Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin is a Canadian and New Zealand actress. Born in Winnipeg and was raised in Wellington Paquin made her acting debut as Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film The Piano for which she received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the age of 11, and was the 2nd youngest recipient of the award in Oscar history. Anna Paquin spelled out Anna Helene Paquin was born in Winnipeg, Canada on July 24,1982. The Canadian born actress is also a New Zealander actress. In 1993 she won an Academy Award at age 11 for playing the inquisitive and chatty girl who is the daughter that was Holly Hunter who played the principal character. Anna Paquin, Holly Hunter and The Piano Holly Hunter as The Piano Paquin lived in New Zealand with her family when she was young. She won the role of Flora McGrath the daughter of an mute Scottish pianist who in the middle of 19th century, moves into New Zealand for an arranged marriage when she responded to an audition open to all when she was just nine years old and had almost no previous acting experience. After moving to New Zealand, in the United States, she became an adolescent. Paquin was played as the title child in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre in the year 1996. Also, she was an important role on the screen in Fly Away Home, a film from that same year. Paquin played Frankie Addams in a 1997 film adaptation for television of the novel by Carson McCullers The Member of the Wedding and also played a part as Queen of Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997). The actress played teenagers as teens in Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (1998), A Walk on the Moon (1998) and Almost Famous (2000). In addition, she portrayed the groupie Polexia Aphrodisa.