Breaking into Hollywood at a young age is not an easy path for a kid to take, as there is a lot of pressure involved with making movies and television shows. Some are able to thrive for years, while others grow up and move onto other things. The ones that do stick around have a chance to build a lengthy filmography that few can come close to rivaling.
Anna Paquin has been a fixture in film and television since she was just a kid, and through the years, she has landed many lucrative roles. On the small screen, Paquin starred as Sookie Stackhouse on the show True Blood, which wound up being a huge success and paid Paquin a hefty salary for her services each episode.
Let’s take a look at Paquin’s time on True Blood and see how much she was making.
She Made Up To $275,000 Per Episode
Being a television star on a popular show comes with a number of great benefits, including getting a massive salary. During its peak, True Blood was being watched by seemingly everyone, and because of this and her performance on the show, Anna Paquin was able to command a huge salary for each episode.
According to Cosmopolitan, Anna Paquin was making up to $275,000 per episode of the show. Typically, stars will work their way up to a huge salary, but there is no information about the initial pay that Paquin received and how it was able to grow and change as the seasons went on.
It is interesting to note that fellow True Blood star Alexander Skarsgard was receiving the same type of pay for his performance on the show. There have been pay disparities in the past that have caught the news, but it seems like the folks bringing True Blood to life were willing to do what was right and pay their biggest stars equally.
True Blood would run for a total of 7 seasons and 80 episodes, meaning that Paquin was bringing home bank during her time on the show. Thanks to making a few million per season, the performer was able to carve out a comfortable life for her and her family.
She Was One Of The Highest-Paid Women On Television
As we have seen in the past, major television stars can pull down insane salaries once their shows take off, and the $275,000 that Anna Paquin was making for True Blood placed her among the highest-paid women on television, which is no easy feat.
According to Cosmopolitan back in 2017, Paquin was making more than performers on other shows that were massively popular. For instance, during the show’s peak, she was making more than Alyson Hannigan from How I Met Your Mother, Zooey Deschanel from New Girl, and even Claire Danes from Homeland.
Despite being above some of the biggest names in the business, Paquin did find herself trailing some other actresses from top shows. Lena Headey and Emilia Clarke were both making more for Game of Thrones, Ellen Pompeo from Grey’s Anatomy, and Kaley Cuoco from The Big Bang Theory.
Impressive company, right? Her place in the salary pecking order shows just how great she was on the small screen and how huge of a success True Blood was during its peak years on television.
What She’s Up To Now
Since True Blood came to an end, Anna Paquin, who just as easily could have been fine with taking things slow or just retiring altogether, still landed roles and continued to take part in projects throughout the years.
On the big screen, Paquin lent her voice to The Good Dinosaur, performed in smaller projects, and even had a role in The Irishman, which took Netflix by storm just two years ago. Sure, True Blood was a huge win for the performer, but many of us remember her from her time on the big screen, particularly in the X-Men franchise. Because of this, it shouldn’t be too surprising to see her thriving in film.
As for her continued success on television, we have gotten to see the performer land a number of projects since she finished playing Sookie Stackhouse. She did star on Bellevue for its lone season, but the show was not brought back for another round of episodes. However, this did not stop her from getting a continued role down the line. In fact, she starred on the show Flack, which has so far aired two seasons.
True Blood was a huge triumph for Anna Paquin, who made bank from the show and continued to find success in Hollywood.
