Anna Helene Paquin (/ˈpækwɪn/ PAK-win; born 24 July 1982) is a New Zealand actress. Born in Winnipeg, Canada, and raised in Wellington, 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 second-youngest winner in Oscar history. As a child actress, she had roles in Fly Away Home (1996), Jane Eyre (1996), 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 in the X-Men franchise (2000–2006; 2014). 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 which she won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in 2009. Among other accolades, Paquin was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award for her work in the television 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Anna Paquin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2025Trick 'r Treat — Laurie
• 2023True Spirit — Julie Watson
• 2022A Bit of Light — Ella
• A Friend of the Family — Mary Ann Broberg
• 2021American Underdog — Brenda Meoni/Brenda Warner
• Flack — Robyn
• Modern Love — Isabelle
• 2019Tell It to the Bees — Jean Markham
• 2019The Irishman — Older Peggy Sheeran
• 2018Furlough — Lily Benson
• 2018The Parting Glass — Colleen, Producer
• Alias Grace — Nancy Montgomery
• Bellevue — Annie Ryder
• Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams — Sarah
• 2016Broken — Gemma
• Roots — Nancy Holt
• 2015The Good Dinosaur — Ramsey (voice)
• The Affair — Joanie Lockhart
• 2014X-Men: Days of Future Past — Rogue
• 2013Free Ride — Christina, Producer
• 2013Straight A's — Katherine
• Susanna — Katie
• 2012The Carrier — Kim
• 2011Margaret — Lisa Cohen
• 2011Scream 4 — Rachel
• 2010Open House — Jennie
• 2010The Romantics — Lila Hayes
• 2009The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler — Irena Sendler
• True Blood — Sookie Stackhouse
• 2007Blue State — Chloe Hamon, Executive Producer
• 2007Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee — Elaine Goodale
• 2007Mosaic — Maggie Nelson (voice)
• Phineas and Ferb — Kristen (voice)
• 2006X-Men: The Last Stand — Marie / Rogue
• 2005The Squid and the Whale — Lili
• 2003Evolution X - The Making of X-Men
• 2003X2 — Rogue
• 200225th Hour — Mary D'Annuzio
• 2002Buffalo Soldiers — Robyn Lee
• 2002Darkness — Regina
• 2000Almost Famous — Polexia Aphrodisia
• 2000Finding Forrester — Claire Spence
• 2000It's the Rage — Annabel Lee
• 2000X-Men — Rogue
• 1999A Walk on the Moon — Alison Kantrowitz
• 1999She's All That — Mackenzie Siler
• 1998Hurlyburly — Donna
• 1997Amistad — Queen Isabella
• 1997The Member of the Wedding — Frankie Addams
• 1996Fly Away Home — Amy Alden
• 1996Jane Eyre — Young Jane Eyre
• 1993The Piano — Flora McGrath

Appearances as themselves (17)

• 2020Making 'The Irishman' — Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self
• 2014True Blood. A Farewell to Bon Temps — Self
• Conan — Self
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• 2006X3: The Excitement Continues — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• 2003The Evolution of an American Filmmaker — Self
• 2003The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2 — Self
• 2003X-Men: Premieres Around the World — Self
• 2003X2 Global Webcast Highlights — Self
• 2000X-Men: The Mutant Watch — Self - 'Rogue'
• The View — Self
• The Daily Show — Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien — Self - Guest
• The Oscars — Self