International Bright Young Thing

Anna Paquin talks dogs, dorm-living, Degas and “living long distance” with the Independent. Currently studying art history – between films – at Columbia University, Paquin will next be seen alongside Joaquin Phoenix and Ed Harris in the barbed US army satire, Buffalo Soldiers (helmed by Australia’s Gregor Two Hands Jordan and described as “Bilko with drugs”). In an interview with the Miami Herald, she talks about her international upbringing. “Culturally, all my reference points are from my years in New Zealand,” says the Canadian-born actress, before conceding that, “I’ve travelled so much I don’t really know where I’m from anymore.”