Anna Paquin
Birthday: 1982-07-24 | Place of Birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba, CanadaAnna Hélène Paquin (born 24 July 1982) is a New Zealand-Canadian actress. She was born in Manitoba and brought up in Wellington, New Zealand, before moving to Los Angeles during her youth. She completed a year at Columbia University, before leaving to focus on her acting career. As a child, she played the role of Flora McGrath in Jane Campion's romantic drama film The Piano (1993), despite having had little acting experience. For her performance, she garnered critical acclaim and received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the age of 11, making her the second-youngest winner in Oscar history. Paquin 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 was nominated for a 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 played mutant superheroine Rogue in multiple films of the X-Men franchise (2000–2014) and was nominated for a Saturn Award for her performance in the first installment. Her other film credits include Jane Eyre (1996), Amistad (1997), 25th Hour (2002), Trick 'r Treat (2007), Margaret (2011), The Good Dinosaur (2015), and The Irishman (2019).
Known For
Acting
Role
as Brenda Meoni/Brenda Warner
as Self
as Jean Markham
as Older Peggy Sheeran
as Colleen
as Lily Benson
as Annie Ryder
as Nancy Montgomery
as Nancy Holt
as Ramsey (voice)
as Joanie Lockhart
as Marie D'Ancanto / Rogue
as Christina
as Katherine
as Katie
as Lisa Cohen
as Jennie
as Lila Hayes
as Irena Sendler
as Sookie Stackhouse
as Chloe Hamon
as Elaine Goodale
as Laurie
as Maggie Nelson
as Marie D'Ancanto / Rogue
as Lili
as Marie D'Ancanto / Rogue
as Robyn Lee
as Mary D'Annuzio