Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin, a Canadian-New Zealander actress. Paquin is a Canadian and New Zealand actress. She was born in Winnipeg but raised in Wellington She was the first actress to appear on screen in The Piano. In this romantic drama, she was the age of 11, Paquin won her second Oscar for Best Actress. Anna Paquin full name Anna Helene Paquin born July 24 in 1982 in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian-born New Zealand actor who won the Academy Award as a youngster as Best Supporting Actress playing the enthusiastic and curious daughter of Holly Hunter's main character The Piano. 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. After she responded to an open audition call, she won the role in the role of Flora McGrath, the daughter of an mute Scottish pianist who relocates from Scotland to New Zealand in mid-19th-century to marry. The actress was just nine and had no previous experience as an actor. In her teens, Paquin made the move to America. Paquin appeared as Jane Eyre's title character as an teen in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre (2000) and her main character for the character in Fly Away Home (2000). Paquin played Frankie Addams from a television film adaptation of Carson McCullers's novel The Member of the Wedding (1997). The actress had a supporting role as The Queen of Spain Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997. She portrayed teenagers on Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000), A Walk on the Moon (2000). She also was the character of the teenage groupie Polexia Aphrodisa on Almost Famous (2000).