Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin has been an actress in Canada and New Zealand for over a decade. Paquin is a native of New Zealand, born in Wellington however was born and bred in Winnipeg began her acting career in The Piano. At age 11 she was an infant Academy Award winner ever for Best Actress. Anna Paquin full name Anna Helene Paquin, born July 24 in 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 acting as the bright and interesting girl who played Holly Hunter's leading role on the film 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. In response to an open call for auditions and was selected for the part, she was cast in the role of Flora McGrath, the daughter of an mute Scottish pianist who relocates from Scotland to New Zealand in mid-19th-century to marry. The actress was just nine, and she had no previous experience as an actor. When she moved to the United States, she became an adult. Paquin was the main character in the film Fly Away Home in 1996 and had a minor part in the film as Jane Eyre in the film when she was still a toddler. Paquin was in the role of Frankie Addams, a character in Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding in 1997. In Steven Spielberg's Amistad in 1997 in which she played the queen of Spain in a smaller role. She portrayed teenagers in Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000) as well as A Walk on the Moon (2000). She played the role of a groupie Polexia Aphrodisa on Almost Famous (2000).