![]() "I had to audition, and convince them, somehow, to put their trust in me." Even if she could find her Oscar, there was no guarantee that hauling it over to West 28th Street would automatically cinch her stage debut. ![]() Now 19, Paquin is trying out a new arena, the stage, in the MCC Theater production of Rebecca Gilman's The Glory of Living. "Incredible opportunities have come up and sat on my lap," she says, as modestly as possible. She celebrated her 18th birthday as an X-girl in the superhero smash "X-Men," with at least two sequels in the works. She had been directed by Franco Zeffirelli ("Jane Eyre") and Steven Spielberg ("Amistad") before she was old enough to drive a car. Rather than take her Oscar and run, however, the first-time thespian (the second-youngest performer to win the prize) has kept right on going, from film to film, and from location to location. Her thunderstruck reaction to winning, at the age of 11, charmed TV audiences worldwide. In The Piano, she and Holly Hunter dragged the title instrument through sea and storm, and for their pains both took home Academy Awards in 1994. You know, I'm actually not exactly sure where it's gotten filed." ![]() "I know it's here in New York, I'm pretty sure anyway. "I believe it's inside a duffel bag inside a suitcase inside a bigger suitcase inside my suitcase closet," she ponders. Anna Paquin and Jeffrey Donovan in The Glory of Living.Īnna Paquin plans to showcase her Oscar in the New York apartment she's renting. ![]()
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