Displaying her newly golden locks, a radiant Anna Paquin was living up to the maxim that blondes have more fun as she joined her equally beaming co-star Adam Beach for the New York premiere of their small screen movie Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee.
The talented pair promoted their new HBO picture, which airs on TV Sunday, in LA before jetting into the Big Apple for a follow-up gala at the American Museum of Natural History. But unlike many young Hollywood stars, it hasn't been non-stop partying of late for 24-year-old Anna, who takes a serious approach when it comes to her career, spending her weekends going over scripts.
The Oscar winner found herself particularly drawn to the Wounded Knee script, based on the 1971 bestselling non-fiction book about the displacement of Native Americans in the late 19th century. "I hadn't actually read the book," says the Winnipeg-born beauty, who moved to New Zealand when she was 11 years old. "I grew up in New Zealand, where we have our own tragedies… but I knew of the story, and I really wanted to be a part of telling this." In the film she plays an enlightened school teacher determined to improve the lives of Indians on a reservation.
Meanwhile dad-of-two Adam, now dividing his time between his homes in Ottawa and New York where he is shooting episodes as a regular on Law And Order: Special Victims Unit, also often picks parts close to his heart. "Native kids need role models on television, and I'm going to reach them with this show," said the 34-year-old.
Photo: Canadian Press
Photo: Canadian Press
