Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin is a Canadian as well as a New Zealand actress. Paquin who was born in Wellington however was born and bred in Winnipeg was first seen in the acting world in The Piano. At age 11, she became an infant Academy Award winner ever for Best Actress. Anna Paquin spelled out Anna Helene Paquin was born in Winnipeg, Canada on July 24,1982. She is a Canadian-born New Zealander actress. In 1993 she won an Academy Award at age 11 for playing the inquisitive and talking daughter of Holly Hunter who played the principal character. Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Paquin The Piano Paquin. Her family moved into New Zealand when she was a small child and she lived there for the rest of her life. She was cast as Flora McGrath the daughter of a mute Scottish pianist who in the late 19th century relocates to New Zealand for an arranged marriage when she responded to an open audition call; she was nine years old. She had little prior experience in acting. When she was in her teens, the actress made the move to America. Paquin appeared as Jane Eyre's main character when she was a teenager in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre (2000) as well as the lead role in Fly Away Home (2000). Paquin had a small role in the TV film of 1997 version of Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding. The actress also played the queen of Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (2007). The actress played teens on the screen in Hurlyburly (1998) She's All That (1999) and A Walk on the Moon (1999) as well as the groupie Polexia Aphrodisa as a character in Almost Famous (2000).