Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin, a Canadian-New Zealander actor. Paquin is a native of Winnipeg she grew up in Wellington and made her stage debut as Flora McGrath when she played the role of Flora McGrath in The Piano. She won an Academy Award at the age of 11 for Best Actress Supporting Actress. Anna Paquin is full Anna Helene Paquin born on July 24, 1982 Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian actor and New Zealander who was just a little girl was awarded an Academy Award in 1993 for being the most effective supporting actress. She played the feisty daughter of Holly Hunter's portrayer in The Piano. Anna Paquin in The Piano Holly Hunter and Anna Paquin in The Piano Paquin grew up in New Zealand after moving with her parents when she was a young child. She was cast as Flora McGrath the daughter of the mute Scottish pianist who, in the late 19th century relocates back to New Zealand for an arranged wedding when she answered an open audition at the age of nine. She was old and had almost no previous experience as an actor. Her move from New Zealand to United States as a teen. Paquin played the title child in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre in the year 1996. Also, she was the lead role in Fly Away Home, a film from that same year. Paquin played a minor role in the television movie of 1997 version of Carson McCullers novel The Member of the Wedding. In Steven Spielberg's Amistad which she was in, she played the queen of Spain as a minor character. She portrayed teens for the roles of 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).