Anna Paquin

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  • Birth Name: Anna Helene Paquin
  • Birth Place: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 07/24/1982, Leo
  • Profession: Actor; producer; voice-overs
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Anna Paquin Fast Facts:
  • Born in Canada but moved to her mother's native New Zealand when she was 4; has dual citizenship for both countries.
  • Has no formal training in acting.
  • Won an Oscar for her work in The Piano when she was 11, the second-youngest person to have done so (Tatum O'Neal was the youngest, at 10, for Paper Moon).
  • Keeps her Oscar statuette in the closet so visitors don't feel that they have to make conversation about it.
  • Made her professional stage debut in 2001 in Rebecca Gilman's The Glory of Living (directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman), which earned her a Theatre World Award and a Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Actress in a play.
  • Other stage work includes Neil LaBute's The Distance From Here (2004) and Gina Gionfriddo's After Ashley (2005) in New York, and Kenneth Lonergan's This Is Our Youth (2002). 
  • Formed production company with her filmmaker brother, Andrew, called Paquin Films; their first film was Blue State (2007).
  • Appeared on the silver screen with husband and True Blood costar Stephen Moyer in Open House (2010), a thriller her brother Andrew wrote and directed.
  • Anna Paquin Relationships:
  • Mary Paquin - Mother
  • Andrew Paquin - Brother
  • Katya Paquin - Sister
  • Brian Paquin - Father
  • Lilac - Stepdaughter
  • Stephen Moyer - Husband
  • Billy - Stepson
  • Anna Paquin Awards:
  • 1994 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture - Nominee
  • 1993 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Winner
  • 2007 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie - Nominee
  • 2008 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Nominee
  • 2009 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama - Winner
  • 2010 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television - Nominee
  • 2010 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama - Nominee
  • 2009 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series - Nominee
  • 2007 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries - Nominee
  • 2000 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture - Nominee
  • College:
  • Attended Columbia University, New York, NY
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