Keisha Castle-Hughes

Keisha Castle-Hughes

Born 1990-03-24 (age 36) Donnybrook, Western Australia, Australia
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Biography

Keisha Castle-Hughes (born 24 March 1990) is an Australian-born New Zealand film actress who rose to prominence at the age of eleven when playing Paikea "Pai" Apirana in the 2002 film Whale Rider. For her performance in the film, Castle-Hughes was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, the youngest-ever nominee in the category at the time, and won the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress.

Castle-Hughes has appeared in films such as Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger (2008), the New Zealand tele-movie Piece Of My Heart (2009), and Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005). She played Mary in The Nativity Story in (2006), and appeared in Red Dog (2011) and Thank You for Your Service (2017), among several other films.

She is well known for television roles as Obara Sand in HBO's Game of Thrones and Special Agent Hana Gibson in FBI: Most Wanted. She also had recurring roles in Roadies (2016), Manhunt (2017), and On The Ropes (2018).

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Wellwood
Wellwood

2025

as Deputy Gracie Marsh

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Red Dog
Red Dog

2011

as Rosa

Thank You for Your Service
Vampire
Vampire

2011

as Jellyfish

Whale Rider
Whale Rider

2003

as Paikea Apirana

The Nativity Story
Rewind
Rewind

2013

as Priya

Tone-Deaf
Tone-Deaf

2019

as Wyatt

The Vintner's Luck
The Vintner's Luck

2009

as Celeste

Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger
Piece of My Heart
Piece of My Heart

2009

as Young Kat

Queen of Carthage
Queen of Carthage

2015

as Simi

Toxic
Toxic

2020

as Irene