Keisha Castle-Hughes

Acting

Keisha Castle-Hughes

Born 1990-03-24 · 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 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).

Acting credits

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith poster
7.5

When the sinister Sith unveil a thousand-year-old plot to rule the galaxy, the Republic crumbles and from its ashes rises the evil Galactic Empire. Jedi hero Anakin Skywalker must choose a side.

Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

2005

Whale Rider poster
7.0

A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Māori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.

Whale Rider

2003

Red Dog poster
7.3

The legendary true story of the Red Dog who united a disparate local community while roaming the Australian outback in search of his long lost master.

Red Dog

2011

Wellwood poster
5.2

Nick makes an extraterrestrial discovery that he decides will cure his wife of her terminal illness.

Wellwood

2025

Thank You for Your Service poster
6.6

A group of U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq struggle to integrate back into family and civilian life, while living with the memory of a war that threatens to destroy them long after they've left the battlefield.

Thank You for Your Service

2017

The Nativity Story poster
7.0

Mary and Joseph make the hard journey to Bethlehem for a blessed event in this retelling of the Nativity story. This meticulously researched and visually lush adaptation of the biblical tale follows the pair on their arduous path to their arrival in a small village, where they find shelter in a quiet manger and Jesus is born.

The Nativity Story

2006

Toxic poster
1.0

When Darren agrees to give Irene a ride to a birthday party, we journey into the depths of his fragile ego as it becomes clear that the evening will fall short of his deluded expectations.

Toxic

2020

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NR

After surviving a near fatal encounter in the Pacific, Talia gives birth to a premature daughter whose existence appears tied to an ancient prophecy. Talia travels to the remote New Zealand estate of her partner's powerful and secretive family, but what begins as an uneasy Christmas reunion quickly reveals itself to be something far more disturbing. As she digs deeper, she uncovers a terrifying connection between her daughter, a forgotten Pacific mythology and a sinister order that will stop at nothing to reclaim what they believe belongs to them. She must fight to protect her child before the family closes in and the truth behind the prophecy is finally revealed.

Mother Knows Best

Tone-Deaf poster
5.2

A woman leaves for a quiet weekend in the country after losing her job and imploding her latest dysfunctional relationship. She rents a country house from an old-fashioned widower who’s struggling to hide his psychopathic tendencies. Soon, two generations collide with terrifying results.

Tone-Deaf

2019

Vampire poster
6.0

An outwardly normal schoolteacher preys on suicidal women to slake his overwhelming thirst for human blood.

Vampire

2011

Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life poster
7.4

Glimpse the epic scale of Game of Thrones in this featurette that spends one day touring various Season 5 sets in Croatia, Spain and Ireland.

Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life

2015

Queen of Carthage poster
5.5

An American Drifter discovers a New Zealand singer and develops an obsession for him.

Queen of Carthage

2015

The Vintner's Luck poster
4.7

A fantasy romance set in 19th century France. The film revolves around Sobran, a young peasant winemaker, and the three important figures in his life - his beautiful wife Celeste, baroness Aurora de Valday and an angel named Xas.

The Vintner's Luck

2009

Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger poster
5.9

With help from a new friend, a misfit at a fancy private school secretly enrolls at a public school as a foreign exchange student.

Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger

2008

Rewind poster
5.6

Revolves around a team of military field operatives and civilian scientists who must use untested technology to travel back in time to alter past events in order to change the future and avoid a devastating terrorist attack. Feature length pilot for failed tv series, released as a made for TV movie.

Rewind

2013

Piece of My Heart poster
6.0

Adapted from Renee's 1995 novel Does This Make Sense to You?, the TV movie lays bare the pain caused by forced adoptions inflicted on unwed and teenage mothers in 1950s and 60s Aotearoa

Piece of My Heart

2009

Behind the camera