Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin was born in the city of Winnipeg, but was raised in Wellington. She began her acting career as Flora McGrath, her character in the romance film Piano. Paquin, born in Winnipeg and raised by Wellington Paquin's acting debut was as Flora McGrath. For this part, she was awarded the Academy Award of Best Supporting Actress for the romantic comedy The Piano at the young age of eleven. She was the second-youngest winner in Oscar history. Anna Paquin full name Anna Helene Paquin born July 24, 1982 Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian-born New Zealand actor who won the Academy Award as a youngster as Best Supporting Actress acting as the bright and interesting daughter of Holly Hunter's leading character on the film The Piano. Anna Paquin (left) with Holly Hunter. Holly Hunter (right) in The Piano. Paquin moved to New Zealand from Canada as young girl, and then grew up in the country. When she responded to a request to auditions open when she was nine years old, with no acting experience before that when she was selected for the role of Flora McGrath role. Flora is the child of a Scottish musician who was blind. The couple moved from Scotland to New Zealand during the middle of the 19th century in order to arrange a marriage. When she was a teenager, her family moved from Canada and eventually to United States. Paquin played the lead role in the film Fly Away Home in 1996 and also had a small part as Jane Eyre in the film when she was only a child. Paquin portrayed Frankie Addams as a child in the TV film adaptation Carson McCullers novel The Member of the Wedding. Paquin also had a role of the queen of Spain, in Steven Spielbergs 1997 movie Amistad. The role she played was for teenagers in Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000), A Walk on the Moon (2000). She also played the role of a teen girl named Polexia Aphrodisa in Almost Famous (2000).