Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin has been an actor in Canada and New Zealand for over a decade. She was born in Winnipeg and born in Wellington Paquin began her acting debut as Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film The Piano for which she was awarded an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age 11 making her the second-youngest winner of the award in Oscar history. Anna Paquin full name Anna Helene Paquin born July 24 in 1982 Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian-born New Zealand actor who won the Academy Award as a youngster for Best Supporting Actress for portraying the bright and curious child of Holly Hunter's lead character on the film The Piano. Anna Paquin, Holly Hunter and The Piano Holly Hunter as The Piano Paquin lived in New Zealand with her family while she was a young girl. The actress was chosen to play Flora McGrath the daughter of an blind Scottish pianist who in the mid-19th century moves into New Zealand for an arranged marriage when she responded to an open audition call at the age of nine. She was old, and had no previous acting experience. When she was a teenager the family relocated from Canadian to United States. Paquin was chosen to play the role of the child in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre in the year 1996. Also, she was an important role as a lead character in Fly Away Home, a movie from the same year. Paquin was the character Frankie Addams as a child in the television film adaptation Carson McCullers novel The Member of the Wedding. Paquin played Queen of Spain, in Steven Spielbergs 1997 movie Amistad. She was a teenager as teenagers in Hurlyburly (1998) She's All That (1999) as well as A Walk on the Moon (1999) and portrayed the groupie Polexia Aphrodisa as a character in Almost Famous (2000).