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

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The Member of the Wedding
Frankie Addams
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Elaine Goodale Eastman
It s The Rage
Annabel Lee
X-Pose: X2 Mutants Uncovered
The 2007 Teen Choice Awards

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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