Posted AT 4:17 AM EST on 05/09/08
Just a small-town girl with a taste for the undead
There is not even the ghost of an antipodean accent coming down the phone line from L.A. Fifteen years ago, Anna Paquin was the little New Zealander who won the hearts of millions - and an Oscar - for her role in The Piano.
Today, she's a busy 26-year-old actor about to unveil her first major TV series role, playing a small-town Louisiana waitress with a southern twang and a thing for a vampire in HBO's True Blood.
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