Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin is a Canadian as well as a New Zealand actress. Paquin was born in Winnipeg and was raised by Wellington Paquin's mother, made her acting debut in the role of Flora McGrath. For this role, she won the Academy Award of Best Supporting Actress in the romantic drama The Piano at the young age of eleven. The actress is second youngest recipient in Oscar history. Anna Paquin's full name was Anna Helene Paquin. Born on the 24th of July, 1982 in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, she was the first Canadian born New Zealand actress. As an infant, she won her the Academy Award for best support actress. Her performance as the empathetic and curious girl of Holly Hunter played in The Piano (1993) brought her the honor. Anna Paquin (left) with Holly Hunter. Holly Hunter (right) in The Piano. Paquin moved to New Zealand from Canada as an infant and was raised in the country. When she responded to a request to auditions open at the age of nine and having no prior experience acting the actress was chosen for Flora McGrath's part. Flora is the daughter of a Scottish pianist, who was deaf. They moved to New Zealand during the middle of the nineteenth century to arrange a marriage. She moved to the United States as a teen. Paquin was in a brief role in the film's title role when she was still a kid as part of Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre (1996) as well as she was a leading character in the movie Fly Away Home (1996). Paquin played Frankie Addams in a 1997 television movie adaptation of Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding and also played a part as Queen of Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997). She portrayed teens on the screen in Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (1998), A Walk on the Moon (1998) as well as Almost Famous (2000). Also, she played the character of Polexia Aphrodisa.