Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin is a Canadian and New Zealand actress. Paquin who was born in Wellington but was born and raised in Winnipeg made her acting d but on screen in The Piano. At age 11, she became the youngest Academy Award winner ever for Best Actress. Anna Paquin is full Anna Helene Paquin born on July 24, 1982 Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian actor and New Zealander, who, when she was a child, won an Academy Award in 1993 for the top support actress. She was the fiery daughter of Holly Hunter's role in The Piano. Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Paquin relocated with their families to New Zealand when she was a small child and she grew up there. The part of Flora McGrath - the daughter to a Scottish muffle pianist in New Zealand at mid-19th Century - was won by her when she attended an audition open to all. At nine the actress had no experience acting. The actress moved from New Zealand to United States as a teen. Paquin played the lead role in Fly Away Home in 1996 and also had a small part in the film as Jane Eyre in the film when she was still a toddler. Paquin appeared as 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 smaller character. She portrayed teenagers on Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000), A Walk on the Moon (2000). She also portrayed the teen groupie Polexia Aphrodisa on Almost Famous (2000).