Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin was born in Wellington, Manitoba. She grew up there. She made her acting debut as Flora McGrath, her character in the romance film Piano. Paquin who was born in Wellington but born and raised in Winnipeg began her acting career with The Piano. At age 11 years old, she became an infant Academy Award winner ever for Best Actress. Anna Paquin full name Anna Helene Paquin born July 24 the 24th of July, 1982 Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian-born New Zealand actor who won the Academy Award as a youngster in the category of Best Supporting actress for acting as the bright and interesting child of Holly Hunter's main character The Piano. The Piano. Anna Paquin with Holly Hunter, The Piano Holly Hunter (left) and Anna Paquin. Paquin was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada. She moved from the city to New Zealand as a young teenager. The actress was chosen to play Flora McGrath the daughter of an blind Scottish pianist who, in the middle of 19th century, moves to New Zealand for an arranged wedding when she answered an audition for open casting; she was nine years old and had almost no previous acting experience. When she was a teenager, her family moved from Canada and eventually to United States. Paquin was the main character in the film Fly Away Home in 1996 and had a minor part in the film as Jane Eyre in the film when she was only a child. Paquin appeared as Frankie Addams in a 1997 film adaptation for television of Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding and had a minor role in the role of Queen Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997). She played teenagers as teenagers in Hurlyburly (1998) She's All That (1999) as well as A Walk on the Moon (1999) as well as the character of a groupie Polexia Aphrodisa in Almost Famous (2000).