Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin has been an actor in Canada as well as New Zealand for over a decade. Paquin, who was raised in Wellington however was born and bred in Winnipeg began her acting career on screen in The Piano. At age 11 years old, she became the youngest Academy Award winner ever for Best Actress. Anna Paquin in full Anna Helene Paquin (born on July 24, 1982 in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada) Canadian-born New Zealand actress who as a child won her an Academy Award for best supporting actress in her performance as the spirited and curious daughter of the lead role played by Holly Hunter in the atmospheric romantic drama The Piano (1993). 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 as a young child, and grew up there. After an audition Flora McGrath was cast as the daughter of a Scottish musician. Flora McGrath is the child of a mute Scottish musician, who emigrated from Scotland to New Zealand to marry in the 19th century. As a teenager, she relocated to America. Paquin was chosen to play the role of the child in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre in the year 1996. In addition, she played the lead role as a lead character in Fly Away Home, a film from the year. Paquin was the character Frankie Addams as a child in the television adaptation of Carson McCullers novel The Member of the Wedding. Paquin was also in the role of Queen of Spain in Steven Spielberg's 1997 movie Amistad. The role she played was for teenagers on Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000) and A Walk on the Moon (2000). She played the role of a groupie Polexia Aphrodisa on Almost Famous (2000).