Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin, a Canadian-New Zealander actress. Paquin, who was raised in Wellington however was born and bred in Winnipeg made her acting d but with The Piano. At age 11, she became an infant Academy Award winner ever for Best Actress. Anna Paquin full name Anna Helene Paquin, born July 24 in 1982 in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian-born New Zealand actor who won the Academy Award as a youngster in the category of Best Supporting actress for acting as the bright and interesting daughter of Holly Hunter's lead character on the film The Piano. Anna Paquin in The Piano Holly Hunter and Anna Paquin in The Piano Paquin grew up in New Zealand after moving with her parents as a child. She won the role of Flora McGrath the daughter of an blind Scottish pianist who in the middle of 19th century, moves back to New Zealand for an arranged wedding after she accepted an open audition call when she was just nine years old, and had no previous acting experience. Following her move in New Zealand, in the United States, she became an adult. Paquin was played as the title child in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre in 1996. She also played an important part in Fly Away Home, a film from that same year. Paquin was in the role of Frankie Addams, a character from Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding in 1997. In Steven Spielberg's Amistad in 1997 in which she played the queen of Spain in a smaller character. She played teenagers on Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000), A Walk on the Moon (2000). In addition, she was the character of the teenage groupie Polexia Aphrodisa in Almost Famous (2000).