Paquin continued to perform prominent roles into adulthood, portraying Rogue in the X-Men franchise —; Paquin was born on 24 July [ 8 ] in Winnipeg , Manitoba, Canada. Paquin is the youngest of three children, with a brother and a sister. Director Jane Campion was looking for a little girl to play a main role in The Piano , set to film in New Zealand, and a newspaper advertisement was run announcing an open audition.
Paquin's sister read the ad and went to try out with a friend; this inspired Paquin to audition. When Campion met Paquin—whose only acting experience had been as a skunk in a school play—she was very impressed with the nine-year-old's performance of the monologue about Flora's father, and she was chosen from among the candidates. Paquin's debut performance in the film earned her the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the age of 11, making her the second-youngest Oscar winner in history, behind Tatum O'Neal.
The Piano was made as a small independent film and was not expected to be widely known, and Paquin and her family did not plan to continue to pursue acting. She systematically rejected them, but she did appear in three commercials for the phone company MCI in In , she appeared in two films. The first role was as young Jane in Jane Eyre. The other was a lead part in Fly Away Home playing a young girl who, after her mother dies, moves in with her father and finds solace in taking care of orphaned goslings.
Between and , she starred in, as well as executive-produced Blue State. The film is made by Paquin Films , a production company formed by her and her brother, Andrew. In , she played the role of Laurie in the horror film Trick 'r Treat , which was released in The series saw Paquin doing nude scenes for the first time. While working on True Blood , she started dating co-star Stephen Moyer and later married him in The film was made in Latvia, and was a Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation for the network.
She played a cameo role in Scream 4 , alongside Kristen Bell in Paquin reprised her role as Rogue in the film X-Men: Days of Future Past , but most of her scenes were cut out for the theatrical release. In June , the Human Rights Campaign released a video in tribute to the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting ; in the video, Paquin and others told the stories of the people killed there. The movie is based on the journey of Jessica Watson , an Australian sailor who attempted solo global circumnavigation at 16 years old, with Paquin playing her mother.
