Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin has been an actor in Canada and New Zealand for over a decade. Paquin, who was raised in Wellington but was born and raised in Winnipeg made her acting d but on screen in The Piano. At age 11, she became the youngest Academy Award winner ever for Best Actress. Anna Paquin spelled out Anna Helene Paquin was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on July 24,1982. The Canadian born actress is also a New Zealander actress. In 1993, she was awarded her first Academy Award at age 11 as the curious and talkative daughter that was Holly Hunter who played the main character. Anna Paquin in The Piano Holly Hunter and Anna Paquin in The Piano Paquin grew up in New Zealand after moving with her parents as a child. The character of Flora McGrath - the daughter of a Scottish muffled pianist from New Zealand at mid-19th Century was hers after she participated in an audition open to all. In her twenties, she had little or none experience with acting. At the age of a teen the family relocated from Canada to the United States. Paquin was cast as the child title in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre in the year 1996. She also played an important part on the screen in Fly Away Home, a movie from the year. Paquin had a small role in the television movie of 1997 version to Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding. She also played the Princess of Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (2007). She portrayed teenagers in Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000) as well as A Walk on the Moon (2000). The actress played the role of a groupie Polexia Aphrodisa in Almost Famous (2000).