Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin (born Winnipeg, raised in Wellington) is a Canadian actress. Paquin, born in Winnipeg and raised by Wellington Paquin's father, was first seen on stage in the role of Flora McGrath. For this part, she was awarded an Academy Award of Best Supporting Actress in the romantic drama The Piano at the young age of eleven. The actress is second youngest recipient in Oscar the history of Oscars. Anna Paquin's full name was Anna Helene Paquin. Born on the 24th of July, 1982 on the 24th of July 1982 in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, she was a Canadian birthed New Zealand actress. As a child, Paquin won her the Academy Award for best support actress. Her performance as the talkative and inquisitive girl of Holly Hunter played in The Piano (1993) earned her the prize. Anna Paquin, Holly Hunter and The Piano Holly Hunter as The Piano Paquin lived in New Zealand with her family while she was a young girl. When she responded to a request for auditions, she was able to audition when she was nine and having no prior experience acting the actress was chosen for Flora McGrath's role. Flora is the daughter of an Scottish musician who was blind. The couple moved into New Zealand during the middle of the nineteenth century in an effort to plan a wedding. In her teens her family relocated to the United States. Paquin was played as the title child in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre in 1996. Also, she was a leading part in Fly Away Home, a film that was released in the same year. Paquin appeared as Frankie Addams in a 1997 film adaptation for television of the novel by Carson McCullers The Member of the Wedding as well as a small role as the queen of Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997). The role she played was for teenagers on Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000) and A Walk on the Moon (2000). She played the role of a groupie Polexia Aphrodisa on Almost Famous (2000).