Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin, a Canadian-New Zealander actor. Paquin who was born in Wellington but born and raised in Winnipeg was first seen in the acting world as a character in The Piano. At age 11 years old, she became one of the youngest Academy Award winner ever for Best Actress. Anna Paquin full name Anna Helene Paquin, born July 24, 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 her role as the curious and sociable child of Holly Hunter's principal character on the film The Piano. Anna Paquin in The Piano Holly Hunter and Anna Paquin in The Piano Paquin grew up in New Zealand after moving with her parents when she was a young child. Her role was Flora McGrath the daughter of an mute Scottish pianist, who in the mid-19th century moves from Scotland to New Zealand for an arranged wedding after she accepted an open audition when she was just nine years older and had no previous experience with acting. Her move in the United States as a teen. Paquin was the child title in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre in the year 1996. The actress also had an important role for the role of the Queen in Fly Away Home, a movie from that same year. Paquin played Frankie Addams in a 1997 television movie adaptation of the novel by Carson McCullers The Member of the Wedding and played the role as the queen of Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997). She played teenagers as part of Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000), A Walk on the Moon (2000) and also played in the role of the polexia Aphrodisa the groupie of Almost Famous (2000).