Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin was born in Winnipeg but was raised in the city of Wellington. She became an actor in the role of Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film The Piano. Paquin is a native of New Zealand, born in Wellington but was born and bred in Winnipeg was first seen in the acting world on screen in The Piano. At age 11, she became an infant 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 playing the edgy and open daughter of Holly Hunter's lead part on the film The Piano. Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Paquin moved with her family to New Zealand when she was a small child and she spent her childhood there. After a public audition, when she was nine, she was Flora McGrath - the daughter of an Scottish muffled pianist during the 19th century. They was able to move from Scotland to New Zealand to marry an unplanned husband. At the age of 16, she moved from New Zealand to United States. Paquin was the title child in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre in 1996. Also, she was the lead role for the role of the Queen in Fly Away Home, a film that was released in the year. Paquin played Frankie Addams in a 1997 film adaptation for television of the novel by Carson McCullers The Member of the Wedding and also played a part in the role of Queen Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997). She played teenagers as teenagers in Hurlyburly (1998) She's All That (1999) as well as A Walk on the Moon (1999) and played the character of a groupie Polexia Aphrodisa in Almost Famous (2000).