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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Films (18)

In the Palm of Her Hand
2026 · Executive Producer

Housewife
2025 · Executive Producer

Wellwood
2025 · Deputy Gracie Marsh, Producer

Toxic
2020 · Irene, Co-Producer

Tone-Deaf
2019 · Wyatt

Gracias por tu servicio
2017 · Alea

Queen of Carthage
2015 · Simi

Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life
2015 · Self

Mission : Retour vers le passé
2013 · Priya

Vampire
2011 · Jellyfish

Las aventuras del Perro Rojo
2011 · Rosa

Piece of My Heart
2009 · Young Kat

The Vintner's Luck
2009 · Celeste

Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger
2008 · Sunni

La nativité
2006 · Mary

Star Wars, épisode III - La Revanche des Sith
2005 · Queen of Naboo

Paï : l'Élue d'un peuple nouveau
2003 · Paikea Apirana
Mother Knows Best
Séries (10)

Star Wars : The Bad Batch
2021 · Emerie Karr (voice)

Most Wanted Criminals
2020 · Hana Gibson

On The Ropes
2018 · Jess O'Connor

F.B.I.
2018 · Hana Gibson

Chasse à l'homme
2017 · Tabby

Roadies
2016 · Donna Mancini

Le trône de fer
2011 · Obara Sand

The Walking Dead
2010 · Joan

Legend of the Seeker : L’Épée de Vérité
2008 · The Creator / Maia

The Oscars
1953 · Self







