Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin has been an actor in Canada and New Zealand for over a decade. Paquin is a native of Canada and New Zealand actress. She was born in Winnipeg but raised in Wellington She made her first acting appearance on screen in The Piano. In this romance film, at the age of 11 years old, Paquin won her second Oscar for Best Actress. Anna Paquin is full Anna Helene Paquin born on the 24th July 1982 Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian actor and New Zealander who as a kid won an Academy Award in 1993 for the top support actress. She was the fiery girl who played Holly Hunter's role on the film The Piano. Anna Paquin, Holly Hunter and The Piano Holly Hunter as The Piano Paquin lived in New Zealand with her family when she was young. In response to an open audition call to play the character, she got it in the role of Flora McGrath, the daughter of a mute Scottish piano player who moved into New Zealand in mid-19th-century to marry. The actress was just nine years old and did not have any acting experience. At the age of a teen the family relocated from Canada and eventually to United States. Paquin was played as the title child in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre in 1996. Also, she was the lead part as a lead character in Fly Away Home, a movie from the year. Paquin was a part-time actress in the TV film of 1997 adaptation of Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding. She also played the Princess of Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (2007). She portrayed teenagers in Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000) and A Walk on the Moon (2000). She played groupie Polexia Aphrodisa on Almost Famous (2000).