Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin is a Canadian and New Zealand actress. Born in Winnipeg and was raised in Wellington Paquin was able to make her acting debut portraying Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film The Piano for which she was awarded the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the age of 11, and was the 2nd youngest recipient to win an award within Oscar history. Anna Paquin is full Anna Helene Paquin born on the 24th of July, 1982 in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian actress and New Zealander, who, when she was a child, won an Academy Award in 1993 for the top actor supporting. She played the feisty daughter of Holly Hunter's portrayer The Piano. The Piano. Anna Paquin with Holly Hunter, The Piano Holly Hunter (left) and Anna Paquin. Paquin was born in Winnipeg, Canada, and immigrated into New Zealand as a young teenager. In response to an open audition call to play the character, she got it as Flora McGrath, the daughter of a mute Scottish piano player who moved into New Zealand in mid-19th-century to be married. She was only nine, and she had no previous experience as an actor. When she moved into New Zealand, in the United States, she became an adolescent. Paquin was cast as the child title in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre in the year 1996. In addition, she played a leading part on the screen in Fly Away Home, a movie from that same year. Paquin portrayed Frankie Addams as a child in the TV film adaptation Carson McCullers novel The Member of the Wedding. Paquin played the queen of Spain, in Steven Spielbergs 1997 film Amistad. She portrayed teens as teens in Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (1998), A Walk on the Moon (1998) as well as Almost Famous (2000). Also, she played the character of Polexia Aphrodisa.