Paquin Anna is a Canadian-born New Zealand actress born on July 24, 1982, who won an Oscar at age 11 for her debut supporting role. She is better known to the Russian audience for her work in the X-Men franchise.
Childhood and Oscar
The future famous actress was born into a family of teachers living in the small Canadian town of Winnipeg. Mom taught English, and dad coached school athletes. Anna became the third, youngest child in a close-knit family, and soon the Paquins moved to their mother's homeland, New Zealand.
Thanks to her parents, Anna from an early age was enthusiastically engaged in creativity and sports. Gymnastics, ballet, dancing, playing three instruments, skiing and learning French are just a few of the activities to which the gifted baby gave all her free time. True, among them there was no dream of becoming an actress.
In 1993, hearing about the casting for the role of a little girl in the melodrama of a woman directed by Jane Campion, Anna's older sister Katya immediately decided to take part in it. Anna went with her out of pure curiosity - and suddenly became the main contender for the role.
Flora, a character in the drama “The Piano”, is a girl who had to be a “translator” for her mute mother, explaining to those around her what the woman wanted to say. It was a really difficult job for an 11-year-old girl, and the entire film crew with bated breath watched the incredible performance of young Anna, who has no experience or education. The painting received the Palme d'Or and three Oscars, one of which went to little Paquin.
Education and career
After a dizzying debut, the girl began to vying with each other to be invited to various projects, but the parents did not want her success in the cinema to interfere with her daughter's education.
In 1994, Paquin went to college, and then her parents separated, and the actress moved to Los Angeles with her brother, sister and mother, where she continued her education, first at a local independent school, and then submitting documents to the University of California. True, the study lasted only a year, Anna nevertheless sacrificed her diploma for the sake of her acting career.
In 1996, Paquin starred in Jane Eyre, portraying Jane as a child, then starring in Fly Home. Anna voiced the full-length animation of the legendary Miyazaki. Since then, every year she appears in several projects at once, many of which are successful. A particularly notable work was the appearance in several parts of the X-Men franchise, where the rogue girl Rogue, who kills with a touch, became the character of Anna.
She has 42 films on her account and Anna continues to act today, trying herself in other areas of creativity. Her biography includes teaching ballet, creating a production center, participating in performances on the stage of London's West End Theater.
Personal life
Anna met her future husband Stephen Moyer in 2008, on the set of the vampire series True Blood. A partner in the film became a partner in life, and this bright acting tandem continues to delight its fans today. In 2012, the couple became the parents of two adorable heterosexual twins, and Stephen has two children from his first marriage. Anna lives with her family in Los Angeles.
