Her role in 'The Piano' (1993)
July 24, 1982 ((Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada))
Background:
"Everything about being a teenager and not feeling like you fit in is just magnified by being a mutant!" Anna Paquin
Oscar winning actress Anna Paquin garnered critical acclaim while portraying Flora McGrath, Holly Hunter's angry young daughter, in Jane Campion's applauded film The Piano (1993). One of the youngest Oscar winners ever (she was 11 at that time), Paquin later starred in such films as Jane Eyre (1996), Fly Away Home (1996), Amistad (1997), A Walk on the Moon (1999) and Almost Famous (2000). This Canadian actress is also widely recognized for playing genetic mutant Rogue in the blockbuster X-Men films. Recently, she provided her voice for the animated film Steamboy (2004) and acted in the 2005 big screen The Squid and the Wh ..[Full version] | |