Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin was born in Winnipeg and raised in Wellington. She was the first actress to make her acting debut in Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film Piano. She was born in Winnipeg and raised in Wellington Paquin made her acting debut portraying Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film The Piano for which she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress aged 11 years old, making her the second-youngest winner of the award in Oscar history. Anna Paquin is full Anna Helene Paquin born on the 24th July 1982 Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian actress, and New Zealander, who, when she was a child, won the Academy Award in 1993 for the best support actress. The actress played the fierce daughter of Holly Hunter's portrayer in The Piano. Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Paquin moved with her family into New Zealand when she was an infant and was raised in New Zealand. When she responded to a request for auditions, she was able to audition at the age of nine years old, with no prior experience acting when she was selected for the role of Flora McGrath role. Flora is the child of an Scottish musician who was blind. They moved to New Zealand during the middle of the nineteenth century to get married. As a teenager the family relocated from Canada and eventually to United States. Paquin was chosen to play the role of the child in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre in the year 1996. In addition, she played an important role on the screen in Fly Away Home, a film from the same year. Paquin portrayed Frankie Addams as a child in the 1996 television film adaptation Carson McCullers novel The Member of the Wedding. Paquin was also in the role of Queen of Spain, in Steven Spielbergs 1997 movie Amistad. The role she played was for teenagers on Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000) and A Walk on the Moon (2000). The actress played groupie Polexia Aphrodisa on Almost Famous (2000).