Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin (born Winnipeg, was raised in Wellington) is an Canadian actress from Canada. Born in Winnipeg and born in Wellington Paquin made her acting debut as 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, making her the second-youngest winner of the award 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 youngster was awarded an Academy Award for best supporting actress in her performance as the loquacious and inquisitive daughter of the lead character, played by Holly Hunter in the atmospheric romantic drama The Piano (1993). Anna Paquin, Holly Hunter and The Piano Holly Hunter as The Piano Paquin lived in New Zealand with her family as a child. She won the role of Flora McGrath the daughter of a blind Scottish pianist who, in the mid-19th century moves back to New Zealand for an arranged wedding after she accepted an audition open to all when she was just nine years old. She had little previous experience as an actor. When she was a teenager the family relocated from Canada to the United States. Paquin had the role of lead in the film Fly Away Home in 1996 as well as a brief appearance as Jane Eyre when she was only a child. Paquin played Frankie Addams from a television film adaptation of Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding (1997). She was a part of the supporting cast in the Queen of Spain Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997. She played teenagers on Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000), A Walk on the Moon (2000). She also was the character of the teenage groupie Polexia Aphrodisa in Almost Famous (2000).