Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin was born in Winnipeg and raised in Wellington. She made her acting debut as Flora McGrath in romantic drama film, The Piano. Born in Winnipeg and was raised in Wellington Paquin has made her acting debut playing Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film The Piano for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the age of 11, making the youngest recipient in Oscar history. Anna Paquin is full Anna Helene Paquin born on the 24th of July in 1982 Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian actress and New Zealander who was just a little girl was awarded an Academy Award in 1993 for the best supporting actress. She played the rebellious girl who played Holly Hunter's role in The Piano. Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Paquin The Piano Paquin. Her family moved to New Zealand when she was a small child and she lived there for the rest of her life. She won the role of Flora McGrath the daughter of a mute Scottish pianist who in the middle of the 19th century makes her way to New Zealand for an arranged marriage after responding to an audition for open casting; she was nine years young and lacked prior experience in acting. When she was a teen she emigrated from New Zealand to United States. Paquin performed the leading role in Fly Away Home in 1996 and was also in a smaller role in Jane Eyre when she was an infant. Paquin was Frankie Addams in a 1997 television film adaptation of Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding and played the role in the title role as Queen Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997). She portrayed teenagers on the screen in Hurlyburly (1998) She's All That (1999) as well as A Walk on the Moon (1999) and portrayed the character of a groupie Polexia Aphrodisa as a character in Almost Famous (2000).