Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin is a Canadian and New Zealand actress. Paquin is a Canadian and New Zealand actress. She was born in Winnipeg but raised in Wellington, she was the first actress to appear on screen in The Piano. In this romantic drama film at 11 years old, Paquin won her second Oscar for Best Actress. Anna Paquin in full Anna Helene Paquin (born on July 24, 1982 in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada) Canadian-born New Zealand actress who as was a young girl won her an Academy Award for best supporting actress for her portrayal of the spirited and curious daughter of the main character, played by Holly Hunter in the atmospheric romance film The Piano (1993). 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. When she responded to a request for open auditions when she was nine years old, with no prior experience acting when she was selected for the role of Flora McGrath part. Flora is the child of a Scottish musician who was blind. They relocated into New Zealand during the middle of the nineteenth century to get married. As a teenager, she relocated to America. Paquin started her acting career as a child with a role of the Jane Eyre title character in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre as well as an important role of Fly Away Home. Paquin portrayed Frankie Addams as a child in the TV film adaptation Carson McCullers novel The Member of the Wedding. Paquin played Queen of Spain, in Steven Spielbergs 1997 movie Amistad. The actress played teens in Hurlyburly (1998) She's All That (1999) and A Walk on the Moon (1999) as well as the character of a groupie Polexia Aphrodisa as a character in Almost Famous (2000).