Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin was born in Winnipeg and raised in the city of Wellington. She made her acting debut as Flora McGrath in romantic drama film The Piano. She was born in Winnipeg and born in Wellington Paquin made her acting debut as Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film The Piano for which she took home an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the age of 11, making the youngest recipient in Oscar history. Anna Paquin is full Anna Helene Paquin born on the 24th of July, 1982 in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian actress, and New Zealander who, as a kid earned her first Academy Award in 1993 for the best support actress. The actress played the fierce daughter of Holly Hunter's portrayer in The Piano. 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. She won the role of Flora McGrath the daughter of an mute Scottish piano player who in mid-19th century moves to New Zealand for an arranged wedding after she accepted an audition open to all at the age of nine. She was aged and had little previous acting experience. When she was in her teens, the actress relocated to America. Paquin was cast as the title child in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre in the year 1996. She also played a leading part as a lead character in Fly Away Home, a film from the same year. Paquin was a part-time actress in the 1997 television film version of Carson McCullers novel The Member of the Wedding. In Steven Spielberg's Amistad her character was the Spanish queen with a small part. She played teenagers in Hurlyburly (1998) She's All That (1999) and A Walk on the Moon (1999) as well as the character of a groupie Polexia Aphrodisa on the screen in Almost Famous (2000).