Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin is a Canadian as well as a New Zealand actress. Paquin is a Canadian as well as a New Zealand-born actress. Born in Winnipeg but brought up in Wellington, she was the first actress to appear on screen in The Piano. In this romantic drama, she was the age of 11, 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 received the Academy Award at age 11 for playing the inquisitive and talkative child that was Holly Hunter who played the leading character. Anna Paquin in The Piano Holly Hunter and Anna Paquin in The Piano Paquin grew up in New Zealand after moving with her parents when she was a young child. In response to an audition Flora McGrath was cast as the daughter a Scottish piano player. Flora McGrath is the daughter of a muted Scottish musician who moved into New Zealand to marry in the 19th century. The actress moved from New Zealand to United States as a teen. Paquin started her acting career in the midst of her childhood with a character in the Jane Eyre title character in the Franco Zeffirelli novel Jane Eyre as well as a major part of Fly Away Home. Paquin appeared as Frankie Addams in a 1997 film adaptation for television of Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding and also played a part in the role of Queen Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997). She portrayed teens as teens in Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (1998), A Walk on the Moon (1998) and Almost Famous (2000). She also portrayed the groupie Polexia Aphrodisa.