Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin, a Canadian-New Zealander actress. Paquin, born in Winnipeg and was raised by Wellington Paquin's father, was first seen on stage in the role of Flora McGrath. For this role she received an Academy Award of Best Supporting Actress for the romantic comedy The Piano at the young age of eleven. She was the second youngest recipient in Oscar History. Anna Paquin full name Anna Helene Paquin was born on July 24, 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 daughter of Holly Hunter's lead role on the film 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 when she was a young child. She was cast as Flora McGrath the daughter of an blind Scottish pianist, who in the late 19th century relocates to New Zealand for an arranged wedding when she answered an audition for open casting at the age of nine. She was old. She had little previous acting experience. As a teenager, she moved to America. Paquin was played as the title child in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre in 1996. In addition, she played an important part on the screen in Fly Away Home, a film from that same year. Paquin played Frankie Addams in a 1997 film adaptation for television of the novel by Carson McCullers The Member of the Wedding and had a minor role as the queen of Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997). She portrayed teenagers in Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000) as well as A Walk on the Moon (2000). She portrayed groupie Polexia Aphrodisa in Almost Famous (2000).