Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin has been an actress in Canada and New Zealand for over a decade. Paquin is a native of Winnipeg, raised in Wellington and made her debut in the role of Flora McGrath when she played the role in The Piano. She won an Academy Award at the age of 11 for Best supporting Actress. Anna Paquin is full Anna Helene Paquin born on July 24, 1982 Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian actress and New Zealander who when she was a child, won her first Academy Award in 1993 for the best supporting actress. She played the feisty daughter of Holly Hunter's character on the film The Piano. Anna Paquin with Holly Hunter, The Piano Holly Hunter (left) and Anna Paquin. Paquin was born in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. She moved into New Zealand as a young teenager. The actress was chosen to play Flora McGrath the daughter of a mute Scottish pianist who in the late 19th century relocates back to New Zealand for an arranged marriage when she responded to an open audition call at the age of nine. She was old and had almost no prior experience in acting. As a teenager, she made the move to America. Paquin was played as the title child in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre in 1996. In addition, she played the lead part on the screen in Fly Away Home, a film that was released in the year. Paquin was Frankie Addams in a 1997 television movie adaptation of Carson McCullers's novel The Member of the Wedding and had a minor role as the queen of Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997). The actress played teenagers on the screen in Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (1998), A Walk on the Moon (1998) and Almost Famous (2000). In addition, she portrayed the groupie Polexia Aphrodisa.