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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aww shes soo cute!i <3 her =]
lol for reals? cool!!
she’s a PAQUIN, like me
i love her since i saw her in x-men, so cute and nice and how beautiful eyes she has, they make her look kind of naive and even more attractive. I think she looks better as a brunette though
she had such a nice accent when she was little. what happened to it?? lol, btw i love her!
im a kiwi too so who cares
BEAUTIFUL
a canadian, an australian and an englishmen all playing leads in a southern new orleans vampire series….I LOVE IT!
What’s the difference between Golden Globe and Emmy? ok maybe it’s a stupid question for you but I really don’t know. Btw, I’m glad Anna won!
The difference between an Emmy and a Golden Globe is that an Emmy Award honors those who work on televison. The Golden Globes honor those who work on both television and film, with more specific catagories.
Is the show good enough to watch? My friend said it is but I don’t believe him.
i liked it..the only reason i watched it was bc the same guy did six feet under..theres alot of surprises and i was kinda iffy about it since its about vampires n supernatural stuff, but i think its a gr8 story, kinda like a thriller for every episode..alan ball’s spin on it is definitely worth watching
Thanks alot I’ll be sure to keep that in mind.
the lady asking the questions is soooo annoying!
cant believe she was the lil girl in fly away home