Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin was born in Winnipeg and raised in Wellington. She made her acting debut as Flora McGrath, the romantic drama film The Piano. Paquin was born in Winnipeg and was raised by Wellington Paquin's acting debut was in the role of Flora McGrath. For this role she received the Academy Award of Best Supporting Actress for the romantic comedy The Piano at the young age of 11. The actress is second youngest recipient in Oscar History. Anna Paquin spelled out Anna Helene Paquin was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on the 24th of July, 1982. The Canadian born actress is also a actress from New Zealand. In 1993 she won an Academy Award at age 11 for playing the inquisitive and chatty child that was Holly Hunter who played the main character. Anna Paquin in The Piano Holly Hunter and Anna Paquin in The Piano Paquin grew up in New Zealand after moving with her parents as a child. When she responded to a request to auditions open when she was nine years old, with no acting experience before that when she was selected for the role of Flora McGrath role. Flora is the daughter of an Scottish pianist who was mute. The couple moved into New Zealand during the middle of the nineteenth century to plan a wedding. When she was a teenager, her family moved from Canadian to United States. Paquin was the main character in the film Fly Away Home in 1996 as well as a brief appearance as Jane Eyre in the film when she was just a young child. Paquin was Frankie Addams from a television film adaptation of Carson McCullers' book The Member of the Wedding (1997). The actress played a minor role in the Queen of Spain 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 portrayed groupie Polexia Aphrodisa on Almost Famous (2000).