Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin has been an actor in Canada as well as New Zealand for over a decade. Paquin, born in Winnipeg and was raised by Wellington Paquin's mother, made her acting debut in the role of Flora McGrath. For this part, she was awarded an Academy Award of Best Supporting Actress for the romantic comedy The Piano at the young age of 11. The actress is second youngest recipient in Oscar history. Anna Paquin spelled out Anna Helene Paquin was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on the 24th July of 1982. She is a Canadian-born actress from New Zealand. In 1993 she won her first Academy Award at age 11 for playing the inquisitive and chatty daughter of Holly Hunter who played the main character. 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 role of Flora McGrath - the daughter to a Scottish mute pianist in New Zealand at mid-19th Century was hers after she participated in an audition for the role. When she was nine years old, she had little or none experience with acting. When she was a teenager her family left Canada to the United States. Paquin began her career when she was a kid, with the role of the Jane Eyre protagonist in the Franco Zeffirelli novel Jane Eyre, and then an important role of Fly Away Home. Paquin played Frankie Addams from a television film adaptation of Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding (1997). She played a minor role in Princess of Spain Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997. She portrayed teenagers in Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000) and A Walk on the Moon (2000). The actress played the role of a groupie Polexia Aphrodisa on Almost Famous (2000).