Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin has been an actress across Canada as well as New Zealand for over a decade. 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 spelled out Anna Helene Paquin was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada on July 24,1982. Her birthplace is Canada. actress from New Zealand. In 1993 she won her first Academy Award at age 11 to play the inquisitive, talking daughter of 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. After she responded to an audition call and was selected for the part, she was cast in the role of Flora McGrath, the daughter of an mute Scottish pianist who relocates from Scotland to New Zealand in mid-19th-century to get married. She was only nine and had no prior experience in acting. Her move into the United States as a teen. Paquin was the main character in Fly Away Home in 1996 as well as a brief appearance as Jane Eyre in the film when she was only a child. Paquin played a minor role in the 1997 TV movie adaptation to Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding. She also played the Princess of Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (2007). The role she played was for teenagers on Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000) and A Walk on the Moon (2000). She played the role of a groupie Polexia Aphrodisa in Almost Famous (2000).