Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin was born in Winnipeg and raised in Wellington. She made her acting debut as Flora McGrath in her character in the romance film The Piano. Paquin, born in Winnipeg and was raised by Wellington Paquin's father, was first seen on stage as Flora McGrath. For this role she received an Academy Award of Best Supporting Actress for The romantic drama The Piano at the young age of 11. She is the second youngest winner in Oscar the history of Oscars. Anna Paquin is full Anna Helene Paquin born on the 24th of July, 1982 in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian actress, and New Zealander, who, at the age of a youngster, was awarded an Academy Award in 1993 for the top supporting actress. She was the fiery daughter of Holly Hunter's role The Piano. The Piano. Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Paquin relocated with their families into New Zealand when she was an infant and grew up there. She won the role of Flora McGrath the daughter of an blind Scottish pianist who, in the mid-19th century moves back to New Zealand for an arranged wedding after she accepted an audition open to all at the age of nine. She was old, and had no prior experience in acting. When she was a teenager the family relocated from Canada to the United States. Paquin was in a brief role as the title character when she was just a young girl as part of Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre (1996) as well as she was a leading character in the movie Fly Away Home (1996). Paquin played Frankie Addams from a television film adaptation of Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding (1997). Paquin played a minor role in The Queen of Spain Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997. The role she played was for teenagers in Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000), A Walk on the Moon (2000). She also was the character of the teenage groupie Polexia Aphrodisa on Almost Famous (2000).