Anna Paquin
Anna Paquin is a Canadian as well as a New Zealand actress. She was born in Winnipeg and raised in Wellington Paquin was able to make her acting debut portraying Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film The Piano for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age 11 making her the second-youngest winner of the award in Oscar history. Anna Paquin in full Anna Helene Paquin (born on July 24, 1982 in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada) Canadian-born New Zealand actress who as youngster won her an Academy Award for best supporting actress for her role as the spirited and curious daughter of the character played by Holly Hunter in the atmospheric romantic film The Piano (1993). 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 in the country. After she responded to an audition call and was selected for the part, she was cast as Flora McGrath, the daughter of a deaf Scottish piano player who moved to New Zealand in mid-19th-century to marry. She was only nine and had no prior experience in acting. As a teenager, she made the move to America. Paquin made her debut as a child with a character in the Jane Eyre title character in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre, and then a major part in Fly Away Home. Paquin was a part-time actress in the television movie of 1997 adaption of Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding. She also played the Princess of Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (2007). She played teenagers on Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000) as well as A Walk on the Moon (2000). She played groupie Polexia Aphrodisa in Almost Famous (2000).






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