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Biography |
Born July 24, 1982 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and raised in Lower Hutt, New Zealand, Anna Paquin, at age eleven, was the
first New Zealander to receive the Best Supporting Actress Oscar, for her performance in The Piano, and the second youngest
Oscar winner ever. After making her stage bow at the age of seven as a skunk in a school production, she auditioned for the part of
Flora in Jane Campion's The Piano. Hand picked from 5000 girls.
With the success of the 1993 film and an Oscar, she won international fame. But Paquin retreated from the limelight until 1996,
when she emerged, in the acclaimed family drama Fly Away Home. That same year, she could be seen playing a younger version
of the title character in Jane Eyre. After playing Queen Isabella in Steven Spielberg's Amistad, Paquin assumed her first adult role
in 1998, in the film Hurlyburly. The following year she appeared in the critically acclaimed A Walk on the Moon.
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Filmography |
X-Men 2 (2003) .... Rogue/Marie D'Ancanto
Finding Forrester (2000) .... Claire Spence
Almost Famous (2000) .... Polexia Aphrodisia, Band Aid
X-Men (2000) .... Rogue/Marie D'Ancanto
She's All That (1999) .... Mackenzie Siler
Amistad (1997) .... Queen Isabel
Fly Away Home (1996) .... Amy Alden
Jane Eyre (1996) .... Young Jane
The Piano (1993) .... Flora McGrath
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Background |
Birth Name: Anna Helene Paquin
Birth Date: 24 July, 1982
Birth Place: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Nationality: Canadian
Occupation: Actress
Height: 5' 5"
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Father: Brian, Physical Education teacher
Mother: Mary, English teacher
Pets: two cats and a golden retriever named Jesse
Education: Windward School in West Los Angeles &
Columbia College
Claim to fame: as Flora McGrath in The Piano (1993)
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