Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin, a Canadian-New Zealander actor. Born in Winnipeg and raised in Wellington Paquin was able to make her acting debut playing Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film The Piano for which she received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the age of 11 which made her the second youngest winner of the award in Oscar history. 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 as Best Supporting Actress acting as the talkative and inquisitive child of Holly Hunter's principal role as Holly Hunter 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 a small child and she was raised in New Zealand. After a public audition at the age of nine, she was Flora McGrath - the daughter of the Scottish piano player who was muted in the 19th century. They relocated from Scotland to New Zealand to marry an arrangement-based husband. Her move into the United States as a teen. Paquin played the lead role in the film Fly Away Home in 1996 and was also in a smaller role in the film as Jane Eyre at the time she was just a young child. Paquin played Frankie Addams, a character from Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding in 1997. She also played the Queen of Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (2007). She portrayed teenagers as teenagers in Hurlyburly (1998) She's All That (1999) as well as A Walk on the Moon (1999) and played the character of a groupie Polexia Aphrodisa In Almost Famous (2000).