Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin was born in the city of Winnipeg, but was raised in Wellington. She made her acting debut as Flora McGrath, the romantic drama film The Piano. Paquin is a native of Winnipeg and grew up in Wellington and first made her acting debut as Flora McGrath when she played her role as Flora in The Piano. She won an Academy Award at the age of 11 for Best Actress Supporting 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 for Best Supporting Actress for acting as the bright and interesting child of Holly Hunter's main role in The Piano. Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Paquin relocated with their families in New Zealand when she was as a young child, and was raised in New Zealand. The actress was chosen to play Flora McGrath the daughter of an blind Scottish pianist, who in the late 19th century relocates to New Zealand for an arranged wedding when she answered an audition open to all; she was nine years old. She had little previous acting experience. When she was in her teens, the actress relocated to America. Paquin was Jane Eyre's main character when she was a teen in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre (2000) and her main character for the character in Fly Away Home (2000). Paquin was Frankie Addams from a television film adaptation of Carson McCullers' book The Member of the Wedding (1997). She played a minor role in Princess of Spain Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997. She played teenagers on Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000), A Walk on the Moon (2000). Also, she was the character of the teenage groupie Polexia Aphrodisa on Almost Famous (2000).