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Anna Paquin

  • Birthplace: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  • Birthday: July 24, 1982

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” (1993), or that after the win, 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 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” (2005) to telev…more

Career Milestones

  • 2007

    Played an Army deserter in Blue State, a romantic comedy, she co-produced with her brother, Andrew Paquin

  • 2007

    Portrayed schoolteacher Elaine Goodale in the HBO Films original movie, Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee ; earned Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG nominations for Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie

  • 2006

    Reprised the role of Rogue in the third installment of the X-Men series, X-Men: The Last Stand

  • 2005

    Cast as a flirtatious female student in Noah Baumbach s The Squid and the Whale opposite Jeff Daniels and Laura Linney

  • 2003

    Cast as the sergeant s daughter in Buffalo Soldiers

Awards

  • 2000

    Online Film Critics Society Award: Best Ensemble

  • 1993

    Academy Award: Best Supporting Actress

  • 1993

    Film Critics Circle of Australia Award: Best Supporting Actress

  • 1993

    Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award: Best Supporting Actress

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