Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin was born in Winnipeg and raised in Wellington. She was the first actress to make her acting debut in Flora McGrath, a character in the romantic drama film called The Piano. She was born in Winnipeg and brought up in Wellington Paquin made her acting debut portraying Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film The Piano for which she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the age of 11 which made the youngest recipient at the age of 11 in Oscar history. Anna Paquin full name Anna Helene Paquin, born July 24 on the 24th of July in 1982 in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian-born New Zealand actor who won the Academy Award as a youngster in the category of Best Supporting actress for acting as the talkative and inquisitive daughter of Holly Hunter's lead character as Holly Hunter in The Piano. Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Paquin relocated with their families from Canada to New Zealand when she was just a baby and lived there for the rest of her life. If she answered a request for auditions and was selected for the part, she performed as Flora McGrath, the daughter of an mute Scottish pianist who moves from Scotland to New Zealand in mid-19th-century to be married. It was her first role at the age of nine, and she had no performing experience. She emigrated from New Zealand to United States as a teen. Paquin has a tiny part in the role of Jane Eyre's title character while she was a child as part of Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre (1996) as well as an important role in the movie Fly Away Home (1996). Paquin did a brief appearance in the 1997 television film remake of Carson McCullers novel The Member of the Wedding. In Steven Spielberg's Amistad in the film, she portrayed the queen of Spain in a minor part. Also, she played teenagers in Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (1998), A Walk on the Moon(1999) and Almost Famous (2000). The actress also played the role of groupie Polexia Aphrodisa.