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Born in Manitoba and brought up in Wellington, New Zealand.
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Paquin’s first successful film was The Piano, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1994 at the age of 11 — the second youngest winner in history
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: Aidan Quinn, Adam Beach, Anna Paquin, August Schellenberg: Amazon Digital Services LLC
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Free Ride
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Free Ride: Anna Paquin, Cam Gigandet, Drea de Matteo, Shana Betz: Movies & TV
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The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
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The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler: Anna Paquin, Goran Visnjic, Marcia Gay Harden, John Kent Harrison: Movies & TV
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MARGARET "EXTENDED CUT"
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MARGARET "EXTENDED CUT": Anna Paquin, J. Smith Cameron, Jean Reno, Jeannie Berlin, Allison Janney, Matthew Broderick, Mark Ruffalo, Matt Damon, Kieran Culkin, Kenneth Lonergan, Sydney Pollack, Gary Gilbert, Scott Rudin, Anthony Minghella: Movies & TV
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Open House: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Tricia Helfer, Rachel Blanchard: Amazon Digital Services LLC
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Buffalo Soldiers
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Buffalo Soldiers: Joaquin Phoenix, Anna Paquin, Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Elizabeth McGovern, Michael Peña, Leon, Gabriel Mann, Dean Stockwell, Brian Delate, Shiek Mahmud-Bey, Amani Gethers, Gregor Jordan, Amy Kaufman, Ariane Moody, Bobby Allen, Eric Weiss, Nora Maccoby, Robert O'Connor: Movies & TV
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X-Men: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen: Amazon Digital Services LLC
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Anna Paquin
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Anna Helene Paquin
Education
Paquin studied at Hutt Intermediate School and the Wellington Girls' College in New Zealand before moving to Los Angeles during her youth where she studied at Windward School and went on to complete a year at Columbia University before leaving post-secondary to focus on her acting career.
Career
It was unclear which fact was more extraordinary about Anna Paquin – that she won an Academy Award at age 11 for her performance in “The Piano” , or after her win, that she had no plans to continue acting. Moviegoers were thankful for her change of heart, as the Canadian actress continued to give thoughtful, complex, and occasionally seductive turns as an adult in a wide variety of projects ranging from big-budget blockbusters like the “X-Men” franchise to independent fare like Noah Bambauch’s “The Squid and the Whale” But it was her foray onto the small screen that allowed for her most compelling performances, particularly as a 19th-century schoolteacher who campaigns for Native American rights in the Emmy-winning miniseries, “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” , for which she received Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. Paquin also shined in her first television role, playing barmaid and telepath Sookie Stackhouse on Alan Ball’s claimed “True Blood”, which only added to an already impressive career for the young actress.
Achievements
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As a child, she beat 5000 candidates for the role of Flora McGrath in Jane Campion's romantic drama film The Piano (1993), despite having had little to no acting experience prior to getting the role.
For her performance, she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the age of 11, making her the second-youngest Academy Award winner in Oscar history.
Works
Other Work
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Buffalo Soldiers
(Buffalo Soldiers: Joaquin Phoenix, Anna Paquin, Ed Harris...)
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The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
(The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler: Anna Paquin, Goran...)
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Free Ride
(Free Ride: Anna Paquin, Cam Gigandet, Drea de Matteo, Sha...)
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: Aidan Quinn, Adam Beach, Anna Paquin, August Schellenberg: Amazon Digital Services LLC
(Buy Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: Read 933 Movies & TV R...)
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Open House: Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Tricia Helfer, Rachel Blanchard: Amazon Digital Services LLC
(Buy Open House: Read 44 Movies & TV Reviews - Amazon.com)
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X-Men: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen: Amazon Digital Services LLC
(Buy X-Men: Read 1032 Movies & TV Reviews - Amazon.com)
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MARGARET "EXTENDED CUT"
(MARGARET "EXTENDED CUT": Anna Paquin, J. Smith Cameron, J...)
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X2 : X-Men United
(DVD: X2 (X-Men United))
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Buffalo Soldiers
Connections
On 5 August 2009, Paquin announced her engagement to her True Blood co-star Stephen Moyer, whom she had been dating since filming the series pilot in 2007. They married on 21 August 2010 at a private residence in Malibu, California. Paquin and Moyer have a son, Charlie, and a daughter, Poppy, who are fraternal twins born in September 2012.
- Mother:
- Mary Paquin
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- Andrew
- the older sister:
- Katya
Mary Paquin (née Brophy), an English teacher and native of Wellington, New Zealand, and Brian Paquin, a high school physical education teacher, native French Canadian.
She is the partner of the Green Party of New Zealand co-leader Russel Norman
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Education
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2000
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1994 - 1995
Awards
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Academy Award, Greater Los Angeles Area
Paquin's first critically successful film was The Piano, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1994 at the age of 11 – the second youngest winner in historyPaquin's first critically successful film was The Piano, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in 1994 at the age of 11 – the second youngest winner in history
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Golden Globe Award, New Zealand
Paquin is well known for her role as Sookie Stackhouse in the Home Box Office series True Blood, for which she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama in 2008.Paquin is well known for her role as Sookie Stackhouse in the Home Box Office series True Blood, for which she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama in 2008.