Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin has been an actress in Canada and New Zealand for over a decade. She was born in Winnipeg and raised in Wellington Paquin began her acting debut portraying Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film The Piano for which she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age 11 and was the 2nd youngest recipient in Oscar history. Anna Paquin's full name was Anna Helene Paquin. Born July 24th 1982 on the 24th of July 1982 in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, she was a Canadian native New Zealand actress. As a child, Paquin won her the Academy Award for best support actress. Her role as the empathetic and curious character Holly Hunter played in The Piano (1993) was the reason she won the honor. Anna Paquin, Holly Hunter and The Piano Holly Hunter as The Piano Paquin lived in New Zealand with her family while she was a young girl. The role as Flora McGrath - the daughter to the Scottish muffled pianist from New Zealand at mid-19th Century was a part she won after she participated in an audition open to all. When she was nine years old her age, she was a novice or had none experience with acting. Following her move in America, she was a teenager. United States, she became an adult. Paquin made her debut as a child with a part as the Jane Eyre main character in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre, and then an important role on the film Fly Away Home. Paquin played Frankie Addams in a 1997 television movie adaptation of Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding as well as a small role as Queen of Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997). The actress played teens in the films of Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000), A Walk on the Moon (2000) as well as the polexia Aphrodisa character as part of Almost Famous (2000).