Keisha Castle-Hughes
Actor
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).
Filmography
Whale Rider
as Paikea Apirana 2003
Red Dog
as Rosa 2011
Thank You for Your Service
as Alea 2017
The Nativity Story
as Mary 2006
Tone-Deaf
as Wyatt 2019
Vampire
as Jellyfish 2011
Rewind
as Priya 2013
The Vintner's Luck
as Celeste 2009
Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life
as Self 2015
Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger
as Sunni 2008
Queen of Carthage
as Simi 2015
Wellwood
as Deputy Gracie Marsh 2025
Toxic
as Irene 2020