Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin was born in the city of Winnipeg, but was raised in Wellington. She became an actor in the role of Flora McGrath in romantic drama film"The Piano. Born in Winnipeg and brought up in Wellington Paquin began her acting debut portraying Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film The Piano for which she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the age of 11 which made the youngest recipient of the award in Oscar history. Anna Paquin full name Anna Helene Paquin born July 24 on the 24th of July in 1982 in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian-born New Zealand actor who won the Academy Award as a youngster in the category of Best Supporting actress for acting as the talkative and inquisitive daughter of Holly Hunter's leading character on the film The Piano. Anna Paquin in The Piano Holly Hunter and Anna Paquin in The Piano Paquin grew up in New Zealand after moving with her parents as a child. The actress was chosen to play Flora McGrath the daughter of an mute Scottish piano player who in late 19th century, moves from Scotland to New Zealand for an arranged marriage when she responded to an open audition when she was just nine years aged and had little previous experience as an actor. She moved 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 a child as part of Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre (1996) and played the lead role in the movie Fly Away Home (1996). Paquin had a small role in the TV film of 1997 remake of Carson McCullers novel The Member of the Wedding. In Steven Spielberg's Amistad, she played the queen of Spain with a small part. The actress played teens for the roles of Hurlyburly (1998) She's All That (1999) and A Walk on the Moon (1999) and portrayed the groupie Polexia Aphrodisa In Almost Famous (2000).