[PAR] [TLE] Anna Paquin [SEP] Anna Helene Paquin ( ; born 24 July 1982) is a Canadian-born New Zealand actress.  Born in Manitoba and brought up in Wellington, New Zealand, Paquin studied at Hutt Intermediate School and Wellington Girls' College in New Zealand before moving to Los Angeles during her youth where she studied at Windward School and went on to complete a year at Columbia University before leaving post-secondary to focus on her acting career.  As a child, she beat 5000 candidates for the role of Flora McGrath in Jane Campion's romantic drama film "The Piano" (1993), despite having had little to no acting experience prior to getting the role.  For her performance, she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the age of 11, making her the second-youngest Academy Award winner in Oscar history. [PAR] [TLE] X2 (film) [SEP] X2 (often promoted as X2: X-Men United and internationally as X-Men 2) is a 2003 American superhero film based on the X-Men superhero team appearing in Marvel Comics.  It is the sequel to 2000's "X-Men", and the second installment in the "X-Men" film series.  The film was directed by Bryan Singer, written by Michael Dougherty, Dan Harris, and David Hayter, and features an ensemble cast including Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Brian Cox, Alan Cumming, Bruce Davison, Shawn Ashmore, Aaron Stanford, Kelly Hu, and Anna Paquin.  The plot, inspired by the graphic novel "", pits the X-Men and their enemies, the Brotherhood, against the genocidal Colonel William Stryker (Brian Cox).  He leads an assault on Professor Xavier's school to build his own version of Xavier's mutant-tracking computer Cerebro, in order to destroy every mutant on Earth and to save the human race from them.
[PAR] [TLE] Anna Paquin [ SEP ] Anna Helene Paquin ( ; born 24 July 1982 ) is a Canadian - born New Zealand actress . Born in Manitoba and brought up in Wellington , New Zealand , Paquin studied at Hutt Intermediate School and Wellington Girls ' College in New Zealand before moving to Los Angeles during her youth where she studied at Windward School and went on to complete a year at Columbia University before leaving post - secondary to focus on her acting career . As a child , she beat 5000 candidates for the role of Flora McGrath in Jane Campion 's romantic drama film " The Piano " ( 1993 ) , despite having had little to no acting experience prior to getting the role . For her performance , she received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at the age of 11 , making her the second - youngest Academy Award winner in Oscar history . [PAR] [TLE] X2 ( film ) [ SEP ] X2 ( often promoted as X2 : X - Men United and internationally as X - Men 2 ) is a 2003 American superhero film based on the X - Men superhero team appearing in Marvel Comics . It is the sequel to 2000 's " X - Men " , and the second installment in the " X - Men " film series . The film was directed by Bryan Singer , written by Michael Dougherty , Dan Harris , and David Hayter , and features an ensemble cast including Hugh Jackman , Patrick Stewart , Ian McKellen , Halle Berry , Famke Janssen , James Marsden , Rebecca Romijn - Stamos , Brian Cox , Alan Cumming , Bruce Davison , Shawn Ashmore , Aaron Stanford , Kelly Hu , and Anna Paquin . The plot , inspired by the graphic novel " " , pits the X - Men and their enemies , the Brotherhood , against the genocidal Colonel William Stryker ( Brian Cox ) . He leads an assault on Professor Xavier 's school to build his own version of Xavier 's mutant - tracking computer Cerebro , in order to destroy every mutant on Earth and to save the human race from them .
When was the  Canadian-born New Zealand actress who was a cast in "X2" born?
When was the Canadian - born New Zealand actress who was a cast in " X2 " born ?
24 July 1982
24 July 1982