Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin was born in Winnipeg and raised in Wellington. She began her acting career as Flora McGrath, the romantic drama film The Piano. Paquin was born in Winnipeg and was raised by Wellington Paquin's mother, made her acting debut as Flora McGrath. For this part, she was awarded an Academy Award of Best Supporting Actress in the romantic comedy The Piano at the young age of eleven. The actress is second youngest recipient in Oscar the history of Oscars. Anna Paquin spelled out Anna Helene Paquin was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on July 24,1982. She is a Canadian-born New Zealander actress. In 1993, she was awarded her first Academy Award at age 11 to play the inquisitive, talkative daughter of Holly Hunter who played the leading character. Anna Paquin (left) with Holly Hunter. Holly Hunter (right) in The Piano. Paquin moved to New Zealand from Canada as an infant and was raised there. She won the role of Flora McGrath the daughter of a mute Scottish pianist, who in the mid-19th century moves to New Zealand for an arranged marriage when she responded to an audition for open casting at the age of nine. She was old, and had no previous experience as an actor. When she was a teenager her family relocated to the United States. Paquin was played as the title child in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre in 1996. She also played a leading part in Fly Away Home, a film that was released in that same year. Paquin played Frankie Addams, a character in Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding in 1997. In Steven Spielberg's Amistad in 1997 her character was the Spanish queen in a smaller role. The actress played teens in the films of Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000), A Walk on the Moon (2000) and played the polexia Aphrodisa girl in Almost Famous (2000).