is a physical education teacher. Mother, Mary, is an English teacher.
- Her parents are divorced.
- Hobbies: rugby; running; playing the piano; singing; gymnastics; swimming; downhill skiing; reading and knitting.
- Enjoys listening to alternative music.
- When she was younger, she wanted to be the Prime Minister of New Zealand, or a lawyer.
- Is the first New Zealander to receive an Oscar for best supporting actress, and is the second-youngest Oscar winner ever.
- Is a fan of 'The Beatles' (qv).
- She has 2 cats and 1 dog.
- Speaks French.
- Graduated from Windward School in West Los Angeles, California in June 2000; she completed the school's community service requirement by working in an LA soup kitchen and at a special education center.
- (2002) One of Teen People Magazine's "25 Hottest Stars under 25".
- college classmate of 'Julia Stiles' (qv).
- Is a fan of the alternative rock band 'Nine Inch Nails' (qv).
- She was the original choice to play the character of Enola in 'Kevin Costner' (qv)'s _Waterworld (1995)_ (qv) but, eventually, the role fell to 'Tina Majorino' (qv).
- (2005) Attending Columbia University.
- When on a talk show, the host told her he would give her $10,000 if she could shoot a basketball into a hoop. She did, but he refused to pay. After bad press he gave her the money which she donated to charity.
- Played the daughter of 'Jeff Daniels (I)' (qv) in _Fly Away Home (1996)_ (qv) and then his romantic partner in _The Squid and the Whale (2005)_ (qv) nine years later.
- Was number 93 on vh1's _"100 Greatest Kid Stars" (2005)_ (qv).
- Has kept in close contact with 'Shawn Ashmore' (qv) (Iceman/Bobby Drake) and 'Aaron Stanford' (qv) (John Allerdyce/Pyro) after filming _X2 (2003)_ (qv).
- Though she was born in Canada she considers herself a Kiwi from New Zealand since she grew up there.
- Ranked #50 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.
- Dating her _"True Blood" (2008)_ (qv) co-star 'Stephen Moyer (I)' (qv) [2008].
- Confirmed that she is engaged to her longtime boyfriend and co-star 'Stephen Moyer (I)' (qv) [August 2009].
- Dated 'Kieran Culkin' (qv).
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