Anna Paquin

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Anna Paquin (2018)

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)

Paquin with husband Stephen Moyer 2009

Stage plays

  • 2001: The Glory Of Living
  • 2002: This Is Our Youth
  • 2004: Roulette
  • 2004: The Distance From Here
  • 2005: After Ashley

Awards

Academy 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

Emmy Awards

  • 2007: Nomination for Best Supporting Actress in a Mini-Series or Film for Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

Golden Globe Awards

  • 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

MTV Movie Awards

Online Film Critics Society Awards

Satellite Awards

  • 2008: Award for Best Actress in a Television Series for True Blood
  • 2009: Award for Best Ensemble in a Series for True Blood

Screen Actors Guild Awards

  • 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

Scream Awards

  • 2009: Award for Best Actress in a Horror Series for True Blood
  • 2010: Award for Best Actress in a Horror Series for True Blood

Teen Choice Awards

  • 2003: Nomination in the category Best Canvas Chemistry for X-Men 2 (with: Shawn Ashmore)

Young Artist Awards

  • 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

Commons : Anna Paquin  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Oscar winner Paquin professes bisexuality. In: welt.de. Die Welt , April 1, 2010, accessed July 2, 2012 .
  2. ^ Sarah Michaud: Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer Get Married. In: people.com . August 22, 2010, accessed March 8, 2012 .
  3. ↑ Offspring for Oscar winner: Anna Paquin has twins. In: focus.de. Focus Online , September 12, 2012, accessed September 21, 2012 .
personal data
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