Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin was born in the city of Winnipeg, but was raised in Wellington. She began her acting career as Flora McGrath, The romantic-drama film The Piano. Paquin who was born in Wellington but was born and raised in Winnipeg made her acting d but in The Piano. At age 11 years old, she became one of the youngest Academy Award winner ever for Best Actress. Anna Paquin spelled out Anna Helene Paquin was born in Winnipeg, Canada on the 24th of July, 1982. Her birthplace is Canada. New Zealander actress. In 1993 she won an Academy Award at age 11 as the curious and talking girl who is the daughter of Holly Hunter who played the principal character. Anna Paquin with Holly Hunter, The Piano Holly Hunter (left) and Anna Paquin. Paquin was born in Winnipeg, Canada, and immigrated from the city to New Zealand as a young kid. When she answered an audition call to play the character, she got it in the role of Flora McGrath, the daughter of an mute Scottish pianist who relocates to New Zealand in mid-19th-century to get married. She was only nine, and she had no acting experience. At the age of a teen the family relocated from Canadian to United States. Paquin was cast as the child title in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre in 1996. Also, she was a leading role as a lead character in Fly Away Home, a movie from that same year. Paquin appeared as Frankie Addams in a 1997 film adaptation for television of the novel by Carson McCullers The Member of the Wedding as well as a small role as the queen of Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (1997). She played teenagers as part of Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000), A Walk on the Moon (2000) and played the Polexia Aphrodisa girl in Almost Famous (2000).