Anna Paquin

Anna Hélène Paquin born July 24 1982 is a CanadianNew Zealand actress Born in Winnipeg and raised in Wellington Paquin made her acting debut portraying Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film The Piano 1993 for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age 11 making her the secondyoungest winner in Oscar history As a child actress she received multiple Young Artist Award nominations for her roles in Fly Away Home 1996 The Member of the Wedding 1997 and A Walk on the Moon 1999 and a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for appearing in Cameron Crowes comedydrama film Almost Famous 2000 She also appeared in the films Jane Eyre 1996 and Amistad 1997 Paquin continued to perform prominent roles into adulthood portraying mutant superheroine Rogue in the 20th Century Fox XMen franchise 20002014 for which she was nominated for a Saturn Award for her performance in the first installment Her other film credits include 25th Hour 2002 Trick r Treat 2007 Margaret 2011 The Good Dinosaur 2015 and The Irishman 2019 She played the lead role of Sookie Stackhouse in the HBO vampire drama television series True Blood 20082014 For her performance in the series Paquin won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in 2009 and was nominated for an additional Golden Globe Award as well as three Saturn Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2010 Among other accolades Paquin was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for her work on the television film Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee 2007 She received an additional Golden Globe Award nomination for her work on the television film The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler 2009