Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin was born in Winnipeg and raised in Wellington. She began her acting career as Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film called The Piano. Paquin was born in Winnipeg, raised in Wellington and first made her acting debut as Flora McGrath when she played the character in The Piano. She won an Academy Award at the age of 11 as Best Supporting Actress. Anna Paquin is full Anna Helene Paquin born on July 24, 1982 Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian actress from New Zealand who as a child was awarded an Academy Award in 1993 for being the most effective actor supporting. The actress played the fierce child of Holly Hunter's role in The Piano. Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Paquin. They moved with their family in New Zealand when she was as a young child, and grew up there. After she responded to an open call for auditions her name was picked as Flora McGrath, the daughter of an mute Scottish piano player who relocates into New Zealand in mid-19th-century to get married. She was only nine, and she had no performing experience. Her move to the United States as a teen. Paquin was in a brief role as the title character when she was in the midst of her childhood as part of Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre (1996) as well as an important role in the film Fly Away Home (1996). Paquin played Frankie Addams in a 1997 television movie adaptation of the novel by Carson McCullers The Member of the Wedding and also played a part in the title role as Queen Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997). She also played teens on the screen in Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (1998), A Walk on the Moon(1999) and Almost Famous (2000). In addition, she was the groupie Polexia Aphrodisa.