Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin (born Winnipeg, born in Wellington,) is a Canadian actor from Canada. She was born in Winnipeg and was raised in Wellington Paquin began her acting debut in the role of Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film The Piano for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress aged 11 years old, making her the second-youngest winner in Oscar history. Anna Paquin spelled out Anna Helene Paquin was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on the 24th of July, 1982. Her birthplace is Canada. actress from New Zealand. In 1993 she won her first Academy Award at age 11 for playing the inquisitive and chatty child that was Holly Hunter who played the main role. Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Paquin moved with her family in New Zealand when she was as a young child, and was raised in New Zealand. The actress was chosen to play Flora McGrath the daughter of a blind Scottish pianist, who in the middle of 19th century, moves back to New Zealand for an arranged marriage when she responded to an audition open to all; she was nine years old, and had no previous acting experience. In her teens her family relocated into the United States. Paquin was played as the title child in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre in 1996. Also, she was the lead part in Fly Away Home, a movie from that same year. Paquin had a small role in the 1997 TV movie version of Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding. The actress also played the Queen of Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (2007). She played teenagers on Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000), A Walk on the Moon (2000). She also played the role of a teen girl named Polexia Aphrodisa in Almost Famous (2000).