Paquin won a Theatre World Award for The Glory of Living and a Drama Desk Award for The Distance from Here; her other stage credits include After Ashley and Roulette.

She won the Oscar for The Piano. Her other film and television credits include Amistad, Hurlyburly, The Member of the Wedding, All the Rage, The Squid and the Whale, X-Men, and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. She will be seen next month in the film The Romantics with Katie Holmes.