Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin, a Canadian-New Zealander actress. Paquin who was born in Wellington but was born and raised in Winnipeg became an actor as a character in The Piano. At age 11 years old, she became an infant Academy Award winner ever for Best Actress. Anna Paquin in full Anna Helene Paquin (born July 24 1982 Winnipeg Manitoba Canada) Canadian-born New Zealand actress who as a child earned an Academy Award for best supporting actress for her performance of the lively and eager daughter of lead role played by Holly Hunter in the atmospheric romance film The Piano (1993). Anna Paquin with Holly Hunter, The Piano Holly Hunter (left) and Anna Paquin. Paquin was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and was able to move from the city to New Zealand as a young child. She was cast as Flora McGrath the daughter of Mute Scottish pianist, who in the late 19th century, moves back to New Zealand for an arranged marriage after responding to an open audition call; she was nine years older and had no previous experience as an actor. At the age of 17, Paquin made the move to America. Paquin played the title child in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre in 1996. In addition, she played a leading role in Fly Away Home, a film that was released in the year. Paquin had a small role in the TV film of 1997 adaptation of Carson McCullers novel The Member of the Wedding. In Steven Spielberg's Amistad which she was in, she played the Spanish queen in a minor role. The actress played teens on the screen in Hurlyburly (1998) She's All That (1999) and A Walk on the Moon (1999) as well as the character of a groupie Polexia Aphrodisa in Almost Famous (2000).