Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin was born in the city of Winnipeg, but was raised in Wellington. She began her acting career as Flora McGrath in romantic drama film The Piano. Paquin, who was raised in Wellington but was born and bred in Winnipeg made her acting d but with The Piano. At age 11, she became an infant Academy Award winner ever for Best Actress. Anna Paquin full name Anna Helene Paquin born July 24 in 1982 in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian-born New Zealand actor who won the Academy Award as a youngster for the Best Supporting Actress award for portraying the inquisitive and talkative daughter of Holly Hunter's lead role in 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 a small child and she was raised in New Zealand. When she answered an open invitation to auditions and was selected for the part, she performed in the role of Flora McGrath, the daughter of a deaf Scottish piano player who moved into New Zealand in mid-19th-century to marry. The actress was just nine, and she had no prior experience in acting. Her move from New Zealand to United States as a teen. Paquin was cast as the child's title in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre in 1996. She also played the lead role in Fly Away Home, a film released that same year. Paquin was Frankie Addams in a 1997 film adaptation for television of Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding and also played a part as the queen of Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997). The actress played teens in the films of Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000), A Walk on the Moon (2000) and also played Polexia Aphrodisa girl in Almost Famous (2000).