Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin is a Canadian and New Zealand actress. Paquin is a Canadian as well as a actress from New Zealand. She was born in Winnipeg however, she was raised in Wellington She had her first appearance as an actor 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 spelled out Anna Helene Paquin was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on July 24,1982. The Canadian born actress is also a actress from New Zealand. In 1993 she won the Academy Award at age 11 as the curious and talkative child that was Holly Hunter who played the principal character. Anna Paquin (left) with Holly Hunter. Holly Hunter (right) in The Piano. Paquin moved to New Zealand from Canada as a little girl and grew in the country. After an audition Flora McGrath was cast as the daughter of a Scottish piano player. Flora McGrath is the daughter of a muted Scottish musician who came from Scotland to New Zealand to marry in the 19th century. When she was in her teens, the actress made the move to America. Paquin was chosen to play the role of the child in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre in 1996. Also, she was the lead part as a lead character in Fly Away Home, a film from the same year. Paquin portrayed Frankie Addams as a child in the television adaptation of Carson McCullers novel The Member of the Wedding. Paquin was also in the role of Queen of Spain in Steven Spielberg's 1997 feature film Amistad. The role she played was for teenagers on Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000) and A Walk on the Moon (2000). She played groupie Polexia Aphrodisa on Almost Famous (2000).