Two Globe nominations for Paquin

Kiwi actress Anna Paquin has scored two Golden Globe nominations. Photo / Supplied

Kiwi actress Anna Paquin has been nominated for two separate Golden Globes this year, an honour shared by Meryl Streep, Matt Damon and Sandra Bullock.

She received best actress nods for her lead role as Sookie Stackhouse in popular TV drama True Blood - for which she won the same award in January this year - as well as a part in the made-for-TV movie The Courageous Heart Of Irena Sendler.

The roles are vastly different - in True Blood, which is based on the Southern Vampire Mysteries novels by Charlaine Harris, she plays a telepathic waitress in small town Louisiana. Meanwhile, she takes on the part of a Polish social worker who smuggles Jewish children to safety during World War II in The Courageous Heart Of Irena Sendler.

As defending champion in the drama-series actress category, Paquin will compete with The Closer's Kyra Sedgwick, Damages' Glenn Close, Mad Men's January Jones and The Good Wife's Julianna Margulies.

True Blood has proved a runaway hit for HBO, and is now its most watched series since The Sopranos.

Paquin is also currently dating co-star Stephen Moyer, who plays vampire Bill Compton.

- NZHERALD STAFF