Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin is a Canadian as well as a New Zealand actress. Paquin is a native of Winnipeg, raised in Wellington and first made her acting debut in the role of Flora McGrath when she played her role as Flora in The Piano. She won an Academy Award at the age of 11 years old for Best Actress Supporting Actress. Anna Paquin full name Anna Helene Paquin born July 24 the 24th of July, 1982 in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian-born New Zealand actor who won the Academy Award as a youngster for Best Supporting Actress for portraying the bright and curious girl who played Holly Hunter's leading character on the film The Piano. Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Paquin The Piano Paquin. Her family moved in New Zealand when she was as a young child, and lived there for the rest of her life. After she responded to an open audition call and was selected for the part, she was cast in the role of Flora McGrath, the daughter of a deaf Scottish piano player who moves to New Zealand in mid-19th-century to be married. It was her first role at the age of nine and had no acting experience. When she moved in America, she was a teenager. United States, she became an adult. Paquin was played as the title child in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre in 1996. In addition, she played an important part in Fly Away Home, a movie from that same year. Paquin appeared as Frankie Addams, a character in Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding in 1997. In Steven Spielberg's Amistad in 1997 her character was the Spanish queen in a lesser role. She portrayed teenagers in Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000) as well as A Walk on the Moon (2000). She played groupie Polexia Aphrodisa in Almost Famous (2000).