Keisha Castle-Hughes
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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- 2025 · Wellwood as Deputy Gracie Marsh
- 2021 · Star Wars: The Bad Batch as Emerie Karr (voice)
- 2020 · Toxic as Irene
- 2020 · FBI: Most Wanted as Hana Gibson
- 2019 · Tone-Deaf as Wyatt
- 2018 · On The Ropes as Jess O'Connor
- 2018 · FBI as Hana Gibson
- 2017 · Thank You for Your Service as Alea
- 2017 · Manhunt as Tabby
- 2016 · Roadies as Donna Mancini
- 2015 · Queen of Carthage as Simi
- 2015 · Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life as Self
- 2013 · Rewind as Priya
- 2011 · Vampire as Jellyfish
- 2011 · Red Dog as Rosa
- 2011 · Game of Thrones as Obara Sand
- 2010 · The Walking Dead as Joan
- 2009 · Piece of My Heart as Young Kat
- 2009 · The Vintner's Luck as Celeste
- 2008 · Legend of the Seeker as The Creator / Maia
- 2008 · Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger as Sunni
- 2006 · The Nativity Story as Mary
- 2005 · Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith as Queen of Naboo
- 2003 · Whale Rider as Paikea Apirana
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self