Born: Anna Helene Paquin. July 24, 1982 Place: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Occupation: Actress Years active: 1993–present
Anna Helene Paquin is a Canadian-born New Zealand actress. Her breakthrough performance was in the New Zealand film The Piano, which earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1994, making her the second youngest winner in history at the age of 11. Paquin is best known for her role as Rogue in the X-Men movies. Her other notable role is as Sookie Stackhouse in the HBO series True Blood.
Paquin is the youngest of three children; she has two older siblings: brother Andrew, born in 1977, and sister Katya, born in 1980. Paquin moved to New Zealand when she was four. She attended the Raphael House Rudolf Steiner School until she was eight or nine. Her musical childhood hobbies in New Zealand included playing the viola, cello and piano. She also did gymnastics, ballet, swimming and downhill skiing, though she did not have any hobbies related to acting.
She studied at Columbia University for one year, but has since been on a leave of absence to continue her acting career.
Paquin returned to worldwide prominence with her role as Rogue in the blockbuster X-Men movie in 2000, its sequel X2 in 2003, and its third installment X-Men: The Last Stand in 2006.
In the summer of 2006, she completed filming Blue State. In 2007, Paquin received an Emmy Award nomination for Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie for her role as Elaine Goodale in HBO's made-for-TV movie Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. In 2008, Paquin appeared as Sookie Stackhouse in the HBO series True Blood. In 2009, Paquin played Irena Sendler, a Polish woman hailed as a heroine of the Holocaust, in The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler.
She has been dating her True Blood co-star Stephen Moyer since filming the series' pilot. Paquin lives in Venice, Los Angeles, California. Her hobbies include surfing and cycling.
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