Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin has been an actor in Canada and New Zealand for over a decade. Born in Winnipeg and was raised in Wellington Paquin was able to make her acting debut as Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film The Piano for which she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress aged 11 years old, which makes her the second youngest winner to win an award within Oscar history. Anna Paquin is full Anna Helene Paquin born on July 24, 1982 Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian actress, and New Zealander, who, as a kid won her first Academy Award in 1993 for the most outstanding actor supporting. She was the fiery girl who played Holly Hunter's character on the film The Piano. Anna Paquin, Holly Hunter and The Piano Holly Hunter as The Piano Paquin lived in New Zealand with her family when she was young. The character of Flora McGrath - the daughter of the Scottish mute pianist in New Zealand at mid-19th Century was a part she won at an audition open to all. When she was nine years old, she had little or none experience with acting. At the age of a teen, her family moved from Canada and eventually to United States. Paquin was played as the title child in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre in the year 1996. She also played an important role as a lead character in Fly Away Home, a film from the year. Paquin appeared as Frankie Addams in a 1997 television movie adaptation of Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding as well as a small role as the queen of Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997). She played teenagers on Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000), A Walk on the Moon (2000). She also was the character of the teenage groupie Polexia Aphrodisa in Almost Famous (2000).