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Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer played lovers Sookie Stackhouse and Bill Compton in HBO’s ‘True Blood.’ The couple married in 2010.
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Anna Paquin (born July 24, 1982) studied at Hutt Intermediate School and the Wellington Girls' College in New Zealand before moving to Los Angeles during her youth where she studied at Windward School and went on to complete a year at Columbia University before leaving post-secondary to focus on her acting career. As a child, she beat 5000 candidates for the role of Flora McGrath in Jane Campion's romantic drama film The Piano (1993), despite having had little to no acting experience prior to getting the role. For her performance, she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the age of 11, making her the second-youngest Academy Award winner in Oscar history. Paquin went on to become a successful child actress, receiving multiple Young Artist Award nominations for her roles in Fly Away Home (1996), The Member of the Wedding (1997), and A Walk on the Moon (1999), and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture for appearing in Cameron Crowe's comedy-drama film Almost Famous (2000). She played mutant superheroine Rogue in the X-Men franchise (2000present) and she was nominated for a Saturn Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for her performance in the first installment of the franchise. Paquin is also known for playing the lead role of Sookie Stackhouse in the HBO vampire drama television series True Blood (2008-2014). For her performance in the series, Paquin won the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series Drama in 2009 and was nominated for an additional Golden Globe Award in 2010, as well as three Saturn Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award in 2010. Among other accolades, Paquin has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for her work on the 2007 television filmBury My Heart at Wounded Knee and a Golden Globe Award for her work on the 2009 television film The Courageous Heart of Irena Se
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Anna Paquin as Rogue in the X-Men film franchise. Rogue has the involuntary ability to absorb and sometimes also remove the memories, physical strength, and superpowers of anyone she touches. Therefore, Rogue considers her powers a curse. For most of her life, she limited her physical contact with others
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Actress Anna Paquin gets more screen time in the Blu-ray release of X-Men: Days of Future Past Rogue Cut from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.
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"True Blood" cast members Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin arrive for the third-season premiere of the HBO series in June 2010 in Los Angeles. Miss Paquin, 28, and Mr. Moyer, 40, were married on Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010, at a ceremony in Malibu, Calif., their publicists said in a statement. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
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In this June 8, 2010 photo, cast members Anna Paquin, right, and Stephen Moyer arrive at the premiere for the third season of HBO's "True Blood" in Los Angeles. Paquin, 28, and Moyer, 40, were married Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010 at a ceremony in Malibu, Calif., their publicists said in a statement. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
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In this publicity image released by HBO, Joe Manganiello, left, and Anna Paquin are shown in a scene from "True Blood." (AP Photo/HBO, John P. Johnson)
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Actor Stephen Moyer, right, and actress Anna Paquin, left, hold up a cardboard cutout of actor Alexander Skarsgard at a panel discussion of their cable television series "True Blood" at Comic Con in San Diego, Calif. on Friday, July 23, 2010. (AP Photo/Dan Steinberg)
