Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin (born Winnipeg, born in Wellington,) is a Canadian actress. Born in Winnipeg and born in Wellington Paquin began her acting debut portraying Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film The Piano for which she was awarded the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the age of 11, which makes her the second youngest winner in Oscar history. Anna Paquin in full Anna Helene Paquin (born on July 24, 1982 in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada) Canadian-born New Zealand actress who as a child was awarded an Academy Award for best supporting actress in her performance as the spirited and curious daughter of the role played by Holly Hunter in the atmospheric romantic drama The Piano (1993). Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Paquin The Piano Paquin. Her family moved to New Zealand when she was as a young child, and lived there for the rest of her life. When she responded to a request for open auditions when she was nine years old, with no acting experience before that, she won Flora McGrath's part. Flora is the child of an Scottish pianist, who was deaf. They moved to New Zealand during the middle of the 19th century in order to arrange a marriage. After moving to New Zealand, in the United States, she became an adolescent. Paquin had the role of lead in the film Fly Away Home in 1996 and had a minor part as Jane Eyre when she was just a young child. Paquin played Frankie Addams from a television film adaptation of Carson McCullers' novels The Member of the Wedding (1997). Paquin played a minor role in The Queen of Spain Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997. The role she played was for teenagers on Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000) as well as A Walk on the Moon (2000). She portrayed her character groupie Polexia Aphrodisa in Almost Famous (2000).