She failed to mention that not all roles come with lucrative deals - particularly if she’s working on a brand new show. One of the great things about my job is that every few months you get to move on to the next thing.” In an interview with Variety, the actress insisted that changing roles every few months is exciting because it allows her to embody a new character, saying: ”I have an endless appetite for new challenges. RELATED: 13 Reasons Why: Fan Theories About Season 4 That Just Might Be True Now that the show is over, however, she’s struggled to find her place in Hollywood as the shows she’s been part of haven’t done tremendously well or only happened to be running for a short while. RELATED: Spike Lee, Thank You For Not Giving ‘Da 5 Bloods’ ‘The Irishman’ De-Ageing Treatmentįrom there, Paquin turned her attention to Netflix where she starred in the series adaptation of Alias Grace, but yet again, it didn’t receive the same amount of attention her previous projects had received, with many viewers claiming the episodes felt very lackluster and unmemorable.Ĭonsidering that the Netflix project was a limited series, that evidently meant Anna would be back on the search for a new role to play once all was said and done, which must have been frustrating for her given that she found stability on True Blood for six years, which also allowed her to focus on other small projects on the side. When all was said and done, instead of focusing her attention back on the big screen, Anna kept her eye on television show pilots, which led her to take on the lead role in the Canadian series Bellevue, and while critics gave it plenty of praise, the CBC network still ended up canceling it after its first run. All rights reserved.True Blood was so successful, it even earned Anna a Golden Globe win for her work as Sookie Stackhouse in 2009, but since the show wrapped in 2014, it’s no secret that the actress hasn’t had that much luck landing anything as notable as her work on the HBO show. HURLYBURLY, Kevin Spacey, Anna Paquin, Sean Penn, 1998 HURLYBURLY, Chazz Palminteri, Anthony Drazan, Anna Paquin, 1998, (c) Fine Line Features X-MEN 2, Shawn Ashmore, Anna Paquin, Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry, 2003, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. ©The Film Sales Company DARKNESS, Anna Paquin, 2002, (c) Dimension Films FLY AWAY HOME, Dana Delany, Anna Paquin, 1996 FLY AWAY HOME, Anna Paquin, 1996 FLY AWAY HOME, Anna Paquin, 1996, (c)Columbia Pictures X-MEN 2, Shawn Ashmore, Hugh Jackman, Aaron Stanford, Anna Paquin, 2003, TM & copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. PHOTOS BY: Myles Aronowitz BUFFALO SOLDIERS, Anna Paquin, Joaquin Phoenix, 2002 (c) Miramax The Daily Show, Anna Paquin, 'Season 5',, ©CCCOM THE SQUID AND THE WHALE, Jesse Eisenberg, Anna Paquin, 2005, (c) Samuel Goldwyn THE SQUID AND THE WHALE, Anna Paquin, director Noah Baumbach on set, 2005, (c) Samuel Goldwyn BLUE STATE, director Marshall Lewy, Anna Paquin, Breckin Meyer, on set, 2007. AaronÓ and Anna Paquin as ÒLisa CohenÓ on the set of MARGARET. 25TH HOUR, Anna Paquin, 2002, (c) Walt Disney X-MEN: THE LAST STAND, (aka X-MEN 3), Shawn Ashmore, Ellen Page, Halle Berry, Daniel Cudmore, Hugh Jackman, Kelsey Grammer, James Marsden, Anna Paquin, Patrick Stewart, Ben Foster, 2006, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. Paquin also shined in her first regular series television role, playing barmaid and telepath Sookie Stackhouse on Alan Ball's acclaimed "True Blood" (HBO, 2008-14), which only added to an already impressive career for the young actress.įly Away Home X2 X2 Photos Anna Paquin ALMOST FAMOUS, Noah Taylor, Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup, Fairuza Balk, Jason Lee, Anna Paquin, Mark Kozelek, Olivia Rosewood, John Fedevich, 2000. But it was her foray onto the small screen that allowed for her most compelling performances, particularly as a 19th-century schoolteacher who campaigns for Native American rights in the Emmy-winning miniseries, "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" (HBO, 2007), for which she received Emmy and Golden Globe nominations. Movieg rs were thankful for her later change of heart, as the Canadian actress continued to give thoughtful, complex and occasionally seductive turns as an adult in a wide variety of projects ranging from big-budget blockbusters like the "X-Men" franchise to independent fare like Noah Bambauch's "The Squid and the Whale" (2005). It was unclear which fact was more extraordinary about Anna Paquin - that she won an Academy Award at age 11 for her performance in "The Piano" (1993), or after her win, that she had no plans to continue acting.
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