Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin (born Winnipeg, raised in Wellington) is a Canadian actress. Paquin was born in Winnipeg and raised by Wellington Paquin's father, was first seen on stage in the role of Flora McGrath. For this role, she won an Academy Award of Best Supporting Actress for 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 the 24th July of 1982. Her birthplace is Canada. New Zealander actress. In 1993, she received an Academy Award at age 11 as the curious and talking daughter that was Holly Hunter who played the main character. Anna Paquin with Holly Hunter, The Piano Holly Hunter (left) and Anna Paquin. Paquin was born in Winnipeg, Canada, and immigrated from the city to New Zealand as a young teenager. The actress was chosen to play Flora McGrath the daughter of the mute Scottish pianist who, in the mid-19th century moves into New Zealand for an arranged wedding when she answered an open audition call at the age of nine. She was old and had almost no previous experience as an actor. As a teenager she emigrated to the United States. Paquin started her acting career when she was a kid, with the character in the Jane Eyre title character in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre as well as an important role in Fly Away Home. Paquin played Frankie Addams, a character in Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding in 1997. In Steven Spielberg's Amistad in 1997 in which she played the queen of Spain in a smaller character. She portrayed teenagers on Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000), A Walk on the Moon (2000). She also portrayed the teen groupie Polexia Aphrodisa in Almost Famous (2000).