Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin was born in the city of Winnipeg, but was raised in the city of Wellington. She was the first actress to make her acting debut in Flora McGrath in romantic drama film, The Piano. Paquin is a native of Winnipeg she grew up in Wellington she made her first appearance as Flora McGrath when she played the role in The Piano. She won an Academy Award at the age of 11 as Best Supporting Actress. Anna Paquin in full Anna Helene Paquin (born July 24 1982 Winnipeg Manitoba Canada) Canadian-born New Zealand actress who as youngster was awarded the Academy Award for best supporting actress for her performance of the inquisitive and lovable daughter of the main role played by Holly Hunter in the atmospheric romance movie The Piano (1993). Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Paquin relocated with their families into New Zealand when she was just a baby and was raised in New Zealand. She won the role of Flora McGrath the daughter of a mute Scottish piano player who in late 19th century, moves into New Zealand for an arranged marriage when she responded to an open audition at the age of nine. She was young and lacked prior experience in acting. Her move to the United States as a teen. Paquin was in a brief role in the role of Jane Eyre's title character while she was just a young girl as part of Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre (1996) as well as played the lead role in the movie Fly Away Home (1996). Paquin played Frankie Addams, a character in Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding in 1997. In addition, she played queen of Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (2007). She played teenage girls in of Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000), A Walk on the Moon (2000) and played Polexia Aphrodisa character in Almost Famous (2000).