Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin, a Canadian-New Zealander actress. Paquin who was born in Wellington but was born and raised in Winnipeg began her acting career in The Piano. At age 11, 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 playing the enthusiastic and curious child of Holly Hunter's leading role in The Piano. Anna Paquin with Holly Hunter, The Piano Holly Hunter (left) and Anna Paquin. Paquin was born in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada and moved into New Zealand as a young kid. She was cast as Flora McGrath the daughter of the mute Scottish pianist who, in the middle of 19th century, moves to New Zealand for an arranged marriage when she responded to an audition for open casting; she was nine years old and had almost no prior experience in acting. When she was a teenager her family relocated into the United States. Paquin appeared as Jane Eyre's title character as an teen in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre (2000) and the main role in Fly Away Home (2000). Paquin was Frankie Addams from a television film adaptation of Carson McCullers' book The Member of the Wedding (1997). The actress was a part of the supporting cast in the Queen of Spain Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997. The actress played teens on the screen in Hurlyburly (1998) She's All That (1999) as well as A Walk on the Moon (1999) and portrayed the character of a groupie Polexia Aphrodisa in Almost Famous (2000).