Keisha Castle-Hughes
| Keisha Castle-Hughes | |
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Castle-Hughes at a press conference for The Vintner's Luck, September 2009
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| Born |
24 March 1990 Donnybrook, Australia |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Spouse(s) | Jonathan Morrison (m. 2013) |
| Partner(s) | Bradley Hull (2003–2010) |
| Children | 1 |
| Parent(s) | Tim Castle Desrae Hughes |
Keisha Castle-Hughes (born 24 March 1990) is an Australian-born New Zealand actress who rose to prominence for playing Paikea "Pai" Apirana in the film Whale Rider. The film was nominated for many awards, including an Academy Award for Best Actress for which she was at the time the youngest person nominated in the Best Actress category and an award at the Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards for Best Young Actor/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, Piece of My Heart and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith. She also played the main role of the Virgin Mary in the 2006 film The Nativity Story. In 2015, she joined the cast of the HBO TV series Game of Thrones in Season 5 as Obara Sand.
Castle-Hughes was born in 1990 in Donnybrook, Western Australia, to a Māori mother, Desrae Hughes, and Tim Castle, an Anglo-Australian father. Her parents, who were never married, later separated. She was 18 months old when her family moved to New Zealand in 1991. She attained citizenship in 2001. Castle-Hughes has four younger siblings, brothers Rhys (born 21 February 1992), Liam (born 1996) and Quade (born July 2006), and sister Maddisyn (born 2001). Castle-Hughes attended Waiuku Primary School, Bailey Road School, Penrose High School, and Rosehill College, all in Auckland.
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