Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin was born in the city of Winnipeg, but was raised in Wellington. She made her acting debut as Flora McGrath, the romantic drama film The Piano. Paquin is a native of New Zealand, born in Wellington however was born and bred in Winnipeg was first seen in the acting world on screen in The Piano. At age 11 she was an infant Academy Award winner ever for Best Actress. Anna Paquin's full name was Anna Helene Paquin. Born on the 24th of July, 1982 in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, she was the first Canadian native New Zealand actress. As an infant, she won an Academy Award for best support actress. Her performance as the enthusiastic and lively young girl Holly Hunter played in The Piano (1993) brought her the prize. Anna Paquin (left) with Holly Hunter. Holly Hunter (right) in The Piano. Paquin moved to New Zealand from Canada as a little girl and grew there. The part of Flora McGrath - the daughter of an Scottish mute pianist in New Zealand at mid-19th Century was hers when she attended an audition for the role. When she was nine years old the actress had no experience acting. When she moved in America, she was a teenager. United States, she became a teenager. Paquin had a small part in the role of Jane Eyre's title character while she was a child in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre (1996) and an important role in the film Fly Away Home (1996). Paquin played Frankie Addams in a 1997 TV movie adaptation of the novel by Carson McCullers The Member of the Wedding as well as a small role as the queen of Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997). The actress played teenagers on the screen in Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (1998), A Walk on the Moon (1998) and Almost Famous (2000). In addition, she portrayed the groupie Polexia Aphrodisa.