Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin was born in the city of Winnipeg. She grew up in the city of Wellington. She began her acting career as Flora McGrath in romantic drama film, The Piano. Paquin, who was raised in Wellington but born and raised in Winnipeg was first seen in the acting world in The Piano. At age 11, she became the tiniest Academy Award winner ever for Best Actress. Anna Paquin in full Anna Helene Paquin (born on July 24, 1982 Winnipeg Manitoba Canada) Canadian-born New Zealand actress who as a child received her an Academy Award for best supporting actress for her performance of the lively and eager daughter of lead role played by Holly Hunter in the atmospheric romantic movie The Piano (1993). Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Paquin The Piano Paquin. Her family moved from Canada to New Zealand when she was as a young child, and spent her childhood there. Her role was Flora McGrath the daughter of an mute Scottish pianist who, in the middle of the 19th century makes her way to New Zealand for an arranged marriage when she responded to an open audition call and was only nine years old. older and had no previous experience as an actor. When she was in her teens, the actress was able to move to the United States. Paquin was played as the child's title in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre in 1996. In addition, she played the title part on the screen in Fly Away Home, a film released the same year. Paquin was Frankie Addams in a 1997 TV movie adaptation of Carson McCullers's novel The Member of the Wedding and had a minor role in the title role as Queen Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997). She also played teens as teens in Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (1998), A Walk on the Moon(1999) as well as Almost Famous (2000). The actress also played the role of groupie Polexia Aphrodisa.