Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin has been an actor in Canada and New Zealand for over a decade. Paquin, who was raised in Wellington however was born and bred in Winnipeg was first seen in the acting world with 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 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 bright and interesting daughter of Holly Hunter's leading role The Piano. The Piano. Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Paquin moved with her family in New Zealand when she was an infant and was raised in New Zealand. The part of Flora McGrath - the daughter of an Scottish mute pianist in New Zealand at mid-19th Century was hers when she attended an open audition. When she was nine years old her age, she was a novice or had any experience in acting. At the age of a teen, her family moved from Canada to the United States. Paquin played the lead role in the film Fly Away Home in 1996 as well as a brief appearance as Jane Eyre as only a child. Paquin played Frankie Addams in a 1997 film adaptation for television of the novel by Carson McCullers The Member of the Wedding and had a minor role as the queen of Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997). She played teenagers on Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000), A Walk on the Moon (2000). Also, she was the character of the teenage groupie Polexia Aphrodisa in Almost Famous (2000).