Anna Paquin’s latest premiere glam included a matching cane, amid reported health issues
Alexandra Del Rosario April 4, 2024
At her latest red carpet
event
, actor
Anna Paquin
posed for pictures in a sparkling black dress, ankle booties and a matching cane to top off the sleek look.
The “
Irishman
” and “
X-Men
” actor showed off that last item Wednesday evening at the New York premiere for her film “
A Bit of Light,
” where she also revealed she has been living with undisclosed health issues for two “difficult” years.
“It hasn’t been easy,” Paquin,
41
, told People
at the red carpet
.
The magazine reported on Wednesday that the actor’s health issues have impacted her mobility, prompting the need for a cane
to walk around
. With the undisclosed ailment, Paquin also told the outlet that she has experienced some difficulties with her speech.
A source told People that they are hopeful that Paquin will make a full recovery. More details about the actor’s condition have not been revealed.
A representative for the Oscar-winning “
The Piano
” star did not immediately respond to The Times’ request for additional comment
on
Thursday.
In “A Bit of Light,” distributed by Quiver, Paquin stars as
a
woman named Ella struggling to reconnect with her two daughters. Amid her efforts, Ella finds friendship in a teenage boy (
Luca Hogan
) who helps Ella “rediscover her self-worth,” according to the film’s trailer.
At the premiere, Paquin also told People that she takes comfort in her work amid her health issues, noting “my first love was independent filmmaking.”
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“That’s how I entered the film industry. I was working with people who are all about telling stories and telling them with integrity and truth,” she said.
Among Paquin’s “A Bit of Light” collaborators is
her husband,
actor and director
Stephen Moyer, her husband
. The spouses share
11
-year-old fraternal twins
Charlie
and
Poppy
.
“A Bit of Light”
also film
also stars
Ray Winstone
,
Pippa Bennett-Warner
and
Youssef Kerkour
. The film hits select theaters and video-on-demand platforms on Friday.
