Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin, a Canadian-New Zealander actress. 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 is full Anna Helene Paquin born on July 24, 1982 Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian actress, and New Zealander, who, when she was a child, won an Academy Award in 1993 for the best support actress. The actress played the fierce daughter of Holly Hunter's role in The Piano. Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Paquin moved with her family to New Zealand when she was an infant and lived there for the rest of her life. In response to an audition, Flora McGrath was cast as the daughter a Scottish pianist. Flora McGrath is the daughter of the mute Scottish musician who moved to New Zealand to marry in the 19th century. Following her move in New Zealand, in the United States, she became an adult. Paquin started her acting career in the midst of her childhood with a character in the Jane Eyre protagonist in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre followed by a major part on the film Fly Away Home. Paquin appeared as Frankie Addams, a character in Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding in 1997. In Steven Spielberg's Amistad in 1997 her character was the Spanish queen in a smaller part. She portrayed teenagers in Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000) and A Walk on the Moon (2000). She played groupie Polexia Aphrodisa on Almost Famous (2000).