Anna Paquin

Anna Paquin was born in Wellington, Manitoba. She grew up there. She began her acting career as Flora McGrath in her character in the romance film The Piano. Paquin, who was raised in Wellington but born and raised in Winnipeg made her acting d but in The Piano. At age 11 years old, she became the youngest Academy Award winner ever for Best Actress. Anna Paquin full name Anna Helene Paquin born July 24, 1982 Winnipeg Manitoba Canada. Canadian-born New Zealand actor who won the Academy Award as a youngster for Best Supporting Actress for acting as the bright and interesting child of Holly Hunter's main role in The Piano. Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Anna Paquin and Holly Hunter in The Piano Paquin moved with her family to New Zealand when she was as a young child, and grew up there. In response to an open audition call, she won the role as Flora McGrath, the daughter of a mute Scottish piano player who moves to New Zealand in mid-19th-century to get married. It was her first role at the age of nine, and she had no acting experience. As a teenager her family left Canadian to United States. Paquin played a minor role as the title character when she was a child on Franco Zeffirelli's Jane Eyre (1996) as well as a lead part in the film Fly Away Home (1996). Paquin had a small role in the television movie of 1997 version to Carson McCullers' novel The Member of the Wedding. She also played the Princess of Spain in Steven Spielberg's Amistad (2007). The actress played teens in the films of Hurlyburly (1998), She's All That (2000), A Walk on the Moon (2000) as well as the Polexia Aphrodisa groupie as part of Almost Famous (2000).