Biographic - Sunday March 10, 2019 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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Born in wiinipeg, manitiba on July 24, 1982 Anna Paquin was four years old whne she relocated from Canada to new zealand with her family, Although her only acting experience was playing a skunk ina school play in 1991. She was chosen from among 5000 young hopefuls to star in "The piano" Her acclaimed screen debut was rewarded wit the academy award for best-supporting actress making the 11 years old the second-youngest Oscar winner in history after Tatum Oneal in "Paper Moon" After a lengthy break, she returned to the screen in 1996 wit roles in "Jane Eyre:L and "fly away from home" The following years she portrayed queen isabella in "Amistad" By this point, she was attending school and living in Los Angeles, during her teens, she appeared in a number of movies including a "walk on the moon ' hurly-burly and shes all that. In 2000, shes starred as a rogue in the blockbuster "x men a role she has revisited in three snash it sequels, she made her stage which earned her an off-broadway production of :The glory of living: which earned her debut on the London stage in "THis is our youth: and she continued to rack up screen credits in movies such as "buffalo soldiers" and "the squid and the whale' In 2007 The cable TV adaptation of "bury my heart at wounded knee" brought her Emmy and golden globe nominations. Her starring role as telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse on the HBO Vampire show "true blood: earned anna a cult following and a golden globe, she married to co-star Stephen Moyer in 2010 and gave birth to twins in 2012, The show ended in 2014 after 80 episodes. Following a role on the 2016 miniseries “roots: she had starring roles on the short-lived TV series “Bellvue” and the miniseries “alias grace: 2019 will see her star in the miniseries “Flack: Play opposite Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino and a stellar ensemble in the movie “The Irishman" and join the cast of “The affair: for season five of the hit cable series.

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