Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin, a Canadian-New Zealander actress. Paquin was born in Winnipeg and was raised by Wellington Paquin's father, was first seen on stage in the role of Flora McGrath. For this role, she won the Academy Award of Best Supporting Actress in the romantic comedy The Piano at the young age of 11. She was the second-youngest winner in Oscar history. Anna Paquin in full Anna Helene Paquin (born July 24 1982 Winnipeg Manitoba Canada) Canadian-born New Zealand actress who as a child received an Academy Award for best supporting actress for her role as the loquacious and inquisitive daughter of the main character, played by Holly Hunter in the atmospheric romantic film The Piano (1993). 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. After she responded to an open call for auditions, she won the role in the role of Flora McGrath, the daughter of a mute Scottish piano player who moves from Scotland to New Zealand in mid-19th-century to marry. The actress was just nine years old and did not have any prior experience in acting. As a teenager her family relocated to the United States. Paquin started her acting career when she was a kid, with the character in the Jane Eyre main character in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre as well as she played a significant role on the film Fly Away Home. Paquin appeared as Frankie Addams in a 1997 television movie adaptation of the novel by Carson McCullers The Member of the Wedding as well as a small role as the queen of Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997). She played teens on the screen in Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (1998), A Walk on the Moon (1998) and Almost Famous (2000). She also portrayed the groupie Polexia Aphrodisa.