Anna Paquin
Anna Paquin is a Canadian as well as a New Zealand actress. Paquin is a native of Winnipeg, raised in Wellington and made her stage debut as Flora McGrath when she played the character of Flora McGrath in The Piano. She won an Academy Award at the age of 11 years old for Best Supporting Actress. Anna Paquin's full name was Anna Helene Paquin. Born on the 24th of July, 1982 on the 24th of July 1982 in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, she was a Canadian born New Zealand actress. As a child, Paquin won her the Academy Award for best support actress. The role she played as the empathetic and curious character Holly Hunter played in The Piano (1993) was the reason she won the prize. 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. The actress was chosen to play Flora McGrath the daughter of an muffled Scottish pianist who in the mid-19th century moves back to New Zealand for an arranged marriage when she responded to an audition open to all; she was nine years old and had almost no previous acting experience. At the age of a teen her family left Canada and eventually to United States. Paquin made her debut as a child with a character in the Jane Eyre protagonist in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre followed by an important role of Fly Away Home. Paquin was Frankie Addams from a television film version of Carson McCullers' novels The Member of the Wedding (1997). Paquin was a part of the supporting cast in the Queen of Spain Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997. The actress played teens in the films of Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000), A Walk on the Moon (2000) and portrayed the Polexia Aphrodisa groupie as part of Almost Famous (2000).
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