Emily Irene VanCamp

Born on May 12, 1986
Emily Irene VanCamp is a Canadian actress born in Port Perry, Ontario. She is best known for her roles as Amy Abbott on the WB Network series Everwood, which ran from 2002 to 2006, and more recently for her role as Rebecca Harper in the ABC network series Brothers & Sisters since 2007.

She moved to Los Angeles in early 2002. Emily VanCamp first appeared in 2000's Canadian television Are You Afraid of the Dark? as the character Peggy Gregory for the two episodes "The Tale of the Silver Sight: Part 2" and "The Tale of the Silver Sight: Part 3." Her next 2000's role was in Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, in which she played the character of Jackie Bouvier at 13 years of age. She appeared again in 2000 in the television series Radio Active in the episode "Bully for You", portraying the character Becky Sue. In 2001 VanCamp appeared in Lost and Delirious playing Allison Moller. She also appeared in All Souls as Kirstin Caine, Johanna Wilson in Dice and in Glory Days as Sam Dolan.

She appeared in Redeemer as Alana and in The House on Turk Street as Connie. She next appeared as Jen Tyler in A Different Loyalty. She appeared in the short film Rings which bridged the gap between The Ring and The Ring Two in which she reprised her character from the short film. She also appeared in the 2006 film Black Irish as the character Kathleen.

The role for which she is perhaps best known is her character Amy Abbott in the WB Television Network's drama Everwood.

In 2007, VanCamp joined the cast of Touchstone Television’s large ensemble series Brothers & Sisters as a regular late in the season, a move that marks her second teaming with Executive Producer Greg Berlanti (they were previously paired on Everwood). VanCamp's character was introduced as the daughter of the late William Walker (Tom Skerritt) and his secret mistress, Holly Harper (Patricia Wettig), though it is later discovered that this is incorrect through DNA done in 2008.

Emily Irene VanCamp quotes

“At a party, I am the kind of girl who will wait until the end of the night before I really get going. I'm a little anti-social at first, but I'm not immune to dancing on tables either.”

"I don't dig parties. I rather sit at home with my friends and a good movie. Movie night with my girlfriends are the best I know"

"Really good movies come from Spain, and it is my dream to get a role from one of those."

"The spotlight does put pressure on certain aspects of my life. I've given up looking for a boyfriend. That's not to say I won't be intersted if the right guy comes along. But I'm not in a hurry."

"You put the picture of the ideal person in your head and then someone comes along and they don't fit that ideal at all. But somehow there is something about them that is so attractive. Everyone that I have fallen for has not fit that ideal at all. "

-Emily Irene VanCamp

on her idol, Audrey Hepburn
If I could meet anybody in the whole world, dead or alive, it would be Audrey Hepburn. She is my idol. I've been watching her movies since I was a little kid.

on what kind of pet she'd like
My idea of a perfect pet is a really, really big dog! Huge! Unfortunately, I can't have pets right now. There's just not enough time with my schedule. For a while there I thought about getting a cat, but even that seems unfair.

on her love of dance
I've been dancing my entire life. Jazz, hip hop, ballet. And then there's tap dancing. I love to tap. My ultimate dream is to do a musical like Singin' in the Rain

On the emotions needed for her role on Everwood
It's my job to dig down deep and find those parts of you. Everyone has an evil side, everyone has a drug addict in them. That's my job to find those characteristics and make them shine.

On her Everwood co-star Gregory Smith
We hit it off right away. There's really good chemistry between our characters, and he's also become a really good friend of mine. It ends there, though. I don't have a crush on him, although I think everybody should! He's so shy; he's going to love that.

Filmography
Actress:

1. "Ben Hur" (2010) TV series .... Esther
2. Norman (2009) .... Emily Parrish
3. Carriers (2009) .... Kate
4. "Brothers & Sisters" .... Rebecca Harper (49 episodes, 2007-2009)
- Mexico (2009) TV episode .... Rebecca Harper
- Let's Call the Whole Thing Off (2009) TV episode .... Rebecca Harper
- Julia (2009) TV episode .... Rebecca Harper
- S3X (2009) TV episode .... Rebecca Harper
- Missing (2009) TV episode .... Rebecca Harper
5. Brothers & Sisters: Family Album (2007) (TV) (also archive footage) .... Rebecca Harper
6. Black Irish (2007) .... Kathleen McKay
7. "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" .... Charlotte Truex (1 episode, 2007)
... aka "Law & Order: SVU" (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka "Special Victims Unit" (New Zealand: English title)
- Dependent (2007) TV episode .... Charlotte Truex
8. "Everwood" .... Amy Abbott (89 episodes, 2002-2006)
... aka "Our New Life in Everwood" (UK: new syndication title)
- Foreverwood: Part 1 (2006) TV episode .... Amy Abbott
- Foreverwood: Part 2 (2006) TV episode .... Amy Abbott
- Goodbye, Love (2006) TV episode .... Amy Abbott
- Reckoning (2006) TV episode .... Amy Abbott
- Enjoy the Ride (2006) TV episode .... Amy Abbott
9. The Ring Two (2005) .... Emily
... aka Samara (Hong Kong: English title) (Singapore: English title)
... aka The Ring 2 (International: English title: alternative spelling) (UK)
... aka Samara: Ring 2 (Philippines: English title: informal title)
10. Rings (2005) (V) .... Emily
11. A Different Loyalty (2004) .... Jen Tyler
12. The House on Turk Street (2002) (uncredited) .... Connie
... aka No Good Deed (USA: DVD title)
13. "Glory Days" .... Sam Dolan (9 episodes, 2002)
... aka "Demontown" (UK)
- Clowning Glory (2002) TV episode .... Sam Dolan
- No Guts, No Glory (2002) TV episode .... Sam Dolan
- There Goes the Neighborhood (2002) TV episode .... Sam Dolan
- Everybody Loves Rudy (2002) TV episode .... Sam Dolan
- The Lost Girls (2002) TV episode .... Sam Dolan
(4 more)
14. Redeemer (2002) (TV) .... Alana
15. "Dice" (2001) TV mini-series .... Johanna Wilson
16. "All Souls" .... Kirstin Caine (1 episode, 2001)
- Spineless (2001) TV episode .... Kirstin Caine
17. Lost and Delirious (2001) (as Emily Vancamp) .... Allison Moller
... aka La rage au coeur (Canada: French title)
... aka Rebelles (Canada: French title)
18. "Radio Active" .... Becky Sue Drummond (1 episode, 2000)
- Bully for You (2000) TV episode .... Becky Sue Drummond
19. Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (2000) (TV) .... Jackie Bouvier - Age 13
20. "Are You Afraid of the Dark?" .... Peggy Gregory (3 episodes, 2000)
- The Tale of the Silver Sight: Part 1 (2000) TV episode (credit only) .... Peggy Gregory
- The Tale of the Silver Sight: Part 2 (2000) TV episode .... Peggy Gregory
- The Tale of the Silver Sight: Part 3 (2000) TV episode (credit only) .... Peggy Gregory

Emily VanCamp Facts

Birthday: 5/12/1986
Nickname: Olgie
Birthname: Olga Emily VanCamp
Hookups: Chris Pratt,
Max Geist
Hometown: Port Perry, Ontario, Canada
Assets: Canadian
Sign: Taurus
Height: 5'8
Job: Actress
Ethnicity: White
Country of Origin: Canada

Emily's favorites:

Cosmetics: Anything Aveda,
ChapStick,
Kiehl's or M.A.C.,
a lipgloss,
skin creams
a concealer.
Actors: Kevin Spacey,
Josh Hartnett,
Ashton Kutcher.
Book: A Place Called Freedom by Ken Follett.
Movie: My Fair Lady
Music: Ani DiFranco,
India Arie,
Ben Harper,
Tracy Chapman.
Holiday: Christmas.
Snacks: Popsicle,
ice cream,
especially the Vanilla Caramel Fudge by Ben & Jerry's.
Hobbies: Photography,
yoga,
writing poetry.
Outdoor Hobbies: Biking,
hiking,
horseback riding
skiing
Accessories :dainty silver pieces,
especially rings and earrings.
She has three piercings in each ear.

Anna Helene Paquin

Born on July 24, 1982
Anna Helene Paquin is a Canadian-born New Zealand actress. Her breakthrough performance was in the New Zealand film The Piano, which earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 1994, making her the second youngest winner in history at the age of 11.

Sexiness
Even if it might not be Anna Paquin's style to vamp it up, she still has enough beauty and intelligence to make her eminently attractive. There's a vulnerability to her that only adds to her allure; at the same time, though, Anna Paquin has the emotional grounding that would make her an ideal companion.

Anna Paquin's emergent sexuality has been put to good use in her more recent roles. Her portrayal of a vampire in the TV show True Blood and playing an enticing-yet-vulnerable teen in Spike Lee's 25th Hour are two examples, but perhaps one of her sexier characters was Rogue, one of the X-Men who discovers she has superpowers when she receives her first kiss.

Acclaim as a child actress
It was in New Zealand in 1991 that Paquin became an actress by chance. Director Jane Campion was looking for a little girl to play a key role in The Piano, set to film in New Zealand, and a newspaper advertisement was run announcing an open audition. Paquin's sister read the ad and went to try out with a friend; Paquin herself tagged along because she had nothing better to do. When Campion met Paquin—whose only acting experience had been as a skunk in a school play—she was very impressed with the nine-year-old's performance of the monologue about Flora's father, and she was chosen from among the 5000 candidates.
Paquin as Flora, telling the story about her father in The Piano

When The Piano was released in 1993 it was lauded by critics, won prizes at a number of film festivals, and eventually became a popular movie among a wide audience. Paquin's debut performance in the film earned her an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the age of eleven, making her the second-youngest Oscar winner in history after Tatum O'Neal. The Piano was made as a small independent movie and wasn't intended to be widely known, and Paquin and her family didn't plan to continue in the acting circles. However, she was invited to the William Morris Agency, and she kept receiving offers for new roles. She systematically refused them, but she did appear in three commercials for the phone company MCI (now Verizon). She also appeared as a voice in an audio book entitled The Magnificent Nose in 1994.

In 1996, she appeared in two movies. The first role was as young Jane in Jane Eyre. The other was a lead part in Fly Away Home playing a young girl who, after her mother dies, moves in with her father and finds solace in taking care of orphaned goslings.

As a teenager, she had roles in films including A Walk on the Moon, The Member of the Wedding, Amistad, Hurlyburly and She's All That.

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

In the summer of 2006, she completed filming Blue State. She 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. In November 2006, she completed Margaret. This film is now scheduled for release in 2009, according to imdb.com.

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

In 2008, Paquin 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. 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. The second season of the show began airing on June 14, 2009.

In 2009, Paquin played 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

Theatrical career

Paquin is also an award-winning stage actress, having made her stage debut in 2001 in a production of The Glory of Living at the MCC Theater. She won a 2001-2002 Theater World Award for her performance. She has since appeared in a number of other plays, but has only once appeared in a play outside of the USA, when she appeared on the West End stage in London in a production of This is Our Youth in 2002.

Anna was ranked #50 on Maxim magazine's 50 hottest 100 celebrities of 2008.

When she was younger, she wanted to be the Prime Minister of New Zealand.

Awards

• 1993 - LAFCA Award - Best Supporting Actress for The Piano
• 1994 - Academy Awards - Best Supporting Actress for The Piano
• 2001 - Online Film Critics Society Awards - Best Ensemble Cast Performance for Almost Famous
• 2005 - Gotham Awards - Best Ensemble Cast for The Squid and the Whale
• 2008 - Satellite Award - Best Actress in a Series, Drama for True Blood
• 2009 - Golden Globe Award - Best Actress in a Television Drama Series for True Blood

Theatre credits

• The Glory of Living; MCC Theater, New York, 2001 - Lisa (Won Theatre World Award (Outstanding Actress) in 2002 for the role)
• This is Our Youth; Garrick Theatre, London, 2002 - Jessica Goldman (Nominated for Drama Desk Award (Outstanding Actress) for the role)
• Manuscript (Reading); Falmouth Academy, New York, 2003 - Elizabeth Hawkins
• Drug Buddy (Reading); Manhattan Theater Club, 2003 - Wendy
• Roulette; Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York, 2004 - Jenny
• The Distance From Here; MCC Theater, New York, 2004 - Shari (Won Drama Desk Award (Outstanding Cast Ensemble) in 2004)
• The 24 Hour Plays, South Of The Border; MCC Theater, 2004 - Maylene
• After Ashley; Vineyard Theatre, New York, 2005 - Julie Bell
• Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead; (Reading); Westside Theatre, New York, 2005 - Marcy
• The 24 Hour Plays, The Blizzard; MCC Theater, 2006 - Jenny

Quotes

"I don't know when acting came to be more about awards than about the work. Judging who's better than the other person shouldn't be part of why we're doing this job. It should be about entertaining people. "

"I'm probably one of the only actresses who has no waitressing experience... I've never had a non-acting job, because I've pretty much acted full time since I was 9."

"I'd really like to get to do some fighting, some martial arts training, because I think that would be really fun... I do gymnastics and ballet, and I'm very, very into the physically acrobatic end of sport."

"None of the characters I've played are really like me. That would be boring. It wouldn't be acting. "

"I just do what feels right. I think the great thing about getting to do what I do is that you can try out being a different person without having to screw up your life to do it."

"Honestly, if you're trying to get past a bouncer, distract them with how cute your puppy is and they won't ask any questions."
- Anna Paquin, .

on joining the ranks of Hollywood stars who've gone blonde
I feel fabulous... When I wake up in the morning and I haven't had my coffee and I stumble downstairs, I'm like, 'Oh, s---' I completely forget that I've done this. And I have a few moments where I'm, like, 'Who's that?'