Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin was born in Winnipeg but was raised in the city of Wellington. She became an actor in the role of Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film, The Piano. She was born in Winnipeg and brought up in Wellington Paquin was able to make her acting debut portraying Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film The Piano for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress aged 11 years old, making the actress second in Oscar history. Anna Paquin in full Anna Helene Paquin (born on July 24, 1982 Winnipeg Manitoba Canada) Canadian-born New Zealand actress who as youngster was awarded her an Academy Award for best supporting actress for her role as the lively and eager daughter of the lead role played by Holly Hunter in the atmospheric romance The Piano film The Piano (1993). Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Paquin. They moved with their family from Canada to New Zealand when she was just a baby and spent her childhood there. She was cast as Flora McGrath the daughter of a mute Scottish pianist, who in the late 19th century, moves from Scotland to New Zealand for an arranged wedding after she accepted an open audition; she was nine years older and had no previous experience with acting. The actress moved in the United States as a teen. Paquin was played as the child title in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre in the year 1996. The actress also had an important role in Fly Away Home, a movie from that same year. Paquin was a part-time actress in the TV film of 1997 remake of Carson McCullers novel The Member of the Wedding. In Steven Spielberg's Amistad in the film, she portrayed the Spanish queen in a minor role. She also played teens for Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (1998), A Walk on the Moon(1999) as well as Almost Famous (2000). The actress also played the role of groupie Polexia Aphrodisa.