Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin was born in the city of Winnipeg, but was raised in Wellington. She was the first actress to make her acting debut in Flora McGrath, the romantic drama film The Piano. Paquin was born in Winnipeg and grew up in Wellington and made her debut as Flora McGrath when she played her role as Flora in The Piano. She won an Academy Award at the age of 11 for Best Actress Supporting Actress. Anna Paquin's full name was Anna Helene Paquin. Born on July 24, 1982, in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, she was a Canadian birthed New Zealand actress. As as a young girl, she was awarded the Academy Award for best support actress. Her performance as the enthusiastic and lively young girl Holly Hunter played in The Piano (1993) earned her the honor. Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Paquin relocated with their families into New Zealand when she was an infant and grew up there. After she responded to an open call for auditions, she won the role in the role of Flora McGrath, the daughter of a deaf Scottish piano player who moved from Scotland to New Zealand in mid-19th-century to marry. She was only nine, and she had no prior experience in acting. She moved into the United States as a teen. Paquin began her career in the midst of her childhood with a character in the Jane Eyre protagonist in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre followed by she played a significant role of Fly Away Home. Paquin was Frankie Addams in a 1997 film adaptation for television of Carson McCullers's novel The Member of the Wedding and also played a part as Queen of Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997). The actress played teenagers as teens in Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (1998), A Walk on the Moon (1998) and Almost Famous (2000). She also portrayed the groupie Polexia Aphrodisa.