Anna Paquin Profile and Biography

Anna Paquin Profile:
Anna Helene Paquin (pronounced: “pækwɪn”) best known as Anna Paquin was born July 24, 1982 (star sign: Leo) at her hometown in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Anna Paquin is a beautiful New Zealand (film, movie, television) actress, female model, Hollywood star, and women celebrity. She has a hair colour: dyed blonde, eyes colour: hazel, height: 5′ 5″ (165 cm), measurements: 34-27-36, and hobbies: play cello (a bowed string instrument), surfing and cycling.

Anna Paquin Biography:
Anna Paquin was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, she is the daughter of Mary Paquin (née Brophy), an English teacher and native of Wellington, New Zealand, and Brian Paquin, a high school physical education teacher. Anna Paquin is the youngest of three children; she has two older siblings: brother Andrew, born on 1977, and sister Katya, born on 1980. Anna Paquin’s musical childhood hobbies in New Zealand included playing the viola, cello and piano. Anna Paquin also did gymnastics, ballet, swimming and downhill skiing, though she did not have any hobbies related to acting.

During in New Zealand, Anna Paquin attended Hutt Intermediate School in 1994 and 1995. Having begun her secondary education in Wellington at Wellington Girls’ College, Anna Paquin completed her high school diploma at Windward School in Los Angeles, United State of America (USA). Anna Paquin graduated from Windward School on June 2000 and completed the school’s community service requirement by working in an LA soup kitchen and at a special education center. Anna Paquin studied at Columbia University in the City of New York (NY) for one year, but has since been on a leave of absence to continue Anna Paquin’s acting career.

Anna Paquin’s first critically successful film was The Piano, for which Anna Paquin won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress on 1994 (she is the second youngest winner in history). Anna Paquin appeared in a string of highly successful films including She’s All That, Almost Famous and Amistad. Anna Paquin is more widely known for playing Rogue in the X-Men franchise.

Anna Paquin returned to worldwide prominence with her role as Rogue in the blockbuster X-Men movie on 2000, its sequel X2 on 2003, and its third installment X-Men: The Last Stand on 2006.

Anna Paquin on the summer of 2006 completed filming Blue State. Anna Paquin was the executive-producer of the film, the film having been made by Paquin Films, a production company formed by both her and her brother, Andrew Paquin. Anna Paquin on November 2006 completed Margaret. This film has yet to be released. Its release is unknown, because to ongoing legal disputes.

Anna Paquin on 2007 received an Emmy Award nomination for Supporting Actress In A Miniseries Or A Movie for Anna Paquin’s role as Elaine Goodale in HBO’s made-for-TV movie Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, based on Dee Brown’s bestseller. Anna Paquin also received Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award nominations in similar categories.

Anna Paquin on 2008 appeared as Sookie Stackhouse in the HBO series True Blood, her first role in a TV series. The show is based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries series of novels by Charlaine Harris. Anna Paquin won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Television Drama Series for her role in the show, and also won a Satellite Award in a similar category. Anna Paquin has also been nominated for the same category in the 2010 Golden Globe Awards. The second season of True Blood premiered in the United State (US) in June 2009. Season three will premiere in the summer of 2010.

Anna Paquin on 2009 as Irena Sendler, a Polish woman hailed as a heroine of the Holocaust, in The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler, a CBS TV film biopic based on the book Mother of the Children of the Holocaust: The Irena Sendler Story, by Anna Mieszkowska. The film was made in Latvia, and was a Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation for the network. Anna Paquin’s performance earned her a 2010 nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Television Film.

Anna Paquin’s next film is The Romantics, a romantic comedy alongside Josh Duhamel and Katie Holmes. The Romantics is slated for a 2010 release.

(Anna Paquin Profile and Biography source: Wikipedia.Org)

Cindy Crawford Profile and Biography

Cindy Crawford Profile:
Cynthia Ann “Cindy” Crawford with birth name is Cynthia Ann Crawford best known as Cindy Crawford was born February 20, 1966 (star sign: Pisces) at her hometown in DeKalb, Illinois (IL), United State of America (USA). Cindy Crawford is a beautiful American former female model (the most popular supermodels on 1980s and 1990s), top (film, movie, television) actress, female spokesperson, Hollywood star, and women celebrity. She has a hair color: dark brown, eyes color: dark brown, height: 5 ft 9.5 in (1.77 m), weight: 130 lbs (59 kg), measurements: 34-26-36 (86-66-89 cm), dress size: 8 (US), 38 (EU), 12 (UK), shoe size: 10 (US), and hobbies: field sport of hockey.

Cindy Crawford known for her trademark mole just above her lips, Cindy Crawford has adorned hundreds of magazine covers throughout her career. Cindy Crawford was named #3 on VH1′s 40 Hottest Hotties of the 90s. Cindy Crawford’s success at modeling made her a celebrity that has led to roles in film, movie, and television, and to work as a female spokesperson.

Cindy Crawford Biography:
In her early life, Cindy Crawford was born at her hometown in DeKalb, Illinois (IL), United State of America (USA), the daughter of Jennifer Sue Crawford-Moluf (née Walker) and John Crawford (not to be confused with actor and former Mouseketeer Johnny Crawford, of The Rifleman fame). Cindy Crawford was discovered on 1982 by a newspaper photographer. A newspaper photographer noticed Cindy Crawford at work during her summer job of detasseling corn and took a picture of her. The photo and positive feedback Cindy Crawford received were enough to convince her to take up modeling. Cindy Crawford entered the Elite Model Management’s Look of the Year contest on 1983 and was the runner-up. The Elite modeling agency in Chicago then started representing Cindy Crawford.

Cindy Crawford graduated from DeKalb High School on 1984, as valedictorian. Cindy Crawford won an academic scholarship to study chemical engineering at Northwestern University, which she attended for only one quarter. Cindy Crawford dropped out in order to pursue a full-time modeling career. After working for photographer Victor Skrebneski in Chicago, United State of America (USA), Cindy Crawford moved to Manhattan, New York (NY), United State of America (USA) on 1986 and she was signed with the Elite New York modeling agency. Cindy Crawford on 1987 briefly appeared during the opening credits of the Michael J. Fox film The Secret of My Succe$s (1987).

In her career, During the 1980s until 1990s, Cindy Crawford was among the most popular supermodels, and a ubiquitous presence on magazine covers, runways, and in fashion campaigns. Cindy Crawford was repeatedly and frequently featured on the cover of many magazines, including: Vogue, W, People, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, Cosmopolitan, and Allure. A partial count on 1998 totalled over 400 appearances. Cindy Crawford also appeared in many fashion campaigns during her career, including those for Gianni Versace, Escada, Revlon, Ink. Cindy Crawford has also worked for Omega, Maybelline, and Clairol.

Cindy Crawford on 1990 appeared in the video for George Michael’s “Freedom ’90″ alongside other models like Christy Turlington, Linda Evangelista, Tatjana Patitz and Naomi Campbell. Cindy Crawford also played the lost love of Jon Bon Jovi in the video for his 1994 version of “Please Come Home For Christmas.”

Cindy Crawford on 1992 through GoodTimes Home Video and her company Craw Daddy Productions, made an exercise video with Radu Teodorescu, although criticised by some for being unsafe, it was hugely successful and led to two equally lucrative followups, Cindy Crawford: The Next Challenge in 1993 (again with Radu) and Cindy Crawford: A New Dimension in 2000 (the latter, made with fitness expert Kathy Kaehler and produced not long after Cindy Crawford gave birth to her first child, was aimed at new mothers getting back into shape). Cindy Crawford on 2001 also made a shorter fitness video aimed at children, Mini-Muscles with Cindy Crawford and the Fit-wits, an animated production featuring the voices of Cindy Crawford (who also appears at the beginning in live action), Radu and Kobe Bryant.

The inaugural issue of George, a short lived political magazine in the 1990s, featured Cindy Crawford dressed like George Washington (the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and as the commander of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War from 1775 to 1783) on the cover. Cindy Crawford on 2005, The American Society of Magazine Editors listed it as the 22nd best magazine cover of the last 40 years. Cindy Crawford’s resemblance early in her career to model Gia Carangi led her to being known as “Baby Gia”.

Cindy Crawford has also been on Television, movies, and films. From 1989 to 1995, Cindy Crawford was host of MTV’s House of Style. On the mid-1990s Cindy Crawford starred in famous Pepsi and Pepsi Stuff advertising. On 1995 Cindy Crawford broke into movies as the female lead in the movie Fair Game. Cindy Crawford’s performance was panned by critics– Leonard Maltin commented “In her acting debut, supermodel Cindy Crawford makes a good jogger.” The film was also a financial failure, with expenses of $50 million and $11 million takings at the box office. Cindy Crawford on 2000 was one of a number of celebrities (along with Victoria Silvstedt, Anna Falchi and Megan Gale) playing themselves in the Italian comedy Bodyguards – Guardie del corpo. Cindy Crawford on 2001 costarred as part of an ensemble cast in The Simian Line. Again the film was not successful or critically acclaimed, but Cindy Crawford’s acting was not criticized. Cindy Crawford has had several other minor acting jobs over the years.

Cindy Crawford has consistently ranked highly on lists of the world’s sexiest people. Cindy Crawford was ranked number 5 on a magazine’s list of the 100 Sexiest Stars of the 20th century. A 1997 Shape magazine survey of 4,000 picked her as the second (after Demi Moore) most beautiful woman in the world. Cindy Crawford on 2002 was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People by People magazine. Even in her forties Cindy Crawford claimed #26 in the 2006 Hot 100 issue of Maxim magazine.

After her modeling career, Cindy Crawford quit modeling on 2000. Cindy Crawford continues to provide celebrity endorsement for a variety of projects. Cindy Crawford on 2005 created a line of beauty products with Dr. Jean-Louis Sebagh called Meaningful Beauty for Guthy-Renker. Cindy Crawford has admitted to regularly receiving certain cosmetic procedures, including Botox and vitamin injections. Cindy Crawford first saw a plastic surgeon on 1995.

Cindy Crawford on 2005 launched a new line of furniture under the “Cindy Crawford Home Collection” name. This collection is manufactured by HM Richards Inc., and is sold through many retailers including Art Van Furniture and Rooms To Go. Cindy Crawford assisted in the creation of the line by directing the designers to include certain features, colors, or styles that fit the needs of families or reflected her own tastes. Cindy Crawford also has a furniture line with Raymour & Flanigan and launched another home goods line with J. C. Penney on late 2009.

(Cindy Crawford Profile and Biography source: Wikipedia.Org)