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Main Movie Roles 2011 - Scream 4 2011 - Margaret 2010 - The Romantics 2010 - Open House 2007 - Blue State 2006 - X-Men: The Last Stand 2005 - The Squid and the Whale 2003 - X2: X-Men United 2002 - 25th Hour 2002 - Darkness 2001 - Buffalo Soldiers 2000 - Finding Forrester 2000 - X-Men 2000 - Almost Famous 1999 - A Walk on the Moon 1999 - She's All That 1998 - Hurlyburly 1997 - Amistad 1996 - Jane Eyre 1996 - Fly Away Home 1993 - The Piano

BIOGRAPHY:

Anna Paquin is the star of several major motion pictures, including her first Oscar winning performance in The Piano (1993), the role of the young Jane in the 1996 film Jane Eyre (1996), and the role of Amy Alden in the charming family film, Fly Away Home (1996). With a well-developed vocabulary and gentle sense of humor, Paquin proves herself to be the most enchanting young talent working today. Paquin's rising stardom has often been a cause of charming media shyness, where it is obvious that she is an ordinary girl who happens to posses an extraordinary talent. She has two agents, Gail Cowan in New Zealand, and the William Morris agency in Los Angeles, but neither these nor her parents have much influence in deciding what she films. "In the end", she says, "it's my decision". Paquin's parents separated while she was filming Fly Away Home (1996) in Canada. On Oscar night in 1993, Anna Paquin was the surprise (and surprised) winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She stood, wide-eyed and gulping for breath at the microphone for a full twenty-something-odd seconds before delivering a gracious, though rather breathless thank-you speech.


TRIVIA:

• Her parents are divorced.
• Enjoys listening to alternative music.
• Ranked #50 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.
• Confirmed that she is engaged to her longtime boyfriend and co-star 'Stephen Moyer (I)' (qv) [August 2009].
• Has a brother, 'Andrew Paquin' (qv), a film producer, with whom she is working on _Blue State (2007)_ (qv)), and a sister, Katya.
• She still hasn't seen all of _The Piano (1993)_ (qv).
• Is the first New Zealander to receive an Oscar for best supporting actress, and is the second-youngest Oscar winner ever.
• Is a fan of 'The Beatles' (qv).