Anna Paquin
Anna Helene Paquin (born July 24, 1982 in Winnipeg , Manitoba ) is a Canadian - New Zealand actress . In 1994, at the age of eleven, she received the Oscar for best supporting actress in the film drama The Piano , making her the second youngest Oscar winner in history. But she gained fame mainly through the X-Men films and the series True Blood . Paquin has already been nominated five times for the Golden Globe .
life and career
childhood
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). She spent most of her childhood in New Zealand ; after her parents divorced in 1995, she moved to Los Angeles with her mother. As a child she played the viola , cello and piano and took ballet lessons. After graduating from school in 2000, she studied at Columbia University for a year , but then decided to pursue an acting career.
Career start and Oscar win
Her acting career began in New Zealand in 1991 when director Jane Campion was looking for a young lead actress for the drama Das Piano . Paquin's sister Katya went to a casting after an advertisement in a newspaper . Anna Paquin originally only went with the company, but was then hired for the role. She prevailed against 5000 applicants. The film was an international hit, and Paquin received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role . She is the second youngest ever award-winning actress after Tatum O'Neal . Then she initially had no plans to become an actress and turned down new role offers. It wasn't until 1996 that she appeared again as the young Jane Eyre in the film of the same name. In the same year she played the lead role in the drama Amy and the Wild Geese . In her teenage years, she was also in the comedies Hurlyburly and Eine wie keine to see, as well as in the drama Almost Famous - Almost Famous on the side of Kate Hudson .
Breakthrough with X-Men and True Blood
She achieved renewed worldwide fame in 2000 through her role in the comic book adaptation X-Men , in which she played the mutant Rogue. In the same year she starred opposite Sean Connery in the drama Forrester - Found! to see. In 2003 she played again the rogue in X-Men 2 and repeated this role in 2006 in the third part X-Men: The Last Stand . For her work on the television movie Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee in 2007, she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and an Emmy Award .
From 2008 to 2014, Paquin starred in the vampire series True Blood . The series is based on the Sookie Stackhouse book series by Charlaine Harris . For this role she received the Golden Globe for Best Series Lead Actress in 2009 and was also nominated in this category in 2010. She had another success on television in 2009 with the title role of the film The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler , which also earned her a nomination for the Golden Globe. In 2010 she starred alongside Katie Holmes in the comedy The Romantics and made a cameo on Scream 4 .
The Scream Award for best horror actor was presented to Anna Paquin by Paul Wesley , Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder .
Personal
Paquin has been dating her serial colleague Stephen Moyer since 2009 . The two play a couple in the series True Blood . The couple were married in Malibu on August 21, 2010 . Paquin also came out as bisexual in 2010 . Paquin is the stepmother of a son (* 2000) and a daughter (* 2002). The couple had twins in September 2012.
Filmography (selection)

- 1993: The Piano (The Piano)
- 1996: Amy and the Wild Geese (Fly Away Home)
- 1996: Jane Eyre
- 1997: Amistad
- 1997: The Member Of The Wedding (TV movie)
- 1998: Hurlyburly
- 1999: Sleepless Beauty (TV movie)
- 1999: All the Rage
- 1999: She's All That (She's all that)
- 1999: A Walk on the Moon
- 2000: Almost Famous - Almost Famous (Almost Famous)
- 2000: X-Men
- 2000: Forrester - Found! (Finding Forrester)
- 2001: Army Go Home! (Buffalo Soldiers)
- 2002: Darkness
- 2002: 25 hours (25th hour)
- 2003: X-Men 2 (X2)
- 2004: Steamboy (speaking role)
- 2005: The Squid and the Whale (The Squid and the Whale)
- 2005: Joan of Arc (TV film, speaking role)
- 2006: X- Men: The Last Stand
- 2007: Blue State - A Journey into the Blue (Blue State)
- 2007: Mosaic (speaking role)
- 2007: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (TV movie)
- 2008-2014: True Blood (TV series, 81 episodes)
- 2009: Trick 'r Treat
- 2009: The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (TV movie)
- 2010: Open House
- 2010: The Romantics
- 2011: Scream 4
- 2011: Margaret
- 2012: Free Ride
- 2013: Straight A's
- 2013: Susanna (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 2014: X-Men: Future is Past (X-Men: Days of Future Past)
- 2015: Arlo & Spot (The Good Dinosaur) - voice of Ramsey
- 2016: Roots (Miniseries, Episode 4)
- 2017: Alias Grace (miniseries, 6 episodes)
- 2017: Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (TV series, episode 1x05)
- 2017: Bellevue (TV series, 8 episodes)
- 2018: Furlough
- 2018: The Parting Glass
- 2018: The Honey Garden - The Secret of the Bees (Tell It to the Bees)
- 2019: Flack (miniseries, 6 episodes)
- 2019: The Affair (TV series, 11 episodes)
- 2019: The Irishman
Stage plays
- 2001: The Glory Of Living
- 2002: This Is Our Youth
- 2004: Roulette
- 2004: The Distance From Here
- 2005: After Ashley
Awards
- 1994: Award for Best Supporting Actress for Das Piano
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films (Saturn Award)
- 2001: Nomination for Best Young Actress for X-Men
- 2009: Nomination for Best Television Actress for True Blood
- 2010: Nomination for Best Television Actress for True Blood
- 2007: Nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Mini-Series or Film for Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
- 1994: Nomination in the Best Supporting Actress category for Das Piano
- 2008: Nomination for Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or TV Movie for Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
- 2009: Award for Best Series Lead Actress - Drama for True Blood
- 2010: Nomination in the category Best Actress in a Series - Drama for True Blood
- 2010: Nomination in the category Best Actress - Series, Mini-Series or TV Movie for The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- 1993: Award in the Best Supporting Actress category for Das Piano
- 2001: Nomination in the category Best Screen Team for X-Men (with: Halle Berry , Hugh Jackman and James Marsden )
- 2004: Nomination in the category Best Kiss for X-Men 2 (with: Shawn Ashmore )
Online Film Critics Society Awards
- 2001: Award for Best Ensemble for Almost Famous
- 2008: Award for Best Actress in a Television Series for True Blood
- 2009: Award for Best Ensemble in a Series for True Blood
- 2001: Nomination in the category Best Ensemble for Almost Famous
- 2008: Nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Mini-Series or TV Movie for Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
- 2010: Nomination for Best Ensemble in a Drama Series for True Blood
- 2009: Award for Best Actress in a Horror Series for True Blood
- 2010: Award for Best Actress in a Horror Series for True Blood
- 2003: Nomination in the category Best Canvas Chemistry for X-Men 2 (with: Shawn Ashmore)
- 1997: Nomination for Best Actress for Amy and the Wild Geese
- 1998: Nomination in the category Best TV Actress for The Member of the Wedding
- 2000: Nomination for Best Supporting Actress for A Walk on the Moon
Web links
- Anna Paquin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Oscar winner Paquin professes bisexuality. In: welt.de. Die Welt , April 1, 2010, accessed July 2, 2012 .
- ^ Sarah Michaud: Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer Get Married. In: people.com . August 22, 2010, accessed March 8, 2012 .
- ↑ Offspring for Oscar winner: Anna Paquin has twins. In: focus.de. Focus Online , September 12, 2012, accessed September 21, 2012 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Paquin, Anna |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Paquin, Anna Helene (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian-New Zealand actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 24, 1982 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada |