Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin was born in the city of Winnipeg, but was raised in Wellington. She was the first actress to make her acting debut in Flora McGrath, The romantic-drama film Piano. Paquin, who was raised in Wellington but born and raised in Winnipeg was first seen in the acting world with The Piano. At age 11 years old, she became one of the youngest Academy Award winner ever for Best Actress. Anna Paquin in full Anna Helene Paquin (born on July 24, 1982 in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada) Canadian-born New Zealand actress who as youngster was awarded an Academy Award for best supporting actress for her portrayal of the spirited and curious daughter of the character played by Holly Hunter in the atmospheric romantic film The Piano (1993). Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Paquin relocated with their families to New Zealand when she was as a young child, and grew up there. Following a prompt for auditions, she was able to audition at the age of nine, and with little previous experience in acting, she won Flora McGrath's role. Flora is the daughter of a Scottish pianist, who was deaf. They relocated from Scotland to New Zealand during the middle of the nineteenth century to get married. When she was a teenager the family relocated from Canada to the United States. Paquin played a minor role in the film's title role when she was still a kid in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre (1996) as well as she was a leading character in the film Fly Away Home (1996). Paquin played Frankie Addams from a television film version of Carson McCullers' novels 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 character as part of Almost Famous (2000).