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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 a New Zealand film actress who rose to prominence at the age of eleven when playing Paikea "Pai" Apirana in the 2002 film Whale Rider. The film was nominated for many awards, including an Academy Award for Best Actress of which she was the youngest female nominated in the Best Actress category and an award at the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards for Best Actress, which she won in 2004. Since she made her film debut, Castle-Hughes has appeared in various films including Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger (2008), New Zealand tele-movie Piece of my Heart (2009) and a small role in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005). She also played the main role of the Virgin Mary, in the film The Nativity Story in (2006). Description above from the Wikipedia article Keisha Castle-Hughes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2020
FBI: Most Wanted

as    Hana Gibson

2020
Toxic

as    Irene

2018
On The Ropes

as    Jess O'Connor

2017
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    as Celeste

2011
Red Dog

as    Rosa

2008
2006
The Nativity Story

as    Mary

2005
2003
Whale Rider

as    Paikea Apirana