Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin (born Winnipeg, born in Wellington,) is an Canadian actor from Canada. Paquin is a Canadian and actress from New Zealand. She was born in Winnipeg but raised in Wellington the city where she was born, she was the first actress to appear on screen in The Piano. In this romantic drama, she was eleven years of age, Paquin won her second Oscar for Best Actress. Anna Paquin's full title is Anna Helene Paquin. Born on the 24th of July, 1982 on the 24th of July 1982 in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, she was the first Canadian born New Zealand actress. As a child, Paquin won her the Academy Award for best support actress. Her performance as the talkative and inquisitive character Holly Hunter played in The Piano (1993) was the reason she won the honor. Anna Paquin, Holly Hunter and The Piano Holly Hunter as The Piano Paquin lived in New Zealand with her family as a child. She won the role of Flora McGrath the daughter of an mute Scottish pianist, who in the late 19th century relocates into New Zealand for an arranged marriage when she responded to an audition for open casting; she was nine years old and had almost no prior experience in acting. The actress moved to the United States as a teen. Paquin played the lead role in the film Fly Away Home in 1996 and also had a small part in the film as Jane Eyre as still a toddler. Paquin was the character Frankie Addams as a child in the TV version of Carson McCullers novel The Member of the Wedding. Paquin also had a role of Queen of Spain, in Steven Spielbergs 1997 movie Amistad. She portrayed teens as teens in Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (1998), A Walk on the Moon (1998) as well as Almost Famous (2000). In addition, she portrayed the groupie Polexia Aphrodisa.