Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin is a Canadian as well as a New Zealand actress. Paquin was born in Winnipeg and was raised by Wellington Paquin's acting debut was as Flora McGrath. For this role she received 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 full name Anna Helene Paquin born July 24 the 24th of July, 1982 in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian-born New Zealand actor who won the Academy Award as a youngster in the category of Best Supporting actress for acting as the bright and interesting child of Holly Hunter's leading character on the film The Piano. Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Paquin relocated with their families into New Zealand when she was an infant and lived there for the rest of her life. The actress was chosen to play Flora McGrath the daughter of an muffled Scottish pianist who, in the mid-19th century moves back to New Zealand for an arranged wedding after she accepted an audition open to all; she was nine years old and had almost no previous acting experience. As a teenager her family relocated to the United States. Paquin began her career as a child with a character in the Jane Eyre protagonist in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre as well as a major part of Fly Away Home. Paquin played Frankie Addams as a child in the 1996 television version of Carson McCullers novel The Member of the Wedding. Paquin also had a role of the queen of Spain in Steven Spielberg's 1997 film Amistad. 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).