Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin (born Winnipeg, was raised in Wellington) is the name of a Canadian actor from Canada. 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 making her the second-youngest winner of the award in Oscar history. Anna Paquin in full Anna Helene Paquin (born July 24 1982 in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada) Canadian-born New Zealand actress who as a child won her an Academy Award for best supporting actress for her portrayal of the inquisitive and spirited daughter of the main character, played by Holly Hunter in the atmospheric romantic drama The Piano (1993). 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. When she answered an open audition call, she won the role in the role of Flora McGrath, the daughter of a deaf Scottish piano player who moves from Scotland to New Zealand in mid-19th-century to marry. She was only nine, and she had no acting experience. The actress moved into the United States as a teen. Paquin played a minor role as the title character when she was still a kid in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre (1996) and she was a leading character in the movie Fly Away Home (1996). Paquin played Frankie Addams from a television film adaptation of Carson McCullers' novels The Member of the Wedding (1997). She 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 was the character of the teenage groupie Polexia Aphrodisa on Almost Famous (2000).