Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin (born Winnipeg, born in Wellington,) is an Canadian actress from Canada. Paquin was born in Winnipeg, raised in Wellington and made her stage debut as Flora McGrath when she played the character in The Piano. She won an Academy Award at the age of 11 for Best Supporting Actress. Anna Paquin full name Anna Helene Paquin born July 24 the 24th of July, 1982 Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian-born New Zealand actor who won the Academy Award as a youngster in the category of Best Supporting actress for playing the enthusiastic and curious girl who played Holly Hunter's main role The Piano. The Piano. Anna Paquin, Holly Hunter and The Piano Holly Hunter as The Piano Paquin lived in New Zealand with her family when she was young. When she answered an audition call, she won the role as Flora McGrath, the daughter of a mute Scottish piano player who moved from Scotland to New Zealand in mid-19th-century to be married. It was her first role at the age of nine and had no prior experience in acting. When she was a teenager, she moved from New Zealand to United States. Paquin had a small part in the role of Jane Eyre's title character while she was a child in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre (1996) as well as an important role in the film Fly Away Home (1996). 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, she played the queen of Spain in a less prominent role. She played teens in Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (1998), A Walk on the Moon (1998) as well as Almost Famous (2000). She also portrayed the groupie Polexia Aphrodisa.