The bank has been Broken! Anna Paquin signs up to star in new ABC drama produced by Reese Witherspoon
She is a critically acclaimed Oscar-winning actress.
So it is only natural Reese Witherspoon would be keen to snap up Anna Paquin to star in her forthcoming new ABC show Broken.
The True Blood favourite be the star of the new Meaghan Oppenheimer-penned pilot, which was previously known as Please Don’t Go
Headhunted: Anna Paquin has signed up to star in Reese Witherspoon-produced ABC show Broken
The saucy 33-year-old starket will play a ruthless Dallas divorce attorney named Gemma, according to Deadline.
Her existence is said to unravel when her emotionally damaged, love-addict sister, played by English beauty Charity Wakefield, comes back into her life.
This will apparently unleash the solicitor's repressed self-destructive side, while hidden family secrets are also part of the heady mix.
The show is being produced for ABC Studios by Reese Witherspoon and her Pacific Standard sidekick Bruna Papandrea.
Vamp: She has just came off a six year spell in HBO supernatural show True Blood
It is the latest high-profile TV project for mother-of-two Anna, who starred in vampire show from 2008 until 2014.
Starring in the hit HBO programme was certainly a life changing experience for Anna.
She fell in love with her English co-star Stephen Moyer, and the pair ended up marrying in August 2010 after dating for three years.
The lovebirds welcomed their fraternal twins Poppy and Charlie in September 2012.
Celebrity West Ham United fan Stephen, 46, is also father to 15-year-old Billy and 13-year-old Lilac.
Life changing: She fell in love with English co-star Stephen Moyer and they had twins in 2012
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