Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin is a Canadian as well as a New Zealand actress. Paquin, born in Winnipeg and raised by Wellington Paquin's mother, made her acting debut in the role of Flora McGrath. For this role, she won the Academy Award of Best Supporting Actress for the romantic drama The Piano at the young age of 11. She was the second youngest winner in Oscar History. Anna Paquin's full name is Anna Helene Paquin. Born on July 24, 1982, in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, she was a Canadian birthed New Zealand actress. As an infant, she won her the Academy Award for best support actress. Her role as the empathetic and curious young girl Holly Hunter played in The Piano (1993) was the reason she won the honor. Anna Paquin in The Piano Holly Hunter and Anna Paquin in The Piano Paquin grew up in New Zealand after moving with her parents when she was a young child. She won the role of Flora McGrath the daughter of an muffled Scottish pianist who, in the mid-19th century moves into New Zealand for an arranged marriage when she responded to an open audition call; she was nine years old, and had no prior experience in acting. She moved from New Zealand to United States as a teen. Paquin was the main character in Fly Away Home in 1996 and also had a small part as Jane Eyre when she was just a young child. Paquin appeared as 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 queen of Spain in a lesser part. She played teenagers 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).