Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin was born in the city of Winnipeg, but was raised in Wellington. She was the first actress to make her acting debut in Flora McGrath in The romantic-drama film The Piano. Paquin is a native of Canada and New Zealand-born actress. She was born in Winnipeg but raised in Wellington the city where she was born, she made her first acting appearance as a character in The Piano. In this romantic drama, she was 11 years old, Paquin won her second Oscar for Best Actress. Anna Paquin in full Anna Helene Paquin (born July 24 1982 Winnipeg Manitoba Canada) Canadian-born New Zealand actress who as youngster won her an Academy Award for best supporting actress in her performance as the loquacious and inquisitive daughter of the main character, played by Holly Hunter in the atmospheric romantic film The Piano (1993). Anna Paquin with Holly Hunter, The Piano Holly Hunter (left) and Anna Paquin. Paquin was born in Winnipeg, Canada. She moved from the city to New Zealand as a young kid. The actress was chosen to play Flora McGrath the daughter of a mute Scottish pianist who, in the late 19th century relocates to New Zealand for an arranged wedding after she accepted an open audition call when she was just nine years old and had almost no prior experience in acting. Her move to the United States as a teen. Paquin had the role of lead in Fly Away Home in 1996 and had a minor part as Jane Eyre as only a child. Paquin played Frankie Addams, a character from Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding in 1997. In Steven Spielberg's Amistad in 1997, she played the Spanish queen in a less prominent role. The actress played teens as teenagers in Hurlyburly (1998) She's All That (1999) as well as A Walk on the Moon (1999) as well as the groupie Polexia Aphrodisa in Almost Famous (2000).