Anna Paquin was born on July 24, 1982 in Winnipeg, Canada. Anna spent most of her childhood in New Zealand where she was discovered by Director Jane Campion. Anna’s sister saw an advertisement for auditions for the The Piano. Anna, then 9 years old, went with her sister to the auditions and was chosen for the part. She won Best Supporting Actress and became the second youngest Academy Award winner for her role in The Piano . She has since played roles in A Walk on the Moon, Amistad, voice acted in the fantastic anime Laputa: Castle in the Sky, and she starred as Rogue in all three X-Men films. Anna Paquin can currently be seen as Sookie Stackhouse in the delightfully twisted HBO series True Blood. She is allegedly dating Stephen Moyer, who plays her vampire lover in True Blood.