Anna Paquin
Anna Paquin (born Winnipeg, raised in Wellington) is an Canadian actor from Canada. Paquin who was born in Wellington however was born and bred in Winnipeg began her acting career on screen in The Piano. At age 11, she became the youngest Academy Award winner ever for Best Actress. Anna Paquin in full Anna Helene Paquin (born on July 24, 1982 in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada) Canadian-born New Zealand actress who as a child received an Academy Award for best supporting actress in her performance as the loquacious and inquisitive daughter of the lead character played by Holly Hunter in the atmospheric romance film The Piano (1993). Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Paquin The Piano Paquin. Her family moved in New Zealand when she was a small child and she lived there for the rest of her life. The actress was chosen to play Flora McGrath the daughter of an mute Scottish pianist who in the late 19th century relocates to New Zealand for an arranged wedding after she accepted an audition open to all when she was just nine years old, and had no prior experience in acting. As a teenager her family left Canada to the 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 role on the screen in Fly Away Home, a film that was released in the same year. Paquin appeared as Frankie Addams in a 1997 film adaptation for television of Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding and had a minor role as Queen of Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997). She played teenagers on Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000), A Walk on the Moon (2000). Also, she portrayed the teen groupie Polexia Aphrodisa on Almost Famous (2000).






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