---
name: "Keisha Castle-Hughes"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/keisha-castle-hughes"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 March 1990"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-18T11:58:22.031732+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Keisha Castle-Hughes

Actor. Born 24 March 1990 in Donnybrook, Western Australia, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 March 1990, Donnybrook, Western Australia, Australia
- **Active:** 2005–2011
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 67 (1), 2010s 82 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keisha_Castle-Hughes, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q466150, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1095720/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/15293

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith*](https://film.one/film/star-wars-episode-iii-revenge-of-the-sith.md) (67)

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## Biography

Keisha Castle-Hughes is a New Zealand actress. Born in Donnybrook, Western Australia, she moved with her family to Auckland at the age of four and became a New Zealand citizen in 2001.

She made her film debut as Paikea Apirana in *Whale Rider* (2002). For the role she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress at the age of thirteen. She later appeared as Queen of Naboo in *Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith* (2005) and as Mary in *The Nativity Story* (2006). On television she has played Obara Sand in *Game of Thrones* (2015–2017) and Hana Gibson in *FBI: Most Wanted* (2020–).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, starwars.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Game of Thrones* (2011), Fi1m 82, as Obara Sand — [page](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md)
- *Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith* (2005), Fi1m 67, as Queen of Naboo — [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-episode-iii-revenge-of-the-sith.md)

## Complete filmography (26)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *In the Palm of Her Hand* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Housewife* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Wellwood* (2025), as Deputy Gracie Marsh, Producer
- *Star Wars: The Bad Batch* (2021), series, as Emerie Karr (voice)
- *Toxic* (2020), as Irene, Co-Producer
- *FBI: Most Wanted* (2020), series, as Hana Gibson
- *Tone-Deaf* (2019), as Wyatt
- *On The Ropes* (2018), series, as Jess O'Connor
- *FBI* (2018), series, as Hana Gibson
- *Thank You for Your Service* (2017), as Alea
- *Manhunt* (2017), series, as Tabby
- *Roadies* (2016), series, as Donna Mancini
- *Queen of Carthage* (2015), as Simi
- *Rewind* (2013), as Priya
- *Vampire* (2011), as Jellyfish
- *Red Dog* (2011), as Rosa
- *Game of Thrones* (2011), series, as Obara Sand — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/game-of-thrones.md)
- *The Walking Dead* (2010), series, as Joan — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-walking-dead.md)
- *Piece of My Heart* (2009), as Young Kat
- *The Vintner's Luck* (2009), as Celeste
- *Legend of the Seeker* (2008), series, as The Creator / Maia
- *Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger* (2008), as Sunni
- *The Nativity Story* (2006), as Mary
- *Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith* (2005), as Queen of Naboo — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/star-wars-episode-iii-revenge-of-the-sith.md)
- *Whale Rider* (2003), as Paikea Apirana
- *Mother Knows Best*, Acting

## Gallery

- ![Keisha Castle-Hughes](https://film.one/media/person/486657/gallery-7d0b69247954.jpg) Keisha Castle-Hughes — Mani Mobini, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Keisha_Castle-Hughes_at_TIFF_2009_%28headshot%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![New Zealand actress Keisha Castle-Hughes at the press conference for The Vintner's Luck (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/486657/gallery-997219ba4885.jpg) New Zealand actress Keisha Castle-Hughes at the press conference for The Vintner's Luck (2009) — Mani Mobini, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Keisha_Castle-Hughes_at_TIFF_2009.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![New Zealand actress Keisha Castle-Hughes at the press conference for The Vintner's Luck](https://film.one/media/person/486657/gallery-de53d1242219.jpg) New Zealand actress Keisha Castle-Hughes at the press conference for The Vintner's Luck — Keisha_Castle-Hughes_at_TIFF_2009.jpg: Mani Mobini / *derivative work: Benchill (talk), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Keisha_Castle-Hughes_at_TIFF_2009_cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Keisha Castle-Hughes at the 2018 German Comic Con München (Munich)](https://film.one/media/person/486657/gallery-94ab65c23098.jpg) Keisha Castle-Hughes at the 2018 German Comic Con München (Munich) — German Comic Con, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Keisha_castle_hughes_gcc_2018.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Keisha Castle-Hughes](https://film.one/media/person/486657/gallery-3aeafba7c9f0.jpg) Keisha Castle-Hughes — Image via TMDB
- ![Keisha Castle-Hughes](https://film.one/media/person/486657/gallery-321503a0553a.jpg) Keisha Castle-Hughes — Image via TMDB
- ![Keisha Castle-Hughes](https://film.one/media/person/486657/gallery-aacbab9aefe4.jpg) Keisha Castle-Hughes — Image via TMDB
- ![Young Maori lady at a BBQ in Wellington. (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/486657/gallery-88ce9b47968f.jpg) Young Maori lady at a BBQ in Wellington. (2019) — Sarah Said-1952, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Maori_women_at_BBQ.jpg/1280px-Maori_women_at_BBQ.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Keisha Castle-Hughes](https://film.one/media/person/486657/gallery-f30cb0c95dce.jpg) Keisha Castle-Hughes — Image via TMDB
- ![Keisha Castle-Hughes](https://film.one/media/person/486657/gallery-9c3128841f95.jpg) Keisha Castle-Hughes — Image via TMDB
- ![Keisha Castle-Hughes](https://film.one/media/person/486657/gallery-c8a8f92f09a5.jpg) Keisha Castle-Hughes — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2004: Best Actress (nominated), for *Whale Rider*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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