Kiwi Anna Paquin Digs Teeth into Vampire Role (Video)
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Kiwi Academy Award Winner Anna Paquin has hit the headlines with her character Sookie Stackhouse in the HBO series True Blood. True blood is another masterpiece from Six Feet Under writer Alan Ball.
Stuff NZ describes True Blood it this way:
On the contrary, in the world of True Blood, vampires have been “normalised” into society as an underprivileged minority.
Following the invention of a viable synthetic blood, with which vampires can nourish themselves instead of predating upon humans, the vampire race decided to “come out of the coffin” and integrate openly with the Earth’s dominant species.
Anna Helene Paquin was born in Manitoba Canada to a New Zealand Mother Mary. They moved to New Zealand when she was 4 years old. It was in New Zealand in 1991 that Paquin became an actress by chance. Acclaimed Kiwi 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 run announcing an open audition. Paquin’s sister read the ad and went to try out with a friend; Paquin herself tagged along because she had nothing better to do. When Campion met Paquin—whose only acting experience had been as a skunk in a school play—she was very impressed with the nine-year-old’s performance of the monologue about Flora’s father, and she was chosen from among the 5000 candidates that auditioned.
When The Piano was released in 1993 it was lauded by critics, won prizes at a number of film festivals, and eventually became a popular movie among a wide audience. Paquin’s debut performance in the film earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the age of eleven, making her the second-youngest Oscar winner in history after Tatum O’Neal.
When she was younger, she wanted to be the Prime Minister of New Zealand, or a lawyer. We of course look forward to her political career but she is probably going to have to take a paycut.
Madison Michele sits with Anna who talks about her win for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series/Drama for True Blood. Anna also shares with Madison how winning a Golden Globe is different from winning an Oscar at age 11 for the Piano. She also talks about the casting process for TRUE BLOOD. She sounds just like Zoe Bell!!!
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She already won an Oscar when she was 11.
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Her accent is actually all over the place., SHe doesn’t chose to speak with an American accent. She has lived in the US since she was around 17 or somewthing, so it’s not that weird she has american accent. Sometimes you can hear her New Zealand accent pretty well, and sometimes not
She IS from Canada, though. She was born there and moved to New Zealand when she was 4
Her mother is new zealander right? Her dad canadian. Let’s just say she’s both. Even in this interview…she says she’s from New Zealand 2:28!
Yes, but she’s born in Canada. Watch her interview with Criag Fergusson and you’ll see
I really do hope they’ll make one with the two of them in it, but it’s unlikely because of the time gap.
She’s such an amazing actress. She totally deserved that award.
she sounds so odd without the southern accent. haha.
Who else was nominated for that award beside her?
I just read on IMDB, she was born in Canada but moved to New Zealand when she was 4. So she’s actually canadian.
I LOVE her!!!! she is absolutely adorable!!! she an AMAZING actress!!! and I am counting down the hours to the new season
She is so cute!!I love her and she really deserved that award!!ConGratz to her!!Love True Blood!!True Blood Season 2 In Approximately 3 Days!!
Anna has been massive in New Zealand and steadily growing throughout the world since The Piano. She is a quality actor and deserves the accolades she gets. Her roles as Rogue in the XMen movies were also fantastic.
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Speaking of kiwi movies and kiwi movie stars, I’ve just finished watching Avatar which I understand was created by the crew at Weta studios in Wellington – what great visual effects!
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