Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin (born Winnipeg, born in Wellington,) is an Canadian actor from Canada. Paquin, born in Winnipeg and was raised by Wellington Paquin's acting debut was in the role of Flora McGrath. For this part, she was awarded the Academy Award of Best Supporting Actress in the romantic drama The Piano at the young age of 11. She is the second youngest winner in Oscar History. Anna Paquin spelled out Anna Helene Paquin was born in Winnipeg, Canada on July 24,1982. Her birthplace is Canada. New Zealander actress. In 1993 she won an Academy Award at age 11 as the curious and talkative daughter that was Holly Hunter who played the leading character. Anna Paquin in The Piano Holly Hunter and Anna Paquin in The Piano Paquin grew up in New Zealand after moving with her parents as a child. When she answered an open audition call to play the character, she got it as Flora McGrath, the daughter of a mute Scottish piano player who moves from Scotland to New Zealand in mid-19th-century to be married. It was her first role at the age of nine and had no acting experience. As a teenager, she moved from New Zealand to United States. Paquin started her acting career as a child with a role of the Jane Eyre main character in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre, and then she played a significant role of Fly Away Home. Paquin was in the role of Frankie Addams, a character in Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding in 1997. In Steven Spielberg's Amistad in 1997, she played the Spanish queen in a lesser character. She played teens in Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (1998), A Walk on the Moon (1998) as well as Almost Famous (2000). She also portrayed the groupie Polexia Aphrodisa.