The Golden Globe-winning HBO drama chronicles the backwoods Louisiana town of Bon Temps, where vampires have emerged from the coffin, and no longer need humans for their fix. Starring Anna Paquin as Sookie and Steven Moyer as Bill Compton. Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) works as a waitress at the rural bar Merlotte\'s. Though outwardly a typical young woman, she keeps a dangerous secret: she has the ability to hear the thoughts of others. Her situation is further complicated when the bar gets its first vampire patron – 173-year old Bill Compton (Steven Moyer) – and the two outsiders are immediately drawn to each other.