Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin was born in Winnipeg and raised in Wellington. She began her acting career as Flora McGrath in romantic drama film, The Piano. Paquin is a native of New Zealand, born in Wellington but was born and bred in Winnipeg became an actor on screen in The Piano. At age 11 she was an infant Academy Award winner ever for Best Actress. Anna Paquin is full Anna Helene Paquin born on July 24, 1982 Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian actress and New Zealander who, when she was a young girl won the Academy Award in 1993 for the most outstanding supporting actress. She was the fiery girl who played Holly Hunter's The Piano character. 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 while she was young. As a result of a public audition at the age of nine, she became Flora McGrath - the daughter of the Scottish musician who was mute in the 19th century. Her family made the move into New Zealand to marry an arrangement-based husband. She emigrated into the United States as a teen. Paquin has a tiny part as the title character when she was still a kid as part of Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre (1996) and played the lead role in the film Fly Away Home (1996). Paquin performed the role of Frankie Addams, a character in Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding in 1997. The actress also played the Princess of Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (2007). She played teenage girls in of Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000), A Walk on the Moon (2000) and also played in the role of the polexia Aphrodisa groupie in Almost Famous (2000).