Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin was born in the city of Winnipeg, but was raised in the city of Wellington. She began her acting career as Flora McGrath, a character in the romantic drama film The Piano. She was born in Winnipeg and was raised in Wellington Paquin made her acting debut playing Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film The Piano for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the age of 11 which made the actress second of the award in Oscar history. Anna Paquin full name Anna Helene Paquin born July 24, 1982 in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian-born New Zealand actor who won the Academy Award as a youngster for Best Supporting Actress for her role as the curious and sociable daughter of Holly Hunter's lead 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 from Canada to New Zealand when she was an infant and lived there for the rest of her life. If she answered a call for auditions to play the character, she was chosen as 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 and had no acting experience. She moved to the United States as a teen. Paquin had a small part as the title character when she was still a kid with Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre (1996) as well as an important role in the movie Fly Away Home (1996). Paquin played Frankie Addams in a 1997 television film adaptation of Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding and also played a part as the queen of Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997). The actress played teens in Hurlyburly (1998) She's All That (1999) and A Walk on the Moon (1999) and portrayed the character of a groupie Polexia Aphrodisa on the screen in Almost Famous (2000).