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Keisha Castle-Hughes
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…
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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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2026
In the Palm of Her Hand
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
Housewife
Movie Executive Producer
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2025
Wellwood
Movie Deputy Gracie Marsh
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2021
Star Wars: The Bad Batch
TV show Emerie Karr (voice)
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2020
Toxic
Movie Irene
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2020
FBI: Most Wanted
TV show Hana Gibson
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2019
Tone-Deaf
Movie Wyatt
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2018
On The Ropes
TV show Jess O'Connor
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2018
FBI
TV show Hana Gibson
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2017
Thank You for Your Service
Movie Alea
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2017
Manhunt
TV show Tabby
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2016
Roadies
TV show Donna Mancini
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2015
Queen of Carthage
Movie Simi
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2015
Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life
Movie Self
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2013
Rewind
Movie Priya
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2011
Vampire
Movie Jellyfish
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2011
Red Dog
Movie Rosa
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2011
Game of Thrones
TV show Obara Sand
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2010
The Walking Dead
TV show Joan
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2009
Piece of My Heart
Movie Young Kat
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2009
The Vintner's Luck
Movie Celeste
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2008
Legend of the Seeker
TV show The Creator / Maia
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2008
Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger
Movie Sunni
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2006
The Nativity Story
Movie Mary
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2005
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
Movie Queen of Naboo
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2003
Whale Rider
Movie Paikea Apirana
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1953
The Oscars
TV show Self
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Mother Knows Best
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