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{{Infobox person
| name               = Anna Paquin
| image              = AnnaPaquinToronto2018.jpg
| caption            = Paquin in 2018
| birth_name         = 
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1982|7|24}}
| birth_place        = [[Winnipeg]], Manitoba, Canada
| other names        = Anna Emery<ref>{{Cite Instagram |user=_annapaquin |date=23 September 2019 |title=#intheopen2020 Are you signed up yet? #crossfit #strongisbeautiful #chickswholift |postid=B2vrDWuBpIK |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/_annapaquin/2139117694577185290 |archive-date=21 July 2022 |access-date=15 July 2022 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite Instagram |user=_annapaquin |date=12 October 2019 |title=And my score card... |postid=B3g2xTIBzqg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/_annapaquin/2152961504184842912 |archive-date=21 July 2022 |access-date=16 July 2022 |url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
| citizenship        = {{hlist|New Zealand|Canada}}
| years_active       = 1993–present
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actress}}
| spouse             = {{marriage|[[Stephen Moyer]]|2010}}
| children           = 2
| awards             = [[List of awards and nominations received by Anna Paquin|Full list]]
}}

'''Anna Paquin''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|p|æ|k|w|ɪ|n}} {{respell|PAK|win}}; born 24 July 1982) is a New Zealand<!--Do NOT add "Canadian". There is an ongoing talk page conversation that you can participate in instead.--> actress.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/entertainment/anna-paquin-discusses-returning-to-canada-for-bellevue-and-alias-grace-1.3287932 | title=Anna Paquin discusses returning to Canada for 'Bellevue' and 'Alias Grace' | date=16 February 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.vulture.com/2016/08/anna-paquin-to-star-in-netflix-cbc-alias-grace.html | title=Anna Paquin is Canadian Enough to Star in Netflix and CBC's Adaptation of Margaret Atwood's Alias Grace | date=16 August 2016 }}</ref> She made her acting debut in the romantic drama film ''[[The Piano]]'' (1993), for which she won the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]] at age 11, becoming the [[List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees|second-youngest winner in Oscar history]].<ref name="Paquinny07">{{cite news|last=Crisell|first=Luke|title=Rogue Star|magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|date=21 May 2007|url=https://nymag.com/movies/features/32118/|access-date=21 May 2007|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070523084415/http://nymag.com/movies/features/32118/| archive-date= 23 May 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/profiles/anna-paquin/|title=Anna Paquin. Biography, news, photos and videos|website=[[Hello! (magazine)|Hello!]]|date=8 October 2009 |access-date=24 July 2017}}</ref> As a child actress, she had roles in ''[[Fly Away Home]]'' (1996), ''[[Jane Eyre (1996 film)|Jane Eyre]]'' (1996), ''[[Amistad (film)|Amistad]]'' (1997), ''[[The Member of the Wedding]]'' (1997), and ''[[A Walk on the Moon]]'' (1999), as well as in [[Cameron Crowe]]'s comedy drama film ''[[Almost Famous]]'' (2000).

Paquin continued to perform prominent roles into adulthood, portraying [[Rogue (Marvel Comics)|Rogue]] in the [[X-Men (film series)|''X-Men'' franchise]] (2000–2006; 2014). Her other film credits include ''[[25th Hour]]'' (2002), ''[[Trick 'r Treat]]'' (2007), ''[[Margaret (2011 film)|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]]'' (2008–2014), for which she won a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama|Golden Globe Award for Best Actress]] in 2009.<ref name="golden">{{cite web|url=https://www.goldenglobes.com/person/anna-paquin|title=Biography – Anna Paquin|access-date=4 July 2018|website=[[Golden Globe Awards]]}}</ref> Among other accolades, Paquin was nominated for a [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie|Primetime Emmy Award]] and a [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Series, Miniseries or Television Film|Golden Globe Award]] for her work in the television film ''[[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)|Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee]]'' (2007), in addition to a further Golden Globe nomination for her work in the television film ''[[The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler]]'' (2009).

== Early life ==
Paquin was born on 24 July 1982<ref>{{cite news |title=Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 19–25 |url=https://apnews.com/article/major-brian-may-entertainment-celebrity-music-acc3d28c41518d30afc4a79c03cbbce9 |access-date=15 September 2022 |work=[[Associated Press]] |date=13 July 2020}}</ref> in [[Winnipeg]], Manitoba, Canada.<ref name="Tollestrup">{{cite interview |title=Interview: Anna Paquin |url=http://159.54.226.237/07_issues/070916/070916whosnews_anna_paquin.html |magazine=[[USA Weekend]] |interviewer-last=Tollestrup |interviewer-first=Jon |date=16 September 2007 |access-date=4 July 2018 |archive-date=26 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626110829/http://159.54.226.237/07_issues/070916/070916whosnews_anna_paquin.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> Her father, Brian Paquin, is a Canadian retired [[physical education]] teacher,<ref name="Brian">{{cite web |last=Paquin |first=Brian |title=Spotlight on a Staff Member |url=https://hail.to/raphael-house-rudolf-steiner-school/article/imUz7Fk |access-date=22 October 2022 |date=9 April 2021}}</ref> and her mother, Mary<ref name="latimes">{{cite news|last=Dutka|first=Elaine|date=11 January 1994|title=A Young Star is Born in 'Piano'|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-01-11-ca-10819-story.html|access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref> ({{nee|Brophy}}), is a New Zealand<ref name="Taylor">{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=Kate |title=Just a small-town girl with a taste for the undead |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/just-a-small-town-girl-with-a-taste-for-the-undead/article20387150/ |access-date=22 October 2022 |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |date=5 September 2008}}</ref><ref name="Ana Douglas">{{cite web |last=Douglas |first=Ana |title=HAPPY CANADA DAY: These 10 Hollywood Actors All Hail From The North |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/these-10-hollywood-actors-all-hail-from-canada-2012-6 |website=[[Business Insider]] |access-date=22 October 2022 |date=1 July 2012}}</ref> teacher of English from Wellington. Paquin is the youngest of three children, with a brother and a sister.<ref name="Reuters">{{cite news |title=Studios rush to cash in on Oscar night's cachet |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/133330230/ |access-date=11 June 2024 |work=[[Toronto Star]] |agency=[[Reuters]] |date=23 March 1994 |location=Los Angeles |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref><ref name="guardian1">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/aug/06/features.magazine |newspaper=[[The Observer]] |title=X Appeal |date=6 August 2000 |access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref><ref name="macdonald">{{cite news |last=MacDonald |first=Marianne |title=Anna Paquin: interview for 'True Blood' |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/6255974/Anna-Paquin-interview-for-True-Blood.html |access-date=22 October 2022 |newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |date=4 October 2009}}</ref> Her father is of Dutch and French descent.<ref>{{cite news|title=Agnes Tuckwell (nee Janzen)|newspaper=Winnipeg Free Press|url=https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-267913/TUCKWELL_AGNES}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|number=667045554799554560|user=AnnaPaquin|title=@merriday_brandy irish/french/dutch same deal for me<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |date=18 November 2015}}</ref> Paquin has stated that all her maternal great-grandparents emigrated to New Zealand from Ireland due to the [[Great Famine (Ireland)|Great Famine]].<ref>{{cite Instagram |user=_annapaquin |title=My #restingbitchface and I hope you are all enjoying #stpatricksday responsibly! Oh and though I'm one of "those" who claims Irish having never set foot in the country (yet) my mum holds an Irish passport cos ALL her grandparents were born there and only left because due to #potatofamine .... so I'm not a total fraud 💚 oh and look!!! I own an item of clothing that isn't black! |postid=BvIY1IKgj-s |access-date=15 September 2022 |date=18 March 2019}}</ref>

In 1986, the family relocated to Wellington,<ref name="Reuters" /> where Paquin would attend [[Raphael House Rudolf Steiner School]],<ref name="Brian" /> [[Hutt Intermediate School]]<ref name="tapaleao">{{cite news |last1=Tapaleao |first1=Vaimoana |last2=Young |first2=Audrey |title=Paquin marries true love |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/paquin-marries-true-love/IGQTXTQJXB5DNKYZQYI567K7X4/ |access-date=21 October 2022 |work=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=23 August 2010}}</ref> and [[Wellington Girls' College]].<ref name="home">{{Cite news |last=Verhaeghe |first=Melanie |date=Summer 1994|title=Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star|magazine=[[Homemakers (magazine)|Homemakers]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Prospectus 2021 |url=https://wgc.school.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/WGC-Prospectus-2021-V4.pdf |website=[[Wellington Girls' College]] |access-date=22 October 2022 |date=April 2020}}</ref> Her parents divorced when she was 12 years old.<ref name="macdonald" /> After relocating to the United States at age 16,<ref name="Taylor" /> Paquin attended [[Windward School]], where she graduated in 2000.<ref>{{cite web |title=Windward School {{!}} Alumni Spotlight: Anna Paquin '00 |url=https://windwardschool.myschoolapp.com/page/news-detail?pk=1051645&siteId=881&ssl=1 |access-date=22 October 2022 |date=7 September 2016}}</ref><ref name="calsun">{{cite news |last=Hobson |first=Louis B. |date=2 September 1996 |title=Real-Life Acting Difficult for Paquin |newspaper=[[Calgary Sun]]}}</ref> Paquin studied for one year at [[Columbia College, Columbia University|Columbia College]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/x-patriate-anna-paquin/HDJYWZ7SDPHFL5QTHWDAFBOS7A/ |newspaper=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |title=X Patriate Anna Paquin |date=18 April 2003 |access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref> where she lived in [[Carman Hall]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Columbia Spectator 25 March 2005 — Columbia Spectator|url=https://spectatorarchive.library.columbia.edu/?a=d&d=cs20050325-03&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-%22Julia+Stiles%22------|access-date=12 January 2022|website=[[Columbia University]]}}</ref> and subsequently dropped out to continue her acting career.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lorge|first=Sarah|date=September 2000|title=Young Lions of Stage and Screen|url=http://www.college.columbia.edu/cct_archive/sep00/sep00_feature_acting.html|access-date=9 December 2020|website=[[Columbia College (New York)]]}}</ref> She holds dual New Zealand<ref>{{cite tweet|number=746538754257494016|user=AnnaPaquin|title=@ExpertTerrorism @Variety @HillaryClinton I'm not an american, so I don't get to vote. In New Zealand where I am a citizen I vote @NZGreens<!-- full text of tweet that Twitter returned to the bot (excluding links) added by TweetCiteBot. This may be better truncated or may need expanding (TW limits responses to 140 characters) or case changes. --> |access-date=29 June 2016|date=25 June 2016}}</ref> and Canadian citizenship.<ref name="Tollestrup" /><ref name="Ana Douglas" />

== Career ==
[[File:Anna Paquin 2009 adjusted.jpg|thumb|Paquin at the 25th Annual [[Paley Center for Media|Paley Television Festival]], April 2009|257x257px]]
Director [[Jane Campion]] was looking for a little girl to play a main role in ''[[The Piano]]'', set to film in New Zealand, and a newspaper advertisement was run announcing an open audition. Paquin's sister read the ad and went to try out with a friend; this inspired Paquin to audition. When Campion met Paquin—whose only acting experience had been as a [[skunk]] in a school play—she was very impressed with the nine-year-old's performance of the monologue about Flora's father, and she was chosen from among the 5000 candidates.<ref name="latimes" /> When ''The Piano'' was released in 1993 it was lauded by critics, won prizes at a number of film festivals, and eventually became a popular film among a wide audience. Paquin's debut performance in the film earned her the 1994 [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]] at the age of 11, making her the second-youngest [[Academy Awards|Oscar]] winner in history, behind [[Tatum O'Neal]].<ref name="latimes" />

''The Piano'' was made as a small [[independent film]] and was not expected to be widely known, and Paquin and her family did not plan to continue to pursue acting.<ref name="home" /> However, she was invited to the [[William Morris Endeavor|William Morris Agency]], and she kept receiving offers for new roles. She systematically rejected them, but she did appear in three commercials for the phone company [[MCI Communications|MCI]] in 1994.<ref name="VZNewsRelease">{{cite news|location=New York|date=5 January 2006|title=Verizon and MCI Close Merger, Creating a Stronger Competitor for Advanced Communications Services|url=http://newscenter.verizon.com/press-releases/verizon/2006/page-29672197.html|work=[[Verizon Communications]]}}{{Dead link|date=March 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> She later made a series of television commercials for [[Manitoba Telecom Systems]] in her birth city of Winnipeg.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://djuna.cine21.com/anna/27.html |work=[[CNW Group]] |date=6 October 1997 |title=Anna Paquin to be MTS's Celebrity Spokesperson Academy Award Winning Actor Stars in MTS Commercials Beginning Today |access-date=29 August 2011 |location=[[Winnipeg]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512061235/http://djuna.cine21.com/anna/27.html |archive-date=12 May 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> She also appeared as a voice in an audiobook entitled [[The Magnificent Nose and Other Marvels|''The Magnificent Nose'']] in 1994. In 1996, she appeared in two films. The first role was as young Jane in ''[[Jane Eyre (1996 film)|Jane Eyre]]''. The other was a lead part in ''[[Fly Away Home]]'' playing a young girl who, after her mother dies, moves in with her father and finds solace in taking care of orphaned goslings.<ref name="people">{{cite news|last=Lambert|first=Pam|date=16 April 1996|title=Paquicking it in|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|url=http://djuna.cine21.com/anna/07.html|url-status=dead|access-date=31 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080512060256/http://djuna.cine21.com/anna/07.html|archive-date=12 May 2008}}</ref> As a teenager, she had roles in other films, including ''[[A Walk on the Moon]]'', ''[[Finding Forrester]]'', ''[[Amistad (1997 film)|Amistad]]'', ''[[Hurlyburly (film)|Hurlyburly]]'', ''[[She's All That]]'' and ''[[Almost Famous]]'' as well as the English dub of ''[[Castle in the Sky]]''.

Paquin played the [[Mutant (Marvel Comics)|mutant superhero]] [[Rogue (Marvel Comics)|Rogue]] in the [[Marvel Comics]] movie ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]'' in 2000,<ref name="Paquinny07" /> its sequel ''[[X2 (film)|X2]]'' in 2003, and its third installment, ''[[X-Men: The Last Stand]]'', in 2006. Between 2006 and 2007, she starred in, as well as [[executive producer|executive-produced]] ''[[Blue State (film)|Blue State]]''. The film is made by ''Paquin Films'', a production company formed by her and her brother, Andrew.<ref>{{cite interview |url=http://www.ifilmalliance.com/newsevents/newsletter/newsletter26.php |title=Anna Paquin: filmmaker and risk-taker |website=Independent Filmmakers Alliance Newsletter |date=25 August 2006 |access-date=23 April 2010 |interviewer-first=Karina |interviewer-last=Halle |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729190840/http://www.ifilmalliance.com/newsevents/newsletter/newsletter26.php |archive-date=29 July 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In November 2006, she completed the film ''[[Margaret (2011 film)|Margaret]]'', which was released in 2011. She played [[Elaine Goodale]] in [[HBO]]'s made-for-TV film ''[[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)|Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee]]'', based on [[Dee Brown (novelist)|Dee Brown]]'s best-seller, garnering a [[Primetime Emmy Award]] nomination. In 2007, she played the role of Laurie in the horror film ''[[Trick 'r Treat]]'', which was released in 2009.
[[File:Anna Paquin Comic-Con 2012.jpg|left|thumb|234x234px|Paquin at the 2012 [[San Diego Comic-Con]]]]
Paquin was cast as waitress [[Sookie Stackhouse]] in the HBO series ''[[True Blood]]'' in 2008, her first role in a TV series. The show is based on ''[[The Southern Vampire Mysteries]]'' series of novels by [[Charlaine Harris]], set in the fictional town of Bon Temps, Louisiana. The series saw Paquin doing nude scenes for the first time. While working on ''True Blood'', she started dating co-star [[Stephen Moyer]] and later married him in 2010. In 2009, Paquin played [[Irena Sendler]], a Polish woman hailed as a heroine of [[the Holocaust]], in ''[[The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler]]'', a [[CBS]] TV film biographical film based on the book ''Mother of the Children of the Holocaust: The Irena Sendler Story'', by Anna Mieszkowska. The film was made in Latvia, and was a [[Hallmark Hall of Fame]] presentation for the network.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news.aspx?id=20090211cbs02 |title=Academy Award And Recent Golden Globe Award Winner Anna Paquin Stars in 'The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler,' A New "Hallmark Hall Of Fame" Presentation to Be Broadcast Sunday, 19 April on the CBS Television Network |publisher=[[CBS]] [[press release]] |work=thefutoncritic.com |date=12 May 2008 |access-date=23 April 2010}}</ref>

In 2010, Paquin's film ''[[The Romantics (film)|The Romantics]]'', a romantic comedy with [[Josh Duhamel]] and [[Katie Holmes]], was released in the US at selected cinemas in September. She played a cameo role in ''[[Scream 4]]'', alongside [[Kristen Bell]] in 2011.<ref name="usatoday">{{cite news|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2010/08/anna-paquin-and-kristen-bell-to-appear-in-scream-4/1|newspaper=[[USA Today]]|title=Anna Paquin and Kristen Bell to appear in 'Scream 4'|date=25 August 2010|first=Cindy|last=Clark|access-date=2 May 2013}}</ref> She also played the voice of Kristin on an episode of ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]''. Paquin reprised her role as Rogue in the 2014 film ''[[X-Men: Days of Future Past]]'', but most of her scenes were cut out for the theatrical release.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://collider.com/x-men-days-of-future-past-ellen-page-anna-paquin/|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|title=Anna Paquin, Ellen Page, and Shawn Ashmore Returning for X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST|date=26 January 2013|first=Adam|last=Chitwood|access-date=30 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=117225|website=comingsoon.net|title=Anna Paquin's Rogue Will be Present for X-Men: Days of Future Past|date=16 April 2014|access-date=11 May 2015|archive-date=6 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006155829/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=117225|url-status=dead}}</ref> An alternative version of the film with all of Paquin's scenes reinstated was released as ''[[X-Men: Days of Future Past#The Rogue Cut|The Rogue Cut]]'' on 14 July 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.superherohype.com/news/339801-bryan-singer-reveals-x-men-days-of-future-past-rogue-cut-release-date|title=Bryan Singer Reveals X-Men: Days of Future Past Rogue Cut Release Date |last=Evry|first=Max|date=5 May 2015|publisher=[[Periscope (app)|Periscope]]|work=superherohype.com|access-date=12 June 2015}}</ref> Paquin voiced Ramsey in [[Pixar|Disney•Pixar]]'s film ''[[The Good Dinosaur]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.disney.com/insider/2015/06/12/meet-the-new-cast-of-disneypixars-the-good-dinosaur/|title=Meet the New Cast of Disney•Pixar's The Good Dinosaur |website=The Walt Disney Company|date= 12 June 2015|access-date=12 June 2015}}</ref> She also played Nancy Holt, the wife of a [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] soldier, in the 2016 miniseries ''[[Roots (2016 miniseries)|Roots]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/news/roots-forest-whitaker-anna-paquin-jonathan-rhys-meyers-1201595185/|title='Roots' TV Movie Adds Forest Whitaker, Anna Paquin, More to Cast|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date= 16 September 2015|access-date=10 October 2015}}</ref>

In June 2016, the [[Human Rights Campaign]] released a video in tribute to the victims of the [[Orlando nightclub shooting]]; in the video, Paquin and others told the stories of the people killed there.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hrc.org/blog/watch-49-celebrities-honor-49-victims-of-orlando-tragedy-in-new-ryan-murphy |title=49 Celebrities Honor 49 Victims of Orlando Tragedy &#124; Human Rights Campaign |website=Hrc.org |access-date=30 June 2016 |archive-date=23 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160823154109/http://www.hrc.org/blog/watch-49-celebrities-honor-49-victims-of-orlando-tragedy-in-new-ryan-murphy |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Rothaus |first=Steve |date=12 June 2016 |title=Pulse Orlando shooting scene a popular LGBT club where employees, patrons 'like family' |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/gay-south-florida/article83301677.html |newspaper=[[Miami Herald]] |access-date=15 June 2016}}</ref> Later in 2017 Paquin starred in television series ''[[Bellevue (TV series)|Bellevue]]'', also being the executive producer,<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Saraiya|first=Sonia|date=23 January 2018|title=TV Review: 'Bellevue,' Starring Anna Paquin|url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/reviews/bellevue-anna-paquin-wgn-tv-review-1202674178/|access-date=30 January 2022|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> and acted as Nancy Montgomery in the television miniseries ''[[Alias Grace (miniseries)|Alias Grace]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kickham|first=Dylan|date=1 November 2017|title=Anna Paquin signs on for 'Alias Grace' miniseries on Netflix|url=https://ew.com/article/2016/08/16/anna-paquin-alias-grace/|access-date=30 January 2022|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> In 2018, she acted in husband [[Stephen Moyer]]'s directorial debut, ''[[The Parting Glass (film)|The Parting Glass]]'',<ref>{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2017/01/anna-paquin-stephen-moyer-the-parting-glass-true-blood-1201890515/ |title=Stephen Moyer To Helm 'The Parting Glass'; Anna Paquin Stars |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=20 January 2017}}</ref> and in [[Laurie Collyer]]'s comedy-drama film ''[[Furlough (film)|Furlough]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Scheck|first=Frank|date=15 March 2018|title='Furlough': Film Review|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/furlough-1094685|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=9 May 2018}}</ref>

In 2019, Paquin appeared in [[Martin Scorsese]]'s critically acclaimed drama, ''[[The Irishman]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://deadline.com/2017/10/anna-paquin-the-irishman-robert-de-niro-martin-scorsese-al-pacno-1202181148/ |title=Anna Paquin To Play De Niro's Daughter In Martin Scorsese's 'The Irishman' For Netflix |last=Pedersen |first=Erik |date=3 October 2017 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |access-date=3 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171003225123/http://deadline.com/2017/10/anna-paquin-the-irishman-robert-de-niro-martin-scorsese-al-pacno-1202181148/ |archive-date=3 October 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> That year, she also produced and starred as Robyn in television series ''[[Flack (TV series)|Flack]]''<ref>{{cite news|last=Schaffstall|first=Katherine|date=12 March 2018|title=Anna Paquin to Star in Pop TV's New Limited Series 'Flack'|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/anna-paquin-star-pop-tvs-new-limited-series-flack-1093798|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> and appeared in the television series ''[[The Affair (TV series)|The Affair]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Kinane|first=Ruth|title=Anna Paquin teases what's to come on the final season of 'The Affair'|url=https://ew.com/tv/2019/07/17/anna-paquin-talks-final-season-of-the-affair/|date=17 July 2019|access-date=30 January 2022|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> In 2021, she portrayed the wife of [[Kurt Warner]] in the biographical Christian sports film, ''[[American Underdog]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2021/01/anna-paquin-zachary-levi-american-underdog-the-kurt-warner-story-1234673140/|title=Anna Paquin Set To Star In 'American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story' Opposite Zachary Levi|date=13 January 2021|last1=N'Duka|first1=Amanda|last2=D'Alessandro|first2=Anthony|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=26 December 2021}}</ref>

In 2022, Paquin starred in ''[[A Friend of the Family (TV series)|A Friend of the Family]]'' for [[Peacock (streaming service)|Peacock]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/peacock-true-crime-series-broberg-kidnapping-anna-paquin-jake-lacy-colin-hanks-lio-tipton-1235182410/|title=Peacock Orders True Crime Series 'Friend of the Family' With Anna Paquin, Jake Lacy, Colin Hanks, Lio Tipton|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Joe|last=Otterson|date=15 February 2022|access-date=6 April 2022}}</ref>

Paquin will star in ''True Spirit'' alongside [[Teagan Croft]] and [[Cliff Curtis]]. It will be aired on Netflix in February 2023. The movie is based on the journey of [[Jessica Watson]], an Australian sailor who attempted solo global [[circumnavigation]] at 16 years old.

== Personal life ==
[[File:Stephen Moyer & Anna Paquin.jpg|thumb|Paquin with husband and ''[[True Blood]]'' costar [[Stephen Moyer]], 2009]]
On 5 August 2009, Paquin announced her engagement to her ''True Blood'' co-star [[Stephen Moyer]],<ref name="tapaleao" /> whom she had been dating since filming the series pilot in 2007.<ref>{{cite news |last=DiNunno |first=Gina |title=Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer Get Engaged |url=https://www.tvguide.com/news/anna-paquin-stephen-1008700/ |access-date=22 October 2022 |website=[[TV Guide]] |date=5 August 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Silverman|first=Stephen M.|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20296172,00.html|title=Anna Paquin & Stephen Moyer Are Engaged!&nbsp;– Engagements, Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=5 August 2009|access-date=23 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100729192602/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20296172,00.html|archive-date=29 July 2010}}</ref> They married on 21 August 2010 at a private residence in [[Malibu, California]].<ref name="tapaleao" /><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/entertainment/celebrity/True-Blood-Co-Stars-Get-Hitched-101244224.html |title="True Blood" Co-Stars Get Hitched |work=[[WNBC]] |access-date=22 August 2010 |date=22 August 2010 |first=David |last=Chiu}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/healthylifestyle/news/anna-paquin-and-stephen-moyer-get-married-2010218 |title=Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer Get Married! |access-date=22 August 2010 |magazine=[[Us Weekly]] |date=21 August 2010}}</ref> Paquin gave birth to [[fraternal twins]] on 12 September 2012.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://people.com/parents/true-blood-anna-paquin-stephen-moyer-twins-born/|title=Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer Welcome Twins|first1=Sarah |last1=Michaud |first2=Julie|last2=Jordan|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=11 September 2012 |access-date=11 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lifeandstylemag.com/entertainment/news/its-baby-boy-and-girl-anna-paquin-and-stephen-moyer-exclusive |title=It's a Baby Boy and a Girl for Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer! |work=[[Life & Style (magazine)|Life & Style]] |date=14 November 2012 |access-date=14 November 2012 |archive-date=17 November 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117101312/http://www.lifeandstylemag.com/entertainment/news/its-baby-boy-and-girl-anna-paquin-and-stephen-moyer-exclusive |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://people.com/parents/anna-paquin-stephen-moyer-name-twins-charlie-poppy/|title=Stephen Moyer Reveals Names of Twins with Anna Paquin|magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]]|date=12 June 2013|access-date=22 October 2022}}</ref> She has a stepson and a stepdaughter through her marriage to Moyer.<ref name="macdonald" /> The couple reside in [[Venice, California]]<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Romeyn|first=Kathryn|title=Inside Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer's Driftwood-Like L.A. Abode|date=8 September 2020|access-date=1 July 2023|magazine=[[Architectural Digest]]|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/inside-anna-paquin-stephen-moyer-venice-home|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200910061736/https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/inside-anna-paquin-stephen-moyer-venice-home|archive-date=10 September 2020}}</ref> and visit New Zealand yearly to see Paquin's family.<ref>{{cite AV media |url=https://www.1news.co.nz/2019/03/04/anna-paquin-opens-up-on-leaving-nz-at-a-young-age-and-her-new-show-flack/ |title=Anna Paquin opens up on leaving NZ at a young age and her new show Flack |date=4 March 2019 | access-date=6 September 2023| time=3:45 |work=[[1 News]]|quote=She still calls New Zealand home, and gets back at least once a year so her children can spend time with their cousins.}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

In 2010, Paquin [[coming out|came out]] as [[bisexual]] in a [[public service announcement]] for the Give a Damn campaign as part of the [[True Colors Fund]], an [[advocacy group]] organised by [[Cyndi Lauper]] dedicated to [[LGBT rights by country or territory|LGBT equality]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Singh|first=Anita|title=True Blood star Anna Paquin comes out as bisexual|date=1 April 2010|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/7546031/True-Blood-star-Anna-Paquin-comes-out-as-bisexual.html|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=22 October 2022}}</ref> The video features Anna Paquin stating, "I'm Anna Paquin. I'm bisexual, and I give a damn."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/01/anna-paquin-im-bisexual_n_521444.html|title=Anna Paquin: I'm Bisexual (VIDEO)|date=1 June 2010|website=[[The Huffington Post]]|access-date=11 May 2012}}</ref> When asked about her participation in the video, Paquin said her sexuality hadn't been a secret but that she hadn't "ever had an opportunity to speak out about [it] in a way that would be useful. Obviously I know that one person's voice doesn't necessarily do that much, but I just wanted to do my bit."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/04/anna-paquin-why-i-came-ou_n_601160.html|title=Anna Paquin: Why I Came Out As Bisexual|website=[[The Huffington Post]]|date=4 June 2010|access-date=11 May 2012}}</ref> In May 2012, in an ''[[Us Weekly]]'' interview Paquin rejected the notion that bisexuality is a choice. "My sexuality is not made up, for a bisexual, it's not about gender. That's not the deciding factor to who they're attracted to," stated Paquin.<ref>{{cite news|last=Macaluso |first=Beth Anne |title=Pregnant Anna Paquin: My Bisexuality Is Not "Made Up" |magazine=[[Us Weekly]] |date=3 May 2012 |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/anna-paquin-my-bisexuality-is-not-a-choice-201235}}</ref> In 2014, she described herself on [[Twitter]] as "Proud to be a happily married bisexual mother".<ref>{{cite news |last=Nichols |first=James |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/anna-paquin-bisexual-mother_n_5484365 |title="Anna Paquin Declares She Is A 'Happily Married Bisexual Mother" |website=[[The Huffington Post]] |date=11 February 2014 |access-date=22 October 2022}}</ref>

Paquin also supports other charities and foundations such as the [[Children's Hospital Los Angeles]], [[Make-A-Wish Foundation]], [[Elton John AIDS Foundation]], and The Art of Elysium.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/1720-anna-paquin|title=Anna Paquin's Charity Work bio|website=Look To The Stars}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
! class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
| 1993
| data-sort-value="Piano, The" | ''[[The Piano]]''
| Flora McGrath
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1996
| ''[[Jane Eyre (1996 film)|Jane Eyre]]''
| Young [[Jane Eyre (character)|Jane Eyre]]
|
|
|-
| ''[[Fly Away Home]]''
| Amy Alden
|
|
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Amistad (film)|Amistad]]''
| [[Isabella II of Spain|Queen Isabella II of Spain]]
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |1998
| ''[[Hurlyburly (film)|Hurlyburly]]''
| Donna
|
|
|-
| ''[[Castle in the Sky]]''
| Sheeta (voice)
| 2003 English dub
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1999
| ''{{sortname|A|Walk on the Moon}}''
| Alison Kantrowitz
|
|
|-
| ''[[She's All That]]''
| Mackenzie Siler
|
|
|-
| ''[[It's the Rage (film)|It's the Rage]]''
| Annabel Lee
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2000
| ''[[X-Men (film)|X-Men]]''
| [[Rogue (Marvel Comics)|Marie / Rogue]]
|
|
|-
| ''[[Almost Famous]]''
| Polexia Aphrodisia
|
|
|-
| ''[[Finding Forrester]]''
| Claire Spence
|
|
|-
| 2001
| ''[[Buffalo Soldiers (2001 film)|Buffalo Soldiers]]''
| Robyn Lee
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2002
| ''[[Darkness (2002 film)|Darkness]]''
| Regina
|
|
|-
| ''[[25th Hour]]''
| Mary D'Annunzio
|
|
|-
| 2003
| ''[[X2 (film)|X2]]''
| [[Rogue (Marvel Comics)|Marie / Rogue]]
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2005
| ''[[Steamboy]]''
| James Ray Steam (voice)
| English dub
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Squid and the Whale}}''
| Lili
|
|
|-
| 2006
| ''[[X-Men: The Last Stand]]''
| [[Rogue (Marvel Comics)|Marie / Rogue]]
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2007
| ''[[Blue State (film)|Blue State]]''
| Chloe Hamon
| Also [[executive producer]]
|<ref>{{cite interview |interviewer-last=Horowitz |interviewer-first=Josh |title=Anna Paquin, Breckin Meyer Talk 'Blue State,' Why 'Garfield' Saga Isn't Over |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/k6c0jx/anna-paquin-breckin-meyer-talk-blue-state-why-garfield-saga-isnt-over |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221028203928/https://www.mtv.com/news/k6c0jx/anna-paquin-breckin-meyer-talk-blue-state-why-garfield-saga-isnt-over |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 October 2022 |work=[[MTV News]] |access-date=28 October 2022 |location=New York City |date=1 May 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Anna Paquin Visits "Blue State" |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anna-paquin-visits-blue-state/ |access-date=28 October 2022 |work=[[CBS News]] |date=4 May 2007}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Mosaic (film)|Mosaic]]''
| Maggie (voice)
|
|
|-
| ''[[Trick 'r Treat]]''
| Laurie
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2010
| ''{{sortname|The|Romantics|The Romantics (film)}}''
| Lila Hayes
|
|
|-
| ''[[Open House (2010 film)|Open House]]''
| Jennie
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2011
| ''[[Scream 4]]''
| Rachel
| [[Cameo appearance|Cameo]]
|
|-
| ''[[Margaret (2011 film)|Margaret]]''
| Lisa Cohen
|
|
|-
| ''{{sortname|The|Carrier|nolink=1}}''
| Kim
| Short film
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2013
| ''[[Straight A's]]''
| Katherine
|
|
|-
| ''[[Free Ride (2013 film)|Free Ride]]''
| Christina
| Also producer
|
|-
| 2014
| ''[[X-Men: Days of Future Past]]''
| [[Rogue (Marvel Comics)|Marie / Rogue]]
| Cameo; expanded role in ''[[X-Men: Days of Future Past#The Rogue Cut|The Rogue Cut]]''
|
|-
| 2015
| data-sort-value="Good Dinosaur, The" | ''[[The Good Dinosaur]]''
| Ramsey (voice)
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2018
| ''[[Furlough (film)|Furlough]]''
| Lily Benson
|
|
|-
| data-sort-value="Parting Glass, The" | ''[[The Parting Glass (film)|The Parting Glass]]''
| Colleen
| Also producer
|
|-
| ''[[Tell It to the Bees]]''
| Dr. Jean Markham
|
|
|-
| 2019
| data-sort-value="Irishman, The" | ''[[The Irishman]]''
| Peggy Sheeran
|
|
|-
| 2021
| ''[[American Underdog]]''
| Brenda Warner
|
|
|-
| 2023
| ''[[True Spirit (film)|True Spirit]]''
| Julie Watson
|
|
|-
| 2024
| data-sort-value="Bit of Light, A" | ''[[A Bit of Light]]''
| Ella
|Completed; also producer
|<ref>{{cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2021/10/anna-paquin-ray-winstone-starring-stephen-moyer-directed-a-bit-of-light-1234853797/|title=Anna Paquin & Ray Winstone Starring In Stephen Moyer-Directed 'A Bit of Light'|last=Grater|first=Tom|date=12 October 2021|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=29 September 2022}}</ref>
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
! class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
| 1997
| ''{{sortname|The|Member of the Wedding}}''
| Frankie Adams
| Television film
|
|-
| 2007
| ''[[Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film)|Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee]]''
| [[Elaine Goodale]]
| Television film
|
|-
| 2008–2014
| ''[[True Blood]]''
| [[Sookie Stackhouse]]
| 80 episodes
| <ref>{{cite news |last=Schneider |first=Michael |title=HBO rolls with Ball's 'True Blood' |url=https://variety.com/2007/scene/markets-festivals/hbo-rolls-with-ball-s-true-blood-1117969971/ |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=22 October 2022 |date=9 August 2007}}</ref>
|-
| 2009
| ''{{sortname|The|Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler}}''
| [[Irena Sendler]]
| Television film
|
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]''
| Kristen (voice)
| Episode: "The Curse of Candace"
|
|-
| 2013
| ''[[WIGS (web channel)|Susanna]]''
| Katie
| 6 episodes
|
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Roots (2016 miniseries)|Roots]]''
| Nancy Holt
| Episode: "Part 4"
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2017
| ''[[Bellevue (TV series)|Bellevue]]''
| Annie Ryder
| 8 episodes; also executive producer
| <ref>{{cite news |last=Goldberg |first=Lesley |title=Anna Paquin Drama 'Bellevue' Acquired by WGN America |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/anna-paquin-drama-bellevue-acquired-by-wgn-america-1025222/ |access-date=28 October 2022 |magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=31 July 2017}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Alias Grace (miniseries)|Alias Grace]]''
| Nancy Montgomery
| 5 episodes
|
|-
| ''[[Electric Dreams (2017 TV series)|Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams]]''
| Sarah
| Episode: "Real Life"
|
|-
| 2019
| data-sort-value="Affair, The" | ''[[The Affair (TV series)|The Affair]]''
| Joanie Lockhart
| 8 episodes
|
|-
| 2019–2020
| ''[[Flack (TV series)|Flack]]''
| Robyn
| 12 episodes; also executive producer
|
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Modern Love (TV series)|Modern Love]]''
| Isabelle
| Episode: "In the Waiting Room of Estranged Spouses"
|
|-
| 2022
| data-sort-value="Friend of the Family, A" | ''[[A Friend of the Family (miniseries)|A Friend of the Family]]''
| Mary Ann Broberg
| Miniseries
|
|}

== Theatre ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Venue
! class="unsortable" | {{abbr|Ref(s)|Reference(s)}}
|-
|2001
|data-sort-value="Glory of Living, The" | ''[[The Glory of Living]]''
|Lisa
|[[MCC Theater]]
|<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Isherwood |first=Charles |title=The Glory of Living |url=https://variety.com/2001/legit/reviews/the-glory-of-living-1200552757/ |access-date=22 October 2022 |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=15 November 2001}}</ref>
|-
|2002
|''[[This Is Our Youth]]''
|Jessica Goldman
|[[Garrick Theatre]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2003
|''Manuscript''
|Elizabeth Hawkins
|[[Falmouth Academy]]
|
|-
|''Drug Buddy''
|Wendy
|[[Manhattan Theatre Club]]
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2004
|''Roulette''
|Jenny
|[[Ensemble Studio Theatre]]
|
|-
|data-sort-value="Distance From Here, The" | ''The Distance From Here''
|Shari
|MCC Theater
|
|-
|data-sort-value="24 Hour Plays, The" | ''The 24 Hour Plays'', ''South Of The Border''
|Maylene
|MCC Theater
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2005
|''[[After Ashley]]''
|Julie Bell
|[[Vineyard Theatre]]
|
|-
|''[[Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead]]''
|Marcy
|[[Westside Theatre]]
|
|-
|2006
|data-sort-value="24 Hour Plays, The" | ''The 24 Hour Plays'', ''The Blizzard''
|Jenny
|MCC Theater
|
|}

== Accolades ==
{{main|List of awards and nominations received by Anna Paquin}}

== See also ==
* [[List of actors with Academy Award nominations]]
* [[List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees]]
* [[List of New Zealand Academy Award winners and nominees]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
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* {{IMDb name|1593}}
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