Anna Paquin

Name: Anna Paquin
Birth Name: Anna Helene Paquin
Height: 5' 5"
Sex: F
Nationality: Canadian
Birth Date: July 24, 1982
Birth Place: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Profession: actress
Education: Windward School in West Los Angeles, CA (graduated in June 2000)
  Columbia College (entered in August 2000)
Father: Brian Paquin (physical-education; born in 1952; separated in 1995)
Mother: Mary Paquin (English teacher)
Sister: Katya Paquin (born in 1980; represented New Zealand in The World Debate Championship and won)
Brother: Andrew Paquin (born in 1977)
Claim to fame: as Flora McGrath in The Piano (1993)
   
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Wellington
New Zealand
  

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ANNA PAQUIN NEWS AND TRIVIA
  • (1997) While filming the movie AMISTAD in Montreal during the summer, Paquin made a sidetrip to Toronto to film 5 TV commercials for the telepone company of her old hometown in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Paquin delivers the commercials in a variety of costumes in her Canadian accent rather than her New Zealand one.
  • Debbie Allen, had to hide under Anna's hoop skirts and feed her her lines because Anna was having problems with the Spanish dialogue in the movie.
  • Enjoys listening to alternative music
  • Entered Columbia College as a first-year in August 2000. Upon move-in, Anna arrived in a limosine and brought a personal bodyguard.
  • She beat out more than 5,000 girls for the role of Flora in THE PIANO.
  • She enjoys photography.
  • She is a vegetarian.
  • She is the first New Zealander to receive an Oscar for best supporting actress, and is the second-youngest Oscar winner ever
  • She keeps her Oscar in her bedroom closet so her friends won't see it and feel the need to comment on it.
  • She loves watching DAWSON'S CREEK- her favorite character is Pacey
  • She plays the cello.
  • She still hasn't seen all of THE PIANO.
  • When she was younger, she wanted to be the Prime Minister of New Zealand, or a lawyer
  • Was the first choice to play Enola in WATERWORLD (1995).
  • Nominated for Best Kiss at MTV Movie Awards for X2 (2004) - shared with Shawn Ashmore
  • Nominated for Outstanding Performance by the Cast of a Theatrical Motion Picture at Screen Actors Guild Awards for ALMOST FAMOUS (2001)
  • Nominated for Best On-Screen Team at MTV Movie Awards for X-MEN (2000) - shared with Halle Berry, Hugh Jackman, James Marsden
  • Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture at Golden Globe Awards for THE PIANO (1994)

Quotes
  • "Everything about being a teenager and not feeling like you fit in is just magnified by being a mutant!"If I don't do laundry today, I'm gonna have to buy new clothes tomorrow."
  • "None of the characters I've played are really like me. That would be boring. It wouldn't be acting."

Awards
  • Academy Awards: Best Supporting Actress, THE PIANO (1994)
  • Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: Best Supporting Actress, THE PIANO (1994)
FAN SITES  
  • Anna Paquin at Biggeststars.com
    http://www.biggeststars.com/DisplayStar.do?id=800
    Tons of Celeb Pics, Recent News, Biography, Lyrics, Filmography Astrology Profile, Posters, DVD/CD, and much more.
  • The Unofficial Anna Paquin Homepage
    http://djuna.nkino.com/anna/
    Includes news, biography, filmography, articles, photo gallery, online store and related links.
  • Anna Paquin - The Website
    http://www.chez.com/annapaquin/
    French fansite with filmography, news, biography, photos, interview and more.
  • The Anna Paquin Website
    http://www.efanguide.com/~annapaquin/
    Comprehensive fan site, include latest news, bio, filmography, articles, video clips, trivia, and much more.
  • Anna Paquin - Nicest Woman On Earth
    http://www.anna-paquin.de/
    German fansite with news, gallery, biography, filmography, links and more.