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My Take
What fascinates me about Anna Paquin is not the famous statistic of an Oscar at eleven for The Piano, but everything she did afterward. Child prodigies in Hollywood tend to flame out; she instead enrolled at Columbia, earned a Theatre World Award on stage, and picked up a Golden Globe for television. That is three different disciplines, three different sets of muscles, all mastered quietly. To me she represents the rarest kind of career, one built on craft rather than momentum. The early Oscar could have been a ceiling; she treated it as a floor, and I find that discipline more impressive than the trophy itself.
Overview
Anna Helene Paquin ( PAK-win; born 24 July 1982) is a Canadian actress. Born in Winnipeg, Canada, and raised in Wellington, she made her acting debut in the romantic drama film The Piano (1993), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age 11, becoming the second-youngest winner in Oscar history.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Anna Paquin
- Name (Japanese)
- アンナ・パキン
- Reading
- あんな・ぱきん
- Born
- July 24, 1982 (age 43)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Dog
- Origin
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- stage actor / film actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Columbia University
Awards & achievements
- 1994 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
- 2002 Theatre World Award
- 2017 Canada's Walk of Fame
- 2009 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Drama
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Stage actor — see all → · Film actor — see all → · More people from Canada →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.