Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin (born Winnipeg, was raised in Wellington) is a Canadian actress from Canada. Paquin who was born in Wellington however was born and bred in Winnipeg began her acting career on screen in The Piano. At age 11, she became one of the youngest Academy Award winner ever for Best Actress. Anna Paquin in full Anna Helene Paquin (born July 24 1982 in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada) Canadian-born New Zealand actress who as youngster won her an Academy Award for best supporting actress for her role as the inquisitive and spirited daughter of the lead role played by Holly Hunter in the atmospheric romance film The Piano (1993). Anna Paquin with Holly Hunter, The Piano Holly Hunter (left) and Anna Paquin. Paquin was born in Winnipeg, Canada, and immigrated from the city to New Zealand as a young child. The actress was chosen to play Flora McGrath the daughter of an blind Scottish pianist who, in the late 19th century relocates into New Zealand for an arranged marriage when she responded to an open audition call at the age of nine. She was old, and had no prior experience in acting. In her teens, she moved from New Zealand to United States. Paquin was played as the title child in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre in the year 1996. In addition, she played an important part in Fly Away Home, a movie from that same year. Paquin was in the role of Frankie Addams, a character from Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding in 1997. In Steven Spielberg's Amistad in 1997 in which she played the Spanish queen in a lesser part. She was a teenager in Hurlyburly (1998) She's All That (1999) and A Walk on the Moon (1999) as well as the groupie Polexia Aphrodisa in Almost Famous (2000).