Who is
Anna Paquin?
Anna Helene Paquin is an
Academy Award-winning, Emmy- and
Golden Globe-nominated, Canadian-New Zealander actress. Her
breakthrough performance was in
The Piano, which earned her an
Academy Award for
Best Supporting actress and
made her the second youngest
winner in history at the age of 11.
She is also the first Canadian-
born actress to win Best Supporting Actress.
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Anna Paquin was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, the daughter of Mary, an English teacher and native of Wellington, New Zealand, and Brian Paquin, a high school physical education teacher. Paquin moved to New Zealand when She was four. she attended the Raphael House Rudolf Steiner School until she was eight or nine. Her musical childhood hobbies in New Zealand included playing the viola, cello and Piano. She also did gymnastics, ballet, swimming and downhill skiing, but she didn't have hobbies related to acting.
While in New Zealand, Paquin attended Hutt Intermediate School from 1994-1995, where She completed Form 1 and 2. Having begun her secondary education in Wellington, New Zealand, she completed her high school diploma at Windward School in Los Angeles, where she moved with her mother following her parents' divorce. She graduated from Windward School in June 2000 and completed the school's community service requirement by working in an LA soup kitchen and at a special education center. She studied at Columbia University for one year, but has since been on a leave of absence to continue her acting career.
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