Keisha Castle-Hughes
ActingBiography
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).
Movies
(15 total)
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
as Queen of Naboo
Whale Rider
as Paikea Apirana
Red Dog
as Rosa
The Nativity Story
as Mary
Tone-Deaf
as Wyatt
Vampire
as Jellyfish
Rewind
as Priya
The Vintner's Luck
as Celeste
Queen of Carthage
as Simi
Wellwood
as Deputy Gracie Marsh
Toxic
as Irene
Piece of My Heart
as Young Kat
TV Shows
(10 total)
Game of Thrones
as Obara Sand
The Walking Dead
as Joan
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
as Emerie Karr (voice)
FBI
as Hana Gibson
Manhunt
as Tabby
FBI: Most Wanted
as Hana Gibson
Legend of the Seeker
as The Creator / Maia
The Oscars
as Self
Roadies
as Donna Mancini
On The Ropes
as Jess O'Connor