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 in the romantic drama film Piano. Paquin is a Canadian and New Zealand-born actress. Born in Winnipeg however, she was raised in Wellington She was the first actress to appear on screen in The Piano. In this romantic drama film at 11 years old, Paquin won her second Oscar for Best Actress. Anna Paquin full name Anna Helene Paquin born July 24 in 1982 Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian-born New Zealand actor who won the Academy Award as a youngster for Best Supporting Actress for acting as the bright and interesting daughter of Holly Hunter's lead role The Piano. The Piano. Anna Paquin with Holly Hunter, The Piano Holly Hunter (left) and Anna Paquin. Paquin was born in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, and immigrated from the city to New Zealand as a young child. When she responded to a request to auditions open at the age of nine years old, with no previous experience in acting the actress was chosen for Flora McGrath's role. Flora is the daughter of an Scottish pianist who was mute. The couple moved to New Zealand during the middle of the nineteenth century in an effort to plan a wedding. When she moved into America, she was a teenager. United States, she became an adult. Paquin started her acting career when she was a kid, with the part as the Jane Eyre title character in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre followed by an important role on the film Fly Away Home. Paquin played a minor role in the television movie of 1997 adaptation of Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding. Also, she played Queen of Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (2007). She was a teenager as teenagers in Hurlyburly (1998) She's All That (1999) and A Walk on the Moon (1999) and played the groupie Polexia Aphrodisa in Almost Famous (2000).