Anna Paquin

Played telepathic waitress, Sookie Stackhouse in the HBO series, "True Blood"

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

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

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

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

Cast as the sergeant's daughter in "Buffalo Soldiers"

Reprised role of Rogue in "X-Men 2"

Cast in Spike Lee's drama feature "The 25th Hour"

London stage debut in "This Is Our Youth"

Made NYC stage debut in "The Glory of Living," directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman

Appeared in "Finding Forrester" opposite F Murray Abraham and Sean Connery

Played Polexia Aphrodesia, a soulful groupie in Cameron Crowe's "Almost Famous"

Portrayed Rogue, a genetic mutant who can suck the life from any being, in the big screen version of the Marvel Comic adventure "X-Men"

Appeared as a rebellious hippie chick in the 1960s drama "A Walk on the Moon"

Played Freddie Prinze Jr's younger sister in the frothy teen comedy "She's All That"

Co-starred with Kevin Spacey and Sean Penn as a teen vamp in "Hurlyburly"

Made cameo appearance as the Queen of Spain in the Steven Spielberg directed "Amistad"

US TV acting debut, played Frankie in the USA Network remake of "The Member of the Wedding"

Played foster mother to a flock of geese in the family film "Fly Away Home"

Starred in a series of commercials for MCI

Became the second youngest Oscar winner of all time (to date) when she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her big-screen debut in "The Piano"

Beat out 5,000 girls for the part of Holly Hunter's daughter in Jane Campion's period love story "The Piano"

First acting experience as a skunk in a school ballet