Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin is a Canadian and New Zealand actress. Born in Winnipeg and raised in Wellington Paquin began her acting debut in the role of Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film The Piano for which she was awarded the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age 11 and was the 2nd youngest recipient of the award in Oscar history. Anna Paquin's full name was Anna Helene Paquin. Born on July 24, 1982, in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, she was a Canadian native New Zealand actress. As a child, Paquin won the Academy Award for best support actress. The role she played as the empathetic and curious character Holly Hunter played in The Piano (1993) brought her 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 part of Flora McGrath - the daughter of an Scottish muffled pianist from New Zealand at mid-19th Century was a part she won at an audition open to all. In her twenties her age, she was a novice or had any experience in acting. As a teenager the family relocated from Canada to the United States. Paquin played the lead role in Fly Away Home in 1996 as well as a brief appearance in the film as Jane Eyre as only a child. Paquin played Frankie Addams from a television film adaptation of Carson McCullers' book The Member of the Wedding (1997). The actress had a supporting role as The Queen of Spain Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997. She played teenage girls in of Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000), A Walk on the Moon (2000) and played the Polexia Aphrodisa girl on the screen in Almost Famous (2000).