Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin was born in the city of Winnipeg. She grew up in Wellington. She made her acting debut as Flora McGrath, a character in the romantic drama film"The Piano. Born in Winnipeg and born in Wellington Paquin has made her acting debut in the role of Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film The Piano for which she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress aged 11 years old, making the actress second of the award in Oscar history. Anna Paquin in full Anna Helene Paquin (born on July 24, 1982 in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada) Canadian-born New Zealand actress who as when she was young received an Academy Award for best supporting actress in her performance as the inquisitive and lovable daughter of the main role played by Holly Hunter in the atmospheric romance movie The Piano (1993). Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Paquin moved with her family from Canada to New Zealand when she was an infant and lived there for the rest of her life. She was cast as Flora McGrath the daughter of a mute Scottish pianist, who in the mid-19th century moves into New Zealand for an arranged wedding when she answered an open audition and was only nine years old. young and lacked previous experience with acting. At the age of 17, Paquin made the move to America. Paquin played the lead role in Fly Away Home in 1996 as well as a brief appearance as Jane Eyre in the film when she was still a toddler. Paquin played Frankie Addams in a 1997 television film adaptation of Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding and also played a part in the role of Queen Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997). She played teenagers as part of Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000), A Walk on the Moon (2000) and also played the polexia Aphrodisa character in Almost Famous (2000).