Sign In. Edit Anna Paquin. Showing all 58 items. While filming the movie Amistad in Montreal during the summer, she made a side-trip to Toronto to film five television commercials for the telephone company of her old hometown in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. She delivers the commercials in a variety of costumes in her Canadian accent rather than her New Zealand one. She keeps her Oscar statue in her bedroom closet so her friends won't see it and feel the need to comment on it. Has an older brother, Andrew Paquin , a film producer, with whom she was working on Blue State , and a sister, Katya.
Her father, Brian Paquin, is a physical education teacher. Her mother, Mary Paquin, is an English teacher. Her parents are divorced. One of the few actors or actresses to receive an Academy Award without being a professional actor beforehand. Anna didn't plan on acting, even when she went to audition for the role that won her an Oscar.
She was accompanying her sister to the audition. When she was younger, she wanted to be the Prime Minister of New Zealand, or a lawyer. One of Teen People magazine's "25 Hottest Stars under 25". Attended and graduated from Windward School in West Los Angeles, California June ; she completed the school's community service requirement by working in an L.
College classmates with Julia Stiles at Columbia University. See more polls ». Won 1 Oscar. See more awards ». Known For. The Piano Flora McGrath. X-Men Rogue. X2: X-Men United Rogue. The Squid and the Whale Lili. Show all Hide all Show by Hide Show Actress 54 credits. A Bit of Light post-production Ella. True Spirit post-production Julie Watson. Show all 12 episodes. Joanie Lockhart. Joanie Lockhart credit only.
Show all 11 episodes. Jean Markham. Nancy Montgomery. Show all 6 episodes. Annie Ryder. Show all 8 episodes. Paquin's first critically successful film was The Piano , for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in at the age of 11 — the second youngest winner in history. Her acting career took off almost half a decade later when she appeared in a string of successful films including She's All That , Almost Famous and the X-Men franchise.
She's the voice of Kristen, a character in a film Candace watches in the episode " The Curse of Candace ". Paquin is the youngest of three children; she has two older siblings: a brother, Andrew, a director, born in , and a sister, Katya, born in , who is the partner of Green Party co-leader Russel Norman. 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. Having begun her secondary education in Wellington at Wellington Girls' College , she completed her high school diploma at Windward School in Los Angeles, where she moved with her mother following her parents' divorce in She graduated from Windward School in June and completed the school's community service requirement by working in an LA soup kitchen and at a special education center.
She studied at Columbia University for one year, but has since been on a leave of absence to continue her acting career.
It was in New Zealand in that Paquin became an actress by chance. Director Jane Campion was looking for a little girl to play a key role in The Piano , set to film in New Zealand, and a newspaper advertisement was ran announcing an open audition.
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