Sookie Stackhouse

Sookie never assumed dating a vampire would be a piece of cake, but now twice-orphaned, the telepathic waitress has had her life turned upside down by the supernatural. While her friends and family all struggle with their own demons — sometimes literally — Sookie does her best to navigate the strange new world Bill has introduced her to. Their relationship fills her with equal parts bliss and fear, but the one thing that worries her most is that maybe she’s not as horrified as she should be.

Played by ANNA PAQUIN

With her work in films and theatre, Academy® Award-winning actress Anna Paquin has displayed a range of emotions and a wealth of talent well beyond her years. Anna recently received an Emmy® nomination for her portrayal of Elaine Goodale Eastman in HBO's original movie Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, opposite Adam Beach and Aidan Quinn. Directed by Yves Simoneau and produced by Dick Wolf, the film received a record 17 nominations.

In 2006, Paquin produced Blue State with her brother, Andrew Paquin, under their banner Paquin Films. Blue State is a political romantic comedy about a Democratic campaigner played by Breckin Meyer, who follows through on his promise to move to Canada if George "Dubya" Bush is re-elected. This is the first collaboration between Anna Paquin and her brother. Blue State premiered at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival.

Most recently she appeared in Michael Dougherty's Trick 'r Treat, a thriller about four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween.

Paquin has also finished production on Kenneth Lonnergan's Margaret, as the lead, opposite Matt Damon, Mark Ruffalo and Matthew Broderick. Paquin plays Lisa, a girl who witnesses a bus accident and is caught up in the aftermath. Margaret is produced by Scott Rudin and Sydney Pollack and executive-produced by Anthony Minghella and Dan Halsted.

In 2006, she reprised her role as Rogue in Brett Ratner's X-Men 3. The film worldwide on May 26th 2006, and it grossed over $130 million on opening weekend.

Additional film credits include Noah Baumbach's The Squid and The Whale, winning Best Ensemble Cast at the 2005 IFP Gotham Awards; X-Men 2; Spike Lee's 25th Hour opposite Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Rosario Dawson; Buffalo Soldiers opposite Joaquin Pheonix and Ed Harris; Gus Van Sant's Finding Forester with F. Murray Abraham and Sean Connery ; Cameron Crowe's Academy® Award-winning Almost Famous;
X-Men for director Bryan Singer; Hurlyburly; Robert Iscove's She's All That; A Walk on the Moon for Dustin Hoffman's Punch Productions; Keith Stern's All the Rage; Steven Spielberg's Amistad; Carroll Ballard's Fly Away Home with Jeff Daniels; and Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre.

On stage Paquin received a Drama Desk nomination as Best Lead Actress for her stage debut in Rebecca Gilman's The Glory of Living for director Phillip Seymour Hoffman at New York's MCC Theatre. She followed that critically acclaimed performance with the first West End production of Kenneth Lonergan's This is Our Youth, co-staring Jake Gyllenhaal and Hayden Christensen in London. Other stage credits include After Ashley, directed by Terry Kinney at The Vineyard Theatre and Neil Labute's dark drama The Distance from Here (Drama Desk Award for "Best Play" and won for "Best Cast Ensemble").

Paquin stunned the world in 1993 with her film debut as the daughter of the bride of an arranged marriage in Jane Campion's The Piano. Paquin's performance opposite cast members Holly Hunter (who won the Academy® Award for Best Actress), Sam Neill, and Harvey Keitel led to her winning the Academy® Award for Best Supporting Actress at the age of 11 years old.

Anna also won the 2009 Golden® Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress In A Television Series – Drama for her role as Sookie Stakehouse in the first season of True Blood.