Sookie Stackhouse as Anna Paquin

• Anna Paquin moved to New Zealand when she was 4.
• She plays Rugby, loves to run, play the piano, sing, reading, knitting, swimming and gymnastics
• One of Teen Peoples Magazine's "25 Hottest under 25"
• Attended Columbia University
• Was number 93 on VH1's "100 Greatest Kid Stars"
• Ranked #50 on the Maxim Magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.
• Confirmed that she was engaged to her longtime boyfriend and co-star Stephan Moyer
• She is a Vegetarian
• Plays the cello
• has 2 cats and 1 dog

• She won her first Oscar for her performance in The Piano (1993)
• An Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in Jane Eyre (1996)
• She was also in Fly Away Home (1996), Hurlyburly (1998), A Walk on the Moon (1999), Almost Famous (2000) and Finding Forrestedr(2000)
• On the Cover is Nylon Magazine
  

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

Life sucks

Sookie (Anna Paquin)is 25, a barmaid and a telepath. Her parents died in a flood when she was seven, leaving Sookie and her older brother, Jason, to be raised by their Grandmother, whom they called Gram. After Gram is murdered Sookie is left to live and maintain the house, which is later destroyed my Marianne. Sookie supports herself by working as a barmaid at a local bar, Merlotte's, which is owned by local shape-shifter Sam Merlotte, as well as occasionally utilizing her telepathic talents for the local group of vampires headed by Eric Northman. She is madly in love with vampire Bill Compton, and knew it right away when she realized she could not read his mind.
Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer) grew up in Bon Temps, Louisiana and worked as a farmer living in a house with his wife and children. After fighting for the South during the Civil War he was turned Vampire, against his will. Bill returns to his home town to take over a piece of property belonging to his last living cousin. Sookie and bill fall in love as he show remarkable and unusaul compassion for human life. Bill resents Lorena, his maker for the memories of his past and belives vampires are disgusting animals. Bill is devoted to Sookie and will do anything to secure her protection.

Erik Northman (Alexander Skargard) is the Sheriff and the most powerful vampire in Area 5, a territory that includes the town of Bon Temps.He is also the owner of Fangtasia, the local vampire bar. He is around 1,000 years old, mysetiouis and powerful any loyal to his kind. Erik has an obsession with Sookie and against Bill's calim over her, hes trying to make Sookie his.


Sam Merlotte (Sam Tramell) is the owner of Merlotte's resturant, the local hangover and center of Bon Temp. Sam is a shap-shifter he has the ability to to change into any animal he see, as long as its present. He has full control over this power except on full moons and he is able to heal himself quickly. He is a very nice, sensitive man but a hopeless romantic. Sam was incredibly in love with Sookie and heart broken when she choose Bill over her.

Jason Stackhouse (Ryan Kwanten) is a 28 year road worker. He is extremly sexual but not that bright. He is the local heartthrob and the girls seem to throw themselves at him. His sexyness gets him into quit the amout of trouble and into some sticky situations. He has the tendancey to not think for himself and allows others to manipulate his beliefs.
Nevertheless he is very protective of his younger sister, Sookie.



Tara Thornton (Rutina Wesley) is 26 and Sookies life long freind. She is a bartender at Merlottes and is very sharp-tounged. Tara is a string women who has dificulty trusting others. This is because she grew up in a home being neglected by her drunk mother. Suffering from this hate/love reationship with her mother, Tara overcomes alot of obsticles in her life.

Whats to come of season 3?

True Blood

Record-setting 3.7 million viewers, making it was the most-watched program on the network since "The Sopranos" finale two years ago. (12 million including on-demand and dvr)

Created by Allan Ball Won Golden Globe. Another 5 wins & 9 nominations

TV Drama starring Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, Rutina Wesley, Nelsan Ellis, Carrie Preston,Alexander Skarsgard, Todd Lowe, Kristin Bauer, Deborah Ann Woll, Michelle Forbes

True Blood is a story about Vampires intergrading into society two years after the revelation that they walked among us. Merlottes Bar is the small tavern and gathering spot for all of Bon Temps, Louisiana resedents to come eat, drink and enjoy eachothers company. When a Vampire named Bill Compton played by Stephen Moyer moves to Bon Temp the once quiet town starts to unfold a strange, twisted story. Bill befriends Sookie Stackhouse played by Anna

Paquin, a waitress at Merlottes Bar with telepathic abilities and turns her whole life upside down.

Bit into the Basics; a guide for life (and after)

Powers:
-Vampires have superhuman strength , hearing and speed.
-Vampires have a mind-controlling ability known as "glamoring." -Vampires have the ability to lay claim” to humans (this is to keep other vampires from feeding on them)-Fangs, which pop out when you're aroused.

-Quick reflexes-rapid healing of wounds
-Some can fly
-Vampires have insatiable libidos (people who have sex with vampires are know

as "Fangbangers")

Weaknesses:

-Vampires are susceptible to viral infection by a mutation of hepatitis, known as "Hep D” (this can weaken a Vampire for months so they work to keep word of the virus out of the mainstream media)

-They can not survive in the sun-Wooden steak causing the vampire to erupt
-Silver weakenes them

Characteristics:

-Vampires have no heartbeat
-Vampires have no brain waves
-They have no need to breathe and no electrical impulses whatsoever in their bodies.

-Vampires do not eat food-thye drink a jamanize synthetic blood called True Blood

-It is

unknown how they can he digests blood…

Rules:

-In order to become a Vampire the “maker” drains the human, and then the human must drink from the vampire. The human then dies and then rises in 2-3 days
-A Vampire is always emotionally attached to their maker.
-Vampires cannot enter a residence unless invited in (but must leave the residence if the invitation is withdrawn)
-Vampires live in “nests“: a lawless pleasure den inhabited by multiple vampires and, occasionally, a few subservient humans who provide a steady source of food

Vampire Blood:

-Vampire blood is one of the most sought-after commodities on the black-market because of its potency (even though some humans have gone crazy after drinking it). The effects last depending on the amounts of blood that was ingested.
-Heals wounds and series injuries

Generic name: Vampire blood
Street name: "V"
Street value: $600 for a quarter-ounce
Duration of high: Unknown
Dosage: 1-2 drops taken by mouth
Short-term effects: Heightened libido, awareness and senses; delirium
Long-term effects: Heightened aggression; increased chance of addiction (which
results in severe withdrawal symptoms and cravings)

-When humans drink Vampire blood, they become more attractive to other humans and vampires, sexually potent, they gain strength, have more control over themselves and feel healthier
-highly illegal newest underground narcotic


Vampire Government

-Vampires live in “nests“: a lawless pleasure den inhabited by multiple vampires and, occasionally, a few subservient humans who provide a steady source of food
-Governed by the oldest vampire at that location, called the sheriff.
-It's against the law for a vampire to kill another vampire
-It is not yet legal for humans to marry vampires
-If a human is “claimed” no other vampires may feed off them