Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin (born Winnipeg, raised in Wellington) is an Canadian actress from Canada. 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 won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress aged 11 years old, and was the 2nd youngest recipient to win an award within 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 as Best Supporting Actress playing the enthusiastic and curious girl who played Holly Hunter's main character on the film The Piano. Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Paquin moved with her family into New Zealand when she was a small child and she was raised in New Zealand. The part of Flora McGrath - the daughter of the Scottish muffled pianist from New Zealand at mid-19th Century was hers at an audition for the role. When she was nine years old, she had little or no experience acting. In her teens her family relocated into the United States. Paquin played a minor role as the title character when she was a child as part of Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre (1996) as well as an important role in the film Fly Away Home (1996). Paquin was Frankie Addams from a television film adaptation of Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding (1997). She was a part of the supporting cast in The Queen of Spain Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997. She played teenage girls in of Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000), A Walk on the Moon (2000) as well as in the role of Polexia Aphrodisa character in Almost Famous (2000).