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Keisha Castle-Hughes

Keisha Castle-Hughes

Birthday: 1990-03-24 | Place of Birth: Donnybrook, Western Australia, Australia

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
Wellwood

as    Deputy Gracie Marsh

2024
2020
FBI: Most Wanted

as    Hana Gibson

2020
Toxic

as    Irene

2018
On The Ropes

as    Jess O'Connor

2017
2017
Manhunt

as    Tabby

2016
Roadies

as    Donna Mancini

2015
Queen of Carthage

as    Simi

2013
Vampire

as    Jellyfish

2013
Rewind

as    Priya

2012
The Vintner's Luck

as    Celeste

2011
Red Dog

as    Rosa

2009
Piece of My Heart

as    Young Kat

2008
2006
The Nativity Story

as    Mary

2005
2003
Whale Rider

as    Paikea Apirana