Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin is a Canadian and New Zealand actress. Paquin was born in Winnipeg she grew up in Wellington and made her stage debut as Flora McGrath when she played her role in The Piano. She won an Academy Award at the age of 11 years old for Best Actress Supporting Actress. 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 as Best Supporting Actress portraying the inquisitive and talkative child of Holly Hunter's principal character The Piano. The Piano. Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Paquin The Piano Paquin. Her family moved from Canada to New Zealand when she was an infant and lived there for the rest of her life. When she answered an open invitation to auditions her name was picked in the role of Flora McGrath, the daughter of an mute Scottish piano player who moves into New Zealand in mid-19th-century to get married. It was her first role at the age of nine and had no acting experience. The actress moved from New Zealand to United States as a teen. Paquin was in a brief role in the role of Jane Eyre's title character while she was just a young girl on Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre (1996) and played the lead role in the film Fly Away Home (1996). Paquin played Frankie Addams, a character in Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding in 1997. She also played the Queen of Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (2007). She also played teens for Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (1998), A Walk on the Moon(1999) and Almost Famous (2000). In addition, she was the groupie Polexia Aphrodisa.