Anna Paquin
Anna Paquin, a Canadian-New Zealander actress. Paquin is a native of Winnipeg and grew up in Wellington and made her debut as Flora McGrath when she played her role of Flora McGrath in The Piano. She won an Academy Award at the age of 11 years old for Best supporting Actress. Anna Paquin's full name is Anna Helene Paquin. Born on the 24th of July, 1982 at Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, she was an Canadian native New Zealand actress. As an infant, she won the Academy Award for best support actress. Her role as the empathetic and curious character Holly Hunter played in The Piano (1993) brought her the prize. Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Paquin relocated with their families into New Zealand when she was as a young child, and grew up there. The character as Flora McGrath - the daughter to a Scottish mute pianist in New Zealand at mid-19th Century was a part she won when she attended an audition open to all. At nine, she had little or none experience with acting. At the age of a teen her family left Canada and eventually to United States. Paquin was cast as the child title in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre in 1996. Also, she was the lead part in Fly Away Home, a film that was released in the same year. Paquin appeared as Frankie Addams, a character from Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding in 1997. In Steven Spielberg's Amistad in 1997 in which she played the Spanish queen in a lesser part. She played teenagers on Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000), A Walk on the Moon (2000). She also played the role of a teen girl named Polexia Aphrodisa on Almost Famous (2000).






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