Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin was born in the city of Winnipeg, but was raised in Wellington. She began her acting career as Flora McGrath in The romantic-drama film Piano. She was born in Winnipeg and raised in Wellington Paquin made her acting debut portraying Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film The Piano for which she was awarded the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress aged 11 years old, making her the second-youngest winner to win an award within Oscar history. Anna Paquin is full Anna Helene Paquin born on the 24th of July, 1982 in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian actor and New Zealander who, at the age of a youngster, was awarded the Academy Award in 1993 for the most outstanding supporting actress. She was the fiery daughter of Holly Hunter's portrayer in The Piano. Anna Paquin, Holly Hunter and The Piano Holly Hunter as The Piano Paquin lived in New Zealand with her family as a child. Following a prompt for open auditions at the age of nine, and with little prior experience acting, she won Flora McGrath's role. Flora is the daughter of an Scottish pianist who was mute. The couple were relocated into New Zealand during the middle of the nineteenth century in an effort to get married. In her teens she emigrated to the United States. Paquin had the role of lead in Fly Away Home in 1996 as well as a brief appearance as Jane Eyre in the film when she was just a young child. Paquin played Frankie Addams from a television film version of Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding (1997). She was a part of the supporting cast in Princess of Spain Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997. 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 on the screen in Almost Famous (2000).