Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin was born in Winnipeg and raised in Wellington. She was the first actress to make her acting debut in Flora McGrath, The romantic-drama film The Piano. Paquin was born in Winnipeg and raised by Wellington Paquin's father, was first seen on stage as Flora McGrath. For this part, she was awarded the Academy Award of Best Supporting Actress for the romantic drama The Piano at the young age of 11. The actress is second youngest winner in Oscar History. Anna Paquin full name Anna Helene Paquin was born on July 24 the 24th of July, 1982 Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian-born New Zealand actor who won the Academy Award as a youngster for Best Supporting Actress for playing the enthusiastic and curious girl who played Holly Hunter's main character The Piano. The Piano. Anna Paquin in The Piano Holly Hunter and Anna Paquin in The Piano Paquin grew up in New Zealand after moving with her parents as a child. Following a prompt to auditions open at age nine and having no prior experience acting when she was selected for the role of Flora McGrath role. Flora was the daughter of an Scottish musician who was blind. They relocated to New Zealand during the middle of the nineteenth century in an effort to get married. The actress moved into the United States as a teen. Paquin was in a brief role in the film's title role when she was just a young girl in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre (1996) and an important role in the film Fly Away Home (1996). Paquin had a small role in the TV film of 1997 version of Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding. Also, she played Princess of Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (2007). She was a teenager in Hurlyburly (1998) She's All That (1999) and A Walk on the Moon (1999) as well as the groupie Polexia Aphrodisa on the screen in Almost Famous (2000).