Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin, a Canadian-New Zealander actress. Paquin was born in Winnipeg, raised in Wellington and first made her acting debut in the role of Flora McGrath when she played her role in The Piano. She won an Academy Award at the age of 11 years old for Best Actress Supporting Actress. Anna Paquin spelled out Anna Helene Paquin was born in Winnipeg, Canada on the 24th of July, 1982. She is a Canadian-born actress from New Zealand. In 1993, she received an Academy Award at age 11 as the curious and chatty child that was Holly Hunter who played the main character. Anna Paquin, Holly Hunter and The Piano Holly Hunter as The Piano Paquin lived in New Zealand with her family while she was a young girl. The actress was chosen to play Flora McGrath the daughter of an mute Scottish pianist who, in the late 19th century relocates back to New Zealand for an arranged marriage when she responded to an audition open to all when she was just nine years old. She had little previous experience as an actor. Her move from New Zealand to United States as a teen. Paquin played a minor role as the title character when she was still a kid in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre (1996) and a lead part in the film Fly Away Home (1996). Paquin played a minor role in the 1997 TV movie version to Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding. She also played the Princess of Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (2007). She portrayed teenagers on Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000), A Walk on the Moon (2000). Also, she portrayed the teen groupie Polexia Aphrodisa in Almost Famous (2000).