Flixster - Share Movies Name: Anna Paquin Date of Birth: July 24, 1982 Place of Birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Born Anna Helene Paquin in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on July 24, 1982, Paquin’s parents were natives of New Zealand, and the family – which included her older siblings Andrew and Kate – relocated to that country when she was four. Acting was, for all intents and purposes, started out as a bit of a lark for Paquin. She attended the audition for “The Piano” simply because her sister was going, and her earliest interests focused more on music (she played cello and piano) and sports than performing. But casting directors for the Jane Campion period drama saw something in then nine-year-old’s audition, and thus, cast her as Holly Hunter’s daughter over 5,000 other hopefuls. It was unclear which fact was more extraordinary about Anna Paquin – that she won an Academy Award at age 11 for her performance in “The Piano” , or after her win, that she had no pla...