Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin, a Canadian-New Zealander actress. Paquin is a Canadian and New Zealand-born actress. Born in Winnipeg but raised in Wellington, she was the first actress to appear in The Piano. In this romantic drama film at 11 years old, Paquin won her second Oscar for Best Actress. Anna Paquin spelled out Anna Helene Paquin was born in Winnipeg, Canada on July 24,1982. She is a Canadian-born actress from New Zealand. In 1993, she was awarded an Academy Award at age 11 as the curious and chatty girl who is the daughter of Holly Hunter who played the main character. Anna Paquin (left) with Holly Hunter. Holly Hunter (right) in The Piano. Paquin moved to New Zealand from Canada as young girl, and then grew up there. In response to an open audition call to play the character, she got it as Flora McGrath, the daughter of a deaf Scottish pianist who relocates from Scotland to New Zealand in mid-19th-century to marry. She was only nine and had no previous experience as an actor. As a teenager her family left Canadian to United States. Paquin was chosen to play the role of the child in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre in the year 1996. In addition, she played an important part in Fly Away Home, a film that was released in the same year. Paquin was in the role of Frankie Addams, a character in Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding in 1997. In Steven Spielberg's Amistad in 1997 her character was the queen of Spain in a less prominent role. The role she played was for teenagers in Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000), A Walk on the Moon (2000). In addition, she was the character of the teenage groupie Polexia Aphrodisa on Almost Famous (2000).