Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin has been an actor in Canada as well as New Zealand for over a decade. Paquin is a native of Winnipeg and grew up in Wellington and made her stage debut as Flora McGrath when she played the role of Flora McGrath in The Piano. She won an Academy Award at the age of 11 years old for Best Actress 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 for Best Supporting Actress for portraying the bright and curious girl who played Holly Hunter's lead role The Piano. The Piano. Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Paquin The Piano Paquin. Her family moved in New Zealand when she was an infant and was raised in New Zealand. The character of Flora McGrath - the daughter of a Scottish muffled pianist from New Zealand at mid-19th Century was hers at an audition open to all. At nine the actress had no experience acting. When she was a teenager she emigrated into the United States. Paquin was in a brief role in the film's title role when she was a child on Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre (1996) and she was a leading character in the film Fly Away Home (1996). Paquin played a minor role in the television movie of 1997 adaptation of Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding. She also played the Queen of Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (2007). The role she played was for teenagers in Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000), A Walk on the Moon (2000). She also was the character of the teenage groupie Polexia Aphrodisa on Almost Famous (2000).