Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin was born in Wellington, Manitoba. She grew up there. She was the first actress to make her acting debut in Flora McGrath in her character in the romance film The Piano. Paquin is a native of Canada and actress from New Zealand. She was born in Winnipeg but raised in Wellington the city where she was born, she was the first actress to appear in The Piano. In this romantic drama film at 11 years old, Paquin won her second Oscar for Best Actress. Anna Paquin in full Anna Helene Paquin (born July 24 1982 in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada) Canadian-born New Zealand actress who as youngster won the Academy Award for best supporting actress for her portrayal of the loquacious and inquisitive daughter of the lead character, played by Holly Hunter in the atmospheric romantic drama The Piano (1993). Anna Paquin, Holly Hunter and The Piano Holly Hunter as The Piano Paquin lived in New Zealand with her family while she was a young girl. The character as Flora McGrath - the daughter to an Scottish muffle pianist in New Zealand at mid-19th Century - was won by her when she attended an audition open to all. When she was nine years old her age, she was a novice or had none experience with acting. As a teenager the family relocated from Canadian to United States. Paquin was the main character in Fly Away Home in 1996 and had a minor part in the film as Jane Eyre when she was only a child. Paquin played Frankie Addams in a 1997 film adaptation for television of Carson McCullers's novel The Member of the Wedding and also played a part in the role of Queen Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997). She played teenagers on the screen 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 as a character in Almost Famous (2000).