Name
Anna Paquin
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1982-07-24 (44 years old)
Place of Birth
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Biography
Anna Helene Paquin (/ˈpækwɪn/ PAK-win; born 24 July 1982) is a New Zealand actress. Born in Winnipeg, Canada, and raised in Wellington, she made her acting debut in the romantic drama film The Piano (1993), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age 11, becoming the second-youngest winner in Oscar history. As a child actress, she had roles in Fly Away Home (1996), Jane Eyre (1996), Amistad (1997), The Member of the Wedding (1997), and A Walk on the Moon (1999), as well as in Cameron Crowe's comedy-drama film Almost Famous (2000).
Paquin continued to perform prominent roles into adulthood, portraying Rogue in the X-Men franchise (2000–2006; 2014). Her other film credits include 25th Hour (2002), Trick 'r Treat (2007), Margaret (2011), The Good Dinosaur (2015), and The Irishman (2019). She played the lead role of Sookie Stackhouse in the HBO vampire drama television series True Blood (2008–2014), for which she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in 2009. Among other accolades, Paquin was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for her work in the television film Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007), in addition to a further Golden Globe nomination for her work in the television film The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler (2009).
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- 2002 25th Hour as Mary D'Annuzio
- 2000 Finding Forrester as Claire Spence
- 1993 The Piano as Flora McGrath
- 2000 Almost Famous as Polexia Aphrodisia
- 1999 She's All That as Mackenzie Siler
- 2005 The Squid and the Whale as Lili
- 2002 Darkness as Regina
- 1996 Fly Away Home as Amy Alden
- 2007 Mosaic as Maggie Nelson (voice)
- 2007 Trick 'r Treat as Laurie
- 2009 The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler as Irena Sendler
- 1997 Amistad as Queen Isabella
- 2000 It's the Rage as Annabel Lee
- 1998 Hurlyburly as Donna
- 2002 Buffalo Soldiers as Robyn Lee
- 2007 Blue State as Chloe Hamon
- 2007 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee as Elaine Goodale
- 1999 A Walk on the Moon as Alison Kantrowitz
- 2011 Scream 4 as Rachel
- 2010 The Romantics as Lila Hayes
- 2000 X-Men as Rogue
- 2003 X2 as Rogue
- 2006 X-Men: The Last Stand as Marie / Rogue
- 2011 Margaret as Lisa Cohen
- 1996 Jane Eyre as Young Jane Eyre
- 2010 Open House as Jennie
- 2022 A Bit of Light as Ella
- 2013 Straight A's as Katherine
- 1997 The Member of the Wedding as Frankie Addams
- 2003 The Evolution of an American Filmmaker as Self
- 2013 Free Ride as Christina
- 2014 X-Men: Days of Future Past as Rogue
- 2023 True Spirit as Julie Watson
- 2015 The Good Dinosaur as Ramsey (voice)
- 2003 Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
- 2003 The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2 as Self
- 2003 X2 Global Webcast Highlights as Self
- 2003 X-Men: Premieres Around the World as Self
- 2019 Tell It to the Bees as Jean Markham
- 2019 The Irishman as Older Peggy Sheeran
- 2018 Furlough as Lily Benson
- 2018 The Parting Glass as Colleen
- 2014 True Blood. A Farewell to Bon Temps as Self
- 2000 X-Men: The Mutant Watch as Self - 'Rogue'
- 2012 The Carrier as Kim
- 2020 Making 'The Irishman' as Self
- 2021 American Underdog as Brenda Meoni/Brenda Warner
- 2016 Broken as Gemma
- 2006 X3: The Excitement Continues as Self
- 1996 The Daily Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 1997 The View ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
- 2008 True Blood ( 80 episodes ) as Sookie Stackhouse
- 1953 The Oscars ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2019 Modern Love ( 1 episode ) as Isabelle
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2017 Bellevue ( 8 episodes ) as Annie Ryder
- 2013 Susanna ( 12 episodes ) as Katie
- 2017 Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams ( 1 episode ) as Sarah
- 2022 A Friend of the Family ( 9 episodes ) as Mary Ann Broberg
- 2017 Alias Grace ( 6 episodes ) as Nancy Montgomery
- 2007 Phineas and Ferb ( 1 episode ) as Kristen (voice)
- 2019 Flack ( 12 episodes ) as Robyn
- 2014 The Affair ( 11 episodes ) as Joanie Lockhart
- 2009 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2016 Roots ( 1 episode ) as Nancy Holt
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2010 Conan ( 1 episode ) as Self
