Anna Paquin
Anna Paquin, a Canadian-New Zealander actress. Born in Winnipeg and was raised in Wellington Paquin was able to make her acting debut portraying Flora McGrath in the romantic drama film The Piano for which she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress aged 11 years old, making her the second-youngest winner of the award in Oscar history. Anna Paquin in full Anna Helene Paquin (born on July 24, 1982 in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada) Canadian-born New Zealand actress who as youngster won the Academy Award for best supporting actress for her portrayal of the loquacious and inquisitive daughter of the lead character, played by Holly Hunter in the atmospheric romantic drama The Piano (1993). Anna Paquin, Holly Hunter and The Piano Holly Hunter as The Piano Paquin lived in New Zealand with her family while she was a young girl. Following a prompt for open auditions at the age of nine and having no acting experience before that the actress was chosen for Flora McGrath's role. Flora is the child of an Scottish pianist, who was deaf. The couple relocated from Scotland to New Zealand during the middle of the 19th century in order to get married. In her teens, Paquin relocated to America. Paquin played Jane Eyre's protagonist as a teen in Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre (2000) as well as her main character for the character in Fly Away Home (2000). Paquin played Frankie Addams, a character in Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding in 1997. In Steven Spielberg's Amistad in 1997 her character was the queen of Spain in a smaller part. The role she played was for teenagers in Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000), A Walk on the Moon (2000). In addition, she portrayed the teen groupie Polexia Aphrodisa in Almost Famous (2000).
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