Anna Paquin was born in Winnipeg, Canada and grew up in Wellington, New Zealand.
There is absolutely no information on Paquin's religion. Even the celebrity religion site, Adherents, is stumped.[1] Some speculate that she's Jewish,[2] but there's no evidence of that and it might only be because of her role as the protagonist in the film,The Corageous Heart of Irena Sendler, about a woman who saved thousands of Jewish lives during World War II.[3]
By that logic, we could say that Paquin is some sort of occultist because of her roll in the vampire series, True Blood. But she's not:
I'm drawn to doing interesting stuff at work. And some of the time with the supernatural, you get to do really crazy, fun things. But I'm not a big genre-fantasy gal, particularly.[4]
Well, let us know in the comments if you know anything.
Politics of Vampire Descrimination
Paquin is also somewhat vague regarding her political views–though we do have a bit more to go on. As a citizen of New Zealand and Canada, she's correct to assume that her views of U.S. politics are only of value because of her celebrity status:
I'm not very political. I'm also not American and I don't get to vote so my feelings are not really relevant.[5]
But don't believe she's not at least a little bit political. Her main focus seems to be gay rights. In a PSA for the True Colors Fund, Cindi Lauper's gay rights advocacy group, Paquin said:
I'm Anna Paquin. I'm bisexual and I give a damn.[6]
She's also spoken about the parallels of True Blood and the gay rights movement. In the series, vampires wish to join mainstream society, with full rights (marriage included).[7]
Ultimately Paquin seems like a regular girl who cares most about her work and her family and doesn't stress too much about religion and politics.
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