Anna Paquin has come a long way since her Oscar-winning star turn at the tender age of 10 in The Piano. The actress -- who's now in college at Columbia University -- has recently branched out from younger roles to that of young women.

First came her appearance as Rogue in the two X-Men films, then a smaller role as a high school student who attempts to seduce her teacher in Spike Lee's The 25th Hour. Now, of course, Anna Paquin is starring as Joaquin Phoenix's love interest in Buffalo Soldiers, which features a scene the New York Post calls "screendom's longest (serious) smooch." And where's a modern girl to go to get advice on kissing? Paquin went to the best -- Sex And The City's Kim Cattrall and Sarah Jessica Parker, who gave the young actress some tricks of the trade.

As well as Anna Paquin may have acted the scene, there's likely one person who won't ever see it -- and that's Paquin herself. She tells us that watching herself onscreen -- even in straight scenes -- nearly gives her hives: "I'm always watching my own work, kind of like, cringing and scrunching down in my seat because it makes me feel really nervous and uncomfortable. I've never really watched my own performances closely enough to really be like, 'Well, here's exactly how I've changed.' No, I--it's all a little too weird for that."