LOS ANGELES, Feb. 12 (UPI) -- Canadian-born actress Anna Paquin has signed on to star in the television movie "The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler," CBS announced.
Paquin won an Oscar as a child for her work in "The Piano" and later had a supporting role in the "X-Men" movie trilogy. She is co-starring on the vampire TV series "True Blood," for which she recently earned a Golden Globe.