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Anna Paquin Biography

Anna Paquin, Actress
Born asAnna Hélène Paquin
Occup.Actress
FromCanada
SpouseStephen Moyer
BornJuly 24, 1982
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Age42 years
Anna Paquin, born upon July 24, 1982, is a talented Canadian-born New Zealand actress that has made her mark in the Hollywood industry with her dedication and versatile acting abilities. Raised in a family members with a solid history in the arts, Anna was predestined to discover success on the planet of acting.

Birthed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Anna Helene Paquin invested her formative years in New Zealand with her household after they relocated there in 1986. She is the child of Brian Paquin, a high school athletics educator, and Mary Paquin, an English teacher and also a popular New Zealand playwright. Anna is the youngest of three brother or sisters with a bro named Andrew and a sister named Katya.

Anna's all-natural fondness for acting emerged from a very early age. Her interest led her to audition for a duty in the movie, "The Piano," guided by Jane Campion. Interestingly, she had absolutely no acting experience at the time, yet her raw talent was evident. Anna was just 9 years of ages when she was cast as Holly Hunter's little girl, a performance which gained her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. At simply 11 years of ages, she became the second-youngest champion in Oscar background and unsuspectingly introduced her effective acting profession.

After her breakthrough performance in "The Piano," Anna continued to service jobs throughout her teen years, including "Fly Away Home" (1996), "Amistad" (1997), as well as "A Walk on the Moon" (1999). However her occupation absolutely skyrocketed when she was cast as Rogue in the hit movie series "X-Men" in 2000. She portrayed the preferred Marvel Comics personality in several installations, gaining a substantial follower complying with and also strongly developing herself as a leading actress in Hollywood.

Anna's diverse acting capacities led her to deal with various styles in movies as well as tv collection, such as dramas, comedies, as well as dream. Among her notable performances remains in the HBO struck series "True Blood," where she played the function of Sookie Stackhouse from 2008 to 2014. Her efficiency earned her a Golden Globe honor for Best Actress in a Television Series Drama in 2009.

In her individual life, she met and began dating her "True Blood" co-star, Stephen Moyer. The pair obtained engaged in August 2009 and also celebrated a marriage a year later on in an exclusive event in Malibu, California. Together, they have twins, Charlie as well as Poppy.

Throughout her occupation, Anna has remained to test herself in various film functions and television jobs, proving that her acting abilities are far-ranging. A few of her current jobs consist of the television collection "Bellevue" (2017) as well as "Flack" (2019), along with the Martin Scorsese-directed film "The Irishman" (2019). With an outstanding body of job that covers over 3 decades, Anna Paquin continues to be a force to be considered in the entertainment industry, motivating striving actors across the globe.

Our collection contains 32 quotes who is written / told by Anna.

Related authors: Jane Campion (Director), Holly Hunter (Actress), Martin Scorsese (Director), Shawn Ashmore (Actor)

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32 Famous quotes by Anna Paquin

Small: Well, the years from 10 to 20, when your body, mind and everything is like changing every five minutes,
"Well, the years from 10 to 20, when your body, mind and everything is like changing every five minutes, can be pretty torturing. And most of the interesting characters, I think, are somewhat tortured or torturous. I'm 20 now, so I'm only just an adult"
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Small: Im so organised. I never screw up. Ive done it maybe twice before. I check my calendar seven times a da
"I'm so organised. I never screw up. I've done it maybe twice before. I check my calendar seven times a day"
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Small: I like shows or films or books that have messages but dont beat people over the head with them
"I like shows or films or books that have messages but don't beat people over the head with them"
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Small: I have a really, really, really normal family. And by normal I mean were all nuts on some level.
"I have a really, really, really normal family. And by normal I mean we're all nuts on some level. I think you've gotta be a little nuts to pursue any kind of creative job. I was also a really good kid. I know that sounds really dull, but I didn't rebel in the traditional sense"
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Small: Everything about being a teenager and not feeling like you fit in is just magnified by being a mutant!
"Everything about being a teenager and not feeling like you fit in is just magnified by being a mutant!"
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Small: I work out like a maniac and I spray tan a lot. Genetics were kind, but I work very hard
"I work out like a maniac and I spray tan a lot. Genetics were kind, but I work very hard"
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Small: Frankly, no one had ever asked me before. My sexuality is something Im completely comfortable with and
"Frankly, no one had ever asked me before. My sexuality is something I'm completely comfortable with and open about"
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Small: Maybe Im misjudging people, but I feel like a lot of people still have an image of me in a bonnet at ni
"Maybe I'm misjudging people, but I feel like a lot of people still have an image of me in a bonnet at nine years old"
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Small: Its great to have the freedom to enjoy your work and not feel like youre leaving your other life behind
"It's great to have the freedom to enjoy your work and not feel like you're leaving your other life behind"
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Small: Ive never really been one of those girls whos scared of showing a bit of flesh
"I've never really been one of those girls who's scared of showing a bit of flesh"
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Small: I was honestly never a huge school person
"I was honestly never a huge school person"
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Small: You gain and lose different things in different mediums or different sectors of different mediums.
"You gain and lose different things in different mediums or different sectors of different mediums. There are liberties you get on tiny indie films in terms of not having to be designed toward a marketing demographic"
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Small: Im Anna Paquin. Im bisexual and I give a damn
"I'm Anna Paquin. I'm bisexual and I give a damn"
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Small: I was never overexposed and work never became a chore. I was a very good girl wanting to do a good job
"I was never overexposed and work never became a chore. I was a very good girl wanting to do a good job"
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Small: I really liked the idea of focusing on one thing for, hopefully, a long time to come. I also like the i
"I really liked the idea of focusing on one thing for, hopefully, a long time to come. I also like the idea of a consistent lifestyle, as opposed to not really knowing where on the planet you're going to be at any given moment"
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Small: I like a challenge
"I like a challenge"
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Small: I dont know when acting came to be more about awards than about the work. Judging whos better than the
"I don't know when acting came to be more about awards than about the work. Judging who's better than the other person shouldn't be part of why we're doing this job. It should be about entertaining people"
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Small: Just because I do what I do doesnt mean I escaped adolescence, all the bumps and bruises that go along
"Just because I do what I do doesn't mean I escaped adolescence, all the bumps and bruises that go along with it"
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Small: I think, generally, most people cant maintain anything thats particularly strict for very long. I watch
"I think, generally, most people can't maintain anything that's particularly strict for very long. I watch people trying and failing to do that a lot"
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Small: I think its an amazing quality to be able to roll with the punches and not be totally ruined as a perso
"I think it's an amazing quality to be able to roll with the punches and not be totally ruined as a person because life's been rough for you. That's a really admirable way to go through your life"
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Small: I still dont really think about acting that much. I just do it
"I still don't really think about acting that much. I just do it"
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Small: If I dont do laundry today, Im gonna have to buy new clothes tomorrow
"If I don't do laundry today, I'm gonna have to buy new clothes tomorrow"
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Small: Im drawn to doing interesting stuff at work. And some of the time with the supernatural, you get to do
"I'm drawn to doing interesting stuff at work. And some of the time with the supernatural, you get to do really crazy, fun things. But I'm not a big genre-fantasy gal, particularly"
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Small: I just do what feels right. I think the great thing about getting to do what I do is that you can try o
"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"
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Small: I get paid to do the thing I love most, and maybe that makes blending into the crowd impossible sometim
"I get paid to do the thing I love most, and maybe that makes blending into the crowd impossible sometimes, but I wouldn't trade it for the world"
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Small: Everyone is usually screwed up in some way and that is usually where the work comes in - figuring out h
"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"
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Small: None of the characters Ive played are really like me. That would be boring. That wouldnt be acting
"None of the characters I've played are really like me. That would be boring. That wouldn't be acting"
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Small: One hate crime is committed approximately every hour of every day in this country
"One hate crime is committed approximately every hour of every day in this country"
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Small: My sexuality is something Im completely comfortable with and open about. Theres a lot of prejudice towa
"My sexuality is something I'm completely comfortable with and open about. There's a lot of prejudice toward us but the more people talk about it, the less of a big deal it will be. And that will be better for everyone"
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Small: Like most people my age, my job is the main focus of my life. I dont have some kind of jet-setting fabu
"Like most people my age, my job is the main focus of my life. I don't have some kind of jet-setting fabulous lifestyle where I'm constantly in situations to acquire amazing anecdotes, that's it"
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Small: I think that in itself is kind of an amazing achievement to be able to say that your full-time career i
"I think that in itself is kind of an amazing achievement to be able to say that your full-time career is in any creative arts, let alone a show that has kept people interested for coming on four seasons and hopefully more"
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Small: I dont know what it is that Im doing, but Im really enjoying myself. And Im free to do it as much as I
"I don't know what it is that I'm doing, but I'm really enjoying myself. And I'm free to do it as much as I want"
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