Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin is a Canadian as well as a New Zealand actress. Paquin is a native of Canada and New Zealand actress. She was born in Winnipeg however, she was raised in Wellington the city where she was born, she made her first acting appearance on screen in The Piano. In this romance film, at the age of the age of 11, Paquin won her second Oscar for Best Actress. Anna Paquin's full name was Anna Helene Paquin. Born July 24th 1982 at Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, she was a Canadian born New Zealand actress. As as a young girl, she was awarded her the Academy Award for best support actress. The role she played as the talkative and inquisitive young girl Holly Hunter played in The Piano (1993) was the reason she won the prize. 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. She was cast as Flora McGrath the daughter of an mute Scottish pianist who, in the late 19th century relocates back to New Zealand for an arranged wedding after she accepted an audition open to all at the age of nine. She was old, and had no prior experience in acting. After moving to New Zealand, in the United States, she became a teenager. Paquin was the main character in Fly Away Home in 1996 as well as a brief appearance as Jane Eyre as still a toddler. Paquin was the character Frankie Addams as a child in the television film adaptation Carson McCullers novel The Member of the Wedding. Paquin played Queen of Spain, in Steven Spielbergs 1997 film Amistad. The actress played teens in the films of Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000), A Walk on the Moon (2000) and portrayed in the role of character of the polexia Aphrodisa girl as part of Almost Famous (2000).