Actress Anna Paquin seems to have it all. Not only is she starring in the hit TV show ‘True Blood,’ Paquin has also scored a Golden Globe win for her role and found love with her costar Stephen Moyer. “Steve and I had an a certain instant connection … It doesn’t hurt when the relationship on screen that you’re trying to create is one of attraction and fascination,” she told Hamptons Magazine.
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Anna Paquin is about to catapult into a rare form of superstardom, the kind in which a television actress becomes an A-list fixture (à la Sarah Jessica Parker). Not that we didn’t see this coming: At only 11 years old Paquin won an Oscar opposite Holly Hunter in The Piano. Since then she’s taken on fantastical high-concept adventure (the X-Men franchise), drama (The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler) and even a little history (Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Joan of Arc). But today, as the bright-eyed Southerner Sookie Stackhouse on HBO’s True Blood, she has fully arrived. And her recent Golden Globe win proves it. “The Golden Globe feels pretty damn good because I’m an adult, and it’s the first major recognition I’ve had for my work as a non-child,” she says. “Even though I’m only 26, I’ve been working since I was nine, so it feels like I worked for it.”
Entering its second season in June, True Blood—as Paquin describes it, “dangerous, sexy, otherworldly; a grown-up version of a fairy tale”—is the creation of Alan Ball of Six Feet Under fame. Paquin was on board the moment she heard he was on the project. “He’s extraordinary, smart, funny and unpredictable in his humor, kind and approachable,” she says. “The best boss you could possibly have.” Similarly, True Blood could be one of the best things that has happened to her. Paquin fell in love with her costar, Stephen Moyer (who plays the vampire Bill) during filming, and the couple now live together. Night after night of filming (“The sleep deprivation can be rough—our crew right now is starting to look like vampires,” she says) enabled the relationship to blossom quickly. “Steve and I had a certain instant connection,” she says. “It doesn’t hurt when the relationship on screen that you’re trying to create is one of attraction and fascination.”
That chemistry is evident on the show, and the role of Sookie—an innocent, romance-novel kind of girl who reads minds and falls for the good-guy vampire—is Paquin’s favorite role to date. “Sookie’s had a really rough time in her own personal life,” she explains. “Everyone thinks she’s a big freak. Then this dark and mysterious creature shows up, and he’s not judging her and she’s in no position to judge him. It’s the first time that she gets to be herself, and he’s fascinated by all the things that make her different. And vice versa.”
To get into shape for the role while living in New York City, Paquin trained regularly. “I do everything you can do in a gym. Boxing, Pilates, yoga—you name it, I’ve done it,” she says. And it certainly paid off. “Sookie’s her own little action star,” she says. “I get blooded and vomited on and beat up—everything that the girl doesn’t usually get to do in a show or a film because they’re usually the girlfriend. Sookie’s the center of all the action or trauma.”
Though aware of her effect on True Blood’s rabid fans, Paquin keeps it real. She subscribes to the famous maxim “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you,” and she attributes her grounded nature to the realistic views that her family—who live in New Zealand, where she grew up—subscribes to. (She maintains a production company with her brother, with whom she made Blue State in 2007.)
“If you’re respectful and professional and good to people, what you put out there comes back to you,” she explains. “I came up through the ranks before the tabloid media became what it is currently. It wasn’t as much of a feeding frenzy. I guess that’s more good luck than good management. There was very little time to be affected, and my family didn’t value that. I was usually at work or at school or at home doing my homework.” Paquin has had stellar professional role models as well, including her favorite, Holly Hunter. “I’m still in awe of her,” Paquin says. “The Piano was my apprenticeship. I had no idea what I was doing and I absolutely adored her. So I was like, I’ll just follow her lead! She can just walk on water talent-wise.”
Paquin may have sidestepped the celebrity craze, but one thing she has fallen into is fashion. She loves Narciso Rodriguez, Dolce & Gabbana and L’Wren Scott, and she wore Hervé Leroux to the Golden Globes. “I absolutely love beautiful clothes and dressing up for red-carpet stuff,” she says. “The whole Cinderella thing: the dress, the shoes, the hair, the makeup and the jewelry.” As for her true passions, she’d like to direct a film someday, start a family and travel. “India, Thailand, Africa, Borneo,” she says. “Places like Brazil to support the Great Ape Project [an advocacy group for great apes]; I’m a little bit obsessed with that. And I’m finally going to the Hamptons!
Source: Hamptons Magazine / By Cristina Greeven Cuomo
Photo credit Hamptons Magazine
She looks really beautiful there.
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Oh, I have to get this article. She looks better and better all the time. Being in love really helps sometimes. I am so happy for her and wish her every success.
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It’s the Long Island sunshine. It’ll do wonders for ya! She does look lovely, though. Wonder why she’s smiling so much???
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I love that she calls him Steve. Cute :-)
And she’s so stunning in these pics. The first one is my favorite
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I almost wouldn’t recognize her on the first picture. She almost doesn’t look like herself. Nevertheless she looks great. And her hairdo makes me think of trimming my hair ends… Hehe.
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She looks so gorgeous.
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Nice article and stunning pictures. She sounds very happy and fulfilled. I’m delighted for her. Thanks, Shad, for posting.
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LOL “a certain instant connection” i wonder what she thought for first time.. though i can imagine
she looks very pretty, these are the benefits of sleeping well accompanied
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Sanna Reply:
May 20th, 2009 at 23:01
I have absolutely NO idea what you mean, LOL!! And I have re-read your post about 4 times now, hahaha
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cocoablossoms Reply:
May 20th, 2009 at 23:07
sleeping with stephen is like magic beauty potion???
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zenobia Reply:
May 20th, 2009 at 23:37
sorry i guess i missed a point after imagine. well my english is not right tonight ;)
yeah stephen, the best beauty potion!
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Shadaliza Reply:
May 20th, 2009 at 23:11
What Anna thought the first time she saw Stephen? I can tell you that… THUD!
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she looks really beautiful and exuberant here. good for her. she really does have it all right now.
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Lou Reply:
May 21st, 2009 at 3:39
Cocoa, can you tell if that’s an Herve Leger she’s wearing in the middle pic? Anna has such a great body – it’s nearly impossible to look that good in a bandage dress. If I could transplant her ass to my body, I’d do it in a heartbeat!
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I have this cute image in my head when they first met at the audition. Them shaking hands and being all shy, awww
Haha
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cocoablossoms Reply:
May 21st, 2009 at 0:12
i am so curious about that. i loved during paley when he mentioned it was lovely, he kinda got shy when he said it. i think it was like “something lovely happened”. i’m also curious about who made the first move and how it was made. for some reason i feel like he’s shyer talking about it, but he may have been the more aggressive one initially. maybe i just feel that way because he’s a man. often times they don’t openly gush about their woman, but if they know what woman they want they go for it very intensely.
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stephenlovesanna Reply:
May 21st, 2009 at 0:16
Good observation.
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cocoablossoms Reply:
May 21st, 2009 at 0:22
thanks, i love analyzing relationships. i can just see him being older and having had a long term relationship and kids, knowing exactly what he wanted, and knew it when he saw it. i can see her falling for him instantly, but i see him taking the lead. which is probably what he knew she wanted, who wouldn’t want to be pursued by him???she gushes like a schoolgirl about him and stares in all the pics haha. he is affectionate and gives her praise for sure, but it’s more reserved.
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This is the type of article she deserves. She is stunning!
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Well,. it could have just as well been Anna who made the first move. Doesn’t always have to be the man ;-)
I’m a feminist, can you tell?? LOL
“i loved during paley when he mentioned it was lovely, he kinda got shy when he said it. i think it was like “something lovely happened”
I love that part too. He did mention Alan in there aswell, but what the hell, lol
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cocoablossoms Reply:
May 21st, 2009 at 0:24
she definitely could have. i’m just drawing this conclusion from observation. and actually from what my daddy has told me about men. not that it’s a rule and not that all men are the same. but a lot of times that’s how it goes. and i could see this with him. i can see anna being flirty, bt i see him being like look, i want you. ok that just turned me on.
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LOL
I’m very curious when they moved in together. Everything seemed to go pretty fast for them. They met and just a short time later they were dating and now almost 2 years later they are living together. It’s fast. I love it! Haha
I’m so curious. I wish they could give us a timeline! LOL
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Shadaliza Reply:
May 21st, 2009 at 0:45
That’s not that fast. When you know you have a good thing going, why wait?
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Of course, why wait, but it’s still fast, hehe. And I don’t mean that as a bad thing at all now
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i’m scared to death of making that kind of commitment and i’m 29. guess i haven’t found the right person. i’ve only been in love once. i was still scared when he said he wanted to get me a toothbrush for his place haha. i kind of silently freaked out. so to me that’s fast too for shacking up. but i’m not judging and i like it for them.
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Aww, a toothbrush, so cute, lol
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cocoablossoms Reply:
May 21st, 2009 at 1:33
i know and he was so cute too. i just got silent and he was like wow i freaked you out. argh, i was so silly. i wasn’t ready for the toothbrush haha. i would be ready for stephen though. i’m curious if this means they were in the hamptons. seems like a random magazine to do this article. again i’m wondering what the moyer/paquin residence is like.
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That “reserve” thing of Stephen’s is very British – and yet there are the fires of smoldering smolderingness underneath!!
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Brava to AP’s PT. Wonder if it was kick boxing or military “get in shape” she has done. Whatever, she is looking VERY svelt for our SM/BC.
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cocoablossoms Reply:
May 21st, 2009 at 5:18
yeah she’s looking pretty foxy. only the best for our man.
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I’d say that both has very good taste :-)
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Anna looks simply stunning. She is fabulous shape and seems very happy. Good for her!
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The Hamptons magazine’ll make a party this sunday in the Capri Hotel with Anna!!!
http://guestofaguest.com/hamptons/your-memorial-day-weekend-hamptons-party-guide/
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Ooh, yay! More pics, then :-) I hope Stephen’s coming with her, hihi
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Is she wearing a bathingsuit in the last pic?? Because it looks more like a dress and I always think when I see that pic that it will get wet, LOL
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Sari Reply:
May 22nd, 2009 at 14:40
You’re rigth, it’s a dress: http://www.style.com/fashionshows/complete/slideshow/F2008RTW-HLEGER?event=show1702&designer=design_house1637&trend=&iphoto=26
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Shadaliza Reply:
May 22nd, 2009 at 17:34
thanks for finding that.
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Sari Reply:
May 22nd, 2009 at 20:06
No problem, the dress with the flower is also for that collection: Herve leger by Max Azria fall 2008. I don’t know about the white dress.
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I only live about an hour from the Hamptons. I’ll have to crash this party at the Capri Hotel!
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Ooh, do that and give us all the info afterwards, hehe
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Sorry Stephen, but I think I want to marry Anna and have her babies
LOL LOL
I just love everything she says here. And aww, she wants to have a family. That’s really great for them, but please do that after the show has finished, LOL
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