Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin is a Canadian as well as a New Zealand actress. Paquin who was born in Wellington however was born and bred in Winnipeg was first seen in the acting world on screen in The Piano. At age 11 years old, she became one of the youngest Academy Award winner ever for Best Actress. Anna Paquin's full name was Anna Helene Paquin. Born on July 24, 1982, in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, she was a Canadian birthed New Zealand actress. As an infant, she won her the Academy Award for best support actress. Her performance as the empathetic and curious character Holly Hunter played in The Piano (1993) was the reason she won the honor. Anna Paquin with Holly Hunter, The Piano Holly Hunter (left) and Anna Paquin. Paquin was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada, and immigrated into New Zealand as a young teenager. She was cast as Flora McGrath the daughter of a blind Scottish pianist who in the middle of 19th century, moves to New Zealand for an arranged wedding when she answered an audition for open casting at the age of nine. She was old, and had no previous experience as an actor. When she was a teenager the family relocated from Canadian to United States. Paquin started her acting career in the midst of her childhood with a part as the Jane Eyre main character in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre, and then an important role in Fly Away Home. Paquin played Frankie Addams from a television film adaptation of Carson McCullers' book The Member of the Wedding (1997). Paquin had a supporting role as the Queen of Spain Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997. She played teenagers as teenagers in Hurlyburly (1998) She's All That (1999) and A Walk on the Moon (1999) and played the character of a groupie Polexia Aphrodisa on the screen in Almost Famous (2000).