Last Updated on July 25, 2022
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Anna Paquin’s Profile Summary
- Full Name: Anna Hélène Paquin
- Celebrated Name: Anna Paquin
- Date Of Birth: 24 July 1982
- Age: 39 Years Old (As of 2021)
- Place Of Birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
- Nationality: Canadian
- Gender: Female
- Height: 5 ft 4 in (1.65 m)
- Profession: Actor, Film Producer, Voice Actor
- Salary: $275 Thousand Per Episode
- Net Worth: $14 Million
Anna Paquin’s Early Life And Education
Who is Anna Paquin? Anna Hélène Paquin is a New Zealand-Canadian actress. She was born on 24 July 1982 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, the daughter of Mary Paquin (née Brophy), an English teacher and native of Wellington, New Zealand, and Brian Paquin, a high school physical education teacher from Canada.
Paquin is of Dutch, French, and Irish descent. Paquin’s family moved to New Zealand when she was four. Her musical childhood hobbies in New Zealand included playing the viola, cello, and piano. She also participated in gymnastics, ballet, swimming, and downhill skiing, though she did not have any hobbies related to acting.
While in New Zealand, Paquin attended Raphael House Rudolf Steiner School in Lower Hutt until she was 9 years old, then Hutt Intermediate School (1994–95). Having begun her secondary education in Wellington at Wellington Girls’ College, she completed her high school diploma at Windward School in Los Angeles, after moving to the U.S. with her mother following her parents’ divorce in 1995.
She graduated from Windward School in June 2000 and completed the school’s Community Service requirement by working in a soup kitchen and at a Special Education Centre. She studied at Columbia University for one year but dropped out to continue her acting career.
Anna Paquin’s Career
She 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 the age of 11, making her the second-youngest winner in Oscar history.
She was a successful child actress, receiving 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 nomination for the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for appearing in Cameron Crowe’s comedy-drama 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 X-Men franchise (2000–2014), 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 (2008–2014).
For her performance in the series, Paquin won the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama in 2009 and was nominated for an additional Golden Globe Award in 2010, 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).
Anna Paquin’s Net Worth
Anna Paquin is a Canadian-born, New Zealand-raised actress who has a net worth of $14 million dollars.