Anna Paquin is an Academy Award winning actress. She was born on July 24, 1982, and lives in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. She is the star of three major motion pictures, including her first Oscar winning performance in The Piano, the role of the young Jane in the 1996 film Jane Eyre, and the role of Amy Alden in this fall's charming family film, Fly Away Home. Her future projects include The Member of The Wedding (January, USA Network) and The Miracle of Pelham Bay Park (in pre-production). Paquin attends and all-girls school in Wellington, N.Z., and she enjoys being with friends, family, playing rugby, and playing the cello. With a well-developed vocabulary and gentle sense of humor, Paquin proves herself to be the most enchanting young talent working today. Paquin's rising stardom has often been a cause of charming media shyness, where it is obvious that she is an ordinary girl who happens to posses an extraordinary talent.
