Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin was born in the city of Winnipeg. She grew up in the city of Wellington. She was the first actress to make her acting debut in Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film The Piano. She was born in Winnipeg and raised in Wellington Paquin has made her acting debut in the role of Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film The Piano for which she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age 11 making her the second youngest winner of the award in Oscar history. Anna Paquin is full Anna Helene Paquin born on the 24th of July in 1982 Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian actor and New Zealander who as a child earned the Academy Award in 1993 for the best supporting actress. She was the fiery daughter of Holly Hunter's character in The Piano. Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Paquin relocated with their families to New Zealand when she was a small child and she spent her childhood there. She won the role of Flora McGrath the daughter of a mute Scottish pianist who, in the late 19th century relocates back to New Zealand for an arranged wedding when she answered an audition for open casting; she was nine years old and had almost no previous experience as an actor. The actress moved in the United States as a teen. Paquin was the main character in Fly Away Home in 1996 as well as a brief appearance in Jane Eyre at the time she was an infant. Paquin was the character Frankie Addams, a character from Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding in 1997. The actress also played the Queen of Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (2007). The actress played teens in Hurlyburly (1998) She's All That (1999) and A Walk on the Moon (1999) as well as portrayed the groupie Polexia Aphrodisa In Almost Famous (2000).