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Anna Paquin Biography

Birth Name:
Anna Helene Paquin
Birth Place:
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Profession
Actor, producer, voice-overs

Fast Facts

  • Born in Canada but moved to her mother's native New Zealand when she was 4; has dual citizenship
  • 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

Awards

  • 2019Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: nominated
  • 2010Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama: nominated
  • 2010Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actress in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television: nominated
  • 2009Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series: nominated
  • 2009Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series - Drama: winner
  • 2008Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television: nominated
  • 2007Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries: nominated
  • 2007Emmy-Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie: nominated
  • 2000Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture: nominated
  • 1994Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture: nominated
  • 1993Oscar-Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role: winner
  • 1992Los Angeles Film Critics Association-Best Supporting Actress: winner

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