Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin has been an actress in Canada and New Zealand for over a decade. Paquin, who was raised in Wellington however was born and bred in Winnipeg made her acting d but on screen in The Piano. At age 11 she was one of the youngest Academy Award winner ever for Best Actress. Anna Paquin full name Anna Helene Paquin born July 24, 1982 Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian-born New Zealand actor who won the Academy Award as a youngster for Best Supporting Actress for acting as the bright and interesting child of Holly Hunter's leading character The Piano. The Piano. Anna Paquin (left) with Holly Hunter. Holly Hunter (right) in The Piano. Paquin moved to New Zealand from Canada as young girl, and then grew up there. When she responded to a request to auditions open when she was nine years old, with no acting experience before that when she was selected for the role of Flora McGrath role. Flora is the child of an Scottish pianist, who was deaf. The couple moved from Scotland to New Zealand during the middle of the nineteenth century in an effort to get married. At the age of a teen her family left Canada to the United States. Paquin was Jane Eyre's main character when she was a teenager in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre (2000) as well as the main role in Fly Away Home (2000). Paquin was the character Frankie Addams as a child in the TV version of Carson McCullers novel The Member of the Wedding. Paquin was also in the role of the queen of Spain, in Steven Spielbergs 1997 movie Amistad. The role she played was for teenagers on Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000) and A Walk on the Moon (2000). She portrayed her character groupie Polexia Aphrodisa on Almost Famous (2000).