Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin has been an actress in Canada as well as New Zealand for over a decade. Paquin is a native of Winnipeg was raised in Wellington and made her stage debut as Flora McGrath when she played her role as Flora in The Piano. She won an Academy Award at the age of 11 years old for Best Supporting Actress. Anna Paquin spelled out Anna Helene Paquin was born in Winnipeg, Canada on the 24th of July, 1982. Her birthplace is Canada. New Zealander actress. In 1993, she was awarded an Academy Award at age 11 to play the inquisitive, chatty child of Holly Hunter who played the leading role. Anna Paquin with Holly Hunter, The Piano Holly Hunter (left) and Anna Paquin. Paquin was born in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. She moved from the city to New Zealand as a young teenager. When she responded to a request to auditions open at age nine and having no previous experience in acting, she won Flora McGrath's part. Flora is the daughter of a Scottish musician who was blind. The couple moved into New Zealand during the middle of the nineteenth century in an effort to arrange a marriage. When she was in her teens, the actress moved to America. Paquin was the main character in the film Fly Away Home in 1996 and had a minor part as Jane Eyre in the film when she was still a toddler. Paquin played Frankie Addams from a television film adaptation of Carson McCullers' novels The Member of the Wedding (1997). Paquin played a minor role in the Queen of Spain Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997. She portrayed teens in Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (1998), A Walk on the Moon (1998) as well as Almost Famous (2000). In addition, she portrayed the groupie Polexia Aphrodisa.