- Born
- Birth nameAnna Helene Paquin
- Height1.63 m
- Anna Paquin is the first millennial to have received an Academy Award nomination for acting, and the first to win.
She was born on July 24, 1982 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, to Mary (Brophy), an English teacher from Wellington, New Zealand, and Brian Paquin, a Canadian phys-ed teacher. Anna moved to her mother's native country when she was four years old. Her first acting job ever was at age nine in the movie La Leçon de piano (1993), which was shot in New Zealand. At age 16, she relocated to Los Angeles where she completed her last two years of high school (graduating in 2000). She then moved to New York where she attended Columbia University for one year. Between 2001 and 2004, she worked almost exclusively on stage in both New York and London. In 2007, Anna was cast in HBO's True Blood (2008), which concluded shooting its seventh and final season in 2014.- IMDb mini biography by: Anon
- SpouseStephen Moyer(August 21, 2010 - present) (2 children)
- ChildrenCharlie MoyerPoppy MoyerBilly MoyerLilac Moyer
- ParentsBrian PaquinMary Paquin
- RelativesAndrew Paquin(Sibling)Katya Paquin(Sibling)
- Gap in teeth
- Husky voice
- Petite figure
- One of the few actors or actresses to receive an Academy Award without being a professional actor beforehand. Anna didn't plan on acting, even when she went to audition for the role that won her an Oscar. She was accompanying her sister to the audition.
- She keeps her Oscar statue in her bedroom closet so her friends won't see it and feel the need to comment on it.
- Gave birth to her twins (her first and second children) at age 30, a son Charlie Moyer and a daughter Poppy Moyer on September 12, 2012. Children's father is her husband, Stephen Moyer. She delivered them two months early via emergency cesarean section.
- Announced her engagement to Stephen Moyer on August 5, 2009. They met on the set of True Blood (2008), and were a couple by the pilot episode. He proposed to her on a beach in Hawaii with a vintage-style ring.
- Though she was born in Canada, she considers herself a Kiwi from New Zealand since she grew up there.
- There are very few films or plays or anything about really happy people with perfect lives. Everyone is usually screwed up in some way and that is usually where the work comes in - figuring out how to make it believable and make it real to present someone's problems that you don't necessarily actually know anything about. I mean it is not challenging to be happy all the time. I don't think I could do it!
- I just do what feels right. I think the great thing about getting to do what I do is that you can try out being a different person without having to screw up your life to do it.
- You'll live a full and happy life if you pursue things you think are important and live the life you want to live.
- [on her bisexuality] For me, it's not really an issue because I'm someone who believes being bisexual is actually a thing. It's not made up. It's not a lack of decision. It's not being greedy or numerous other ignorant things I've heard at this point. For a bisexual, it's not about gender. That's not the deciding factor for who they're attracted to.
- [speaking about equality for The Elton John Give a Damn Campaign] I'm Anna Paquin. I'm bisexual and I give a damn.
- True Blood (2008) - $75,000 /episode
- True Blood (2008) - $275,000 per episode (2013-2014)
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