Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin was born in Winnipeg and raised in Wellington. She became an actor in the role of Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film, The Piano. Paquin was born in Wellington but was born and raised in Winnipeg was first seen in the acting world in The Piano. At age 11, she became the youngest Academy Award winner ever for Best Actress. Anna Paquin full name Anna Helene Paquin born July 24 in 1982 Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian-born New Zealand actor who won the Academy Award as a youngster as Best Supporting Actress playing the edgy and open daughter of Holly Hunter's lead role on the film The Piano. Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Paquin moved with her family in New Zealand when she was as a young child, and grew up there. In response to an open request for auditions her name was picked as Flora McGrath, the daughter of a mute Scottish pianist who moves in New Zealand in mid-19th-century to get married. At the time, she was nine and had no acting experience. She moved into the United States as a teen. Paquin has a tiny part in the role of Jane Eyre's title character while she was in the midst of her childhood on Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre (1996) and she was a leading character in the movie Fly Away Home (1996). Paquin played a minor role in the TV film of 1997 remake of Carson McCullers novel The Member of the Wedding. In Steven Spielberg's Amistad which she was in, she played the Spanish queen in a minor part. She also played teens on the screen in Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (1998), A Walk on the Moon(1999) as well as Almost Famous (2000). In addition, she was the groupie Polexia Aphrodisa.