Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin, a Canadian-New Zealander actress. Paquin was born in Winnipeg, raised in Wellington and first made her acting debut in the role of Flora McGrath when she played the character as Flora in The Piano. She won an Academy Award at the age of 11 for Best supporting Actress. Anna Paquin is full Anna Helene Paquin born on July 24, 1982 Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian actor and New Zealander who, at the age of a youngster, was awarded an Academy Award in 1993 for the most outstanding support actress. The actress played the fierce daughter of Holly Hunter's role in 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 in the country. When she answered an open audition call to play the character, she got it as Flora McGrath, the daughter of a mute Scottish pianist who relocates into New Zealand in mid-19th-century to be married. It was her first role at the age of nine years old and did not have any acting experience. In her teens, she moved into the United States. Paquin played the lead role in the film Fly Away Home in 1996 and also had a small part as Jane Eyre when she was just a young child. Paquin was Frankie Addams from a television film version of Carson McCullers' book The Member of the Wedding (1997). Paquin had a supporting role as the Queen of Spain Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997. She played teenagers on Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000), A Walk on the Moon (2000). She also played the role of a teen girl named Polexia Aphrodisa in Almost Famous (2000).