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Keisha Castle-Hughes

Highest Rated: 91% Whale Rider (2002)

Lowest Rated: 37% The Nativity Story (2006)

Birthday: Mar 24, 1990

Birthplace: Donnybrook, Western Australia, Australia

Though Keisha Castle-Hughes had always dreamed of being an actress, she never thought that she would actually be one. Plucked from roughly 10,000 New Zealand schoolgirls to play the part of Paikea in "Whale Rider" (2002), Castle-Hughes put in a performance that was hailed by critics the world over, especially since she never acted a day in her life, even in a school play. But Castle-Hughes's depth of character and range of emotion was apparent to director Niki Caro and casting director Diana Rowan-who also discovered Anna Paquin for "The Piano" (1993)-from the start. It took several months, and eight or nine auditions, but the then-11-year-old landed the part, and with it, her one-time dream of being an actress turned into reality.

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Highest rated movies

91% 88% Whale Rider
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84% 80% Red Dog
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80% 66% Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Watchlist 77% 73% Thank You for Your Service Watchlist
50% 55% Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger
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37% 76% The Nativity Story
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31% Vampire
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45% The Vintner's Luck
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Queen of Carthage
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Filmography

Movies

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No Score Yet 71% DieRy Jean Marama (Character) - 2020
No Score Yet No Score Yet Find Your Voice Princess (Character) $5.9K 2018
77% 73% Thank You for Your Service Alea (Character) $9.4M 2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Queen of Carthage Simi (Character) - 2015
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rewind Priya (Character) - 2013
No Score Yet 31% Vampire Jellyfish (Character) - 2011
84% 80% Red Dog Rose (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet 45% The Vintner's Luck Celeste (Character) - 2009
50% 55% Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger Sunni (Character) $7.7K 2008
37% 76% The Nativity Story Mary (Character) $37.6M 2006
80% 66% Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Queen of Naboo (Character) $380.3M 2005
91% 88% Whale Rider Paikea "Pai" Apirana (Character) $20.8M 2002

TV

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No Score Yet 48% FBI: Most Wanted Hana Gibson (Character) 2020-2024
34% 86% Roadies Donna Mancini (Character) 2016 2023
No Score Yet 62% FBI Hana Gibson (Guest Star) 2019-2020 2023
96% 82% Manhunt Tabby (Character) 2017
89% 85% Game of Thrones Obara Sand (Guest Star) 2015-2017
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rewind Priya (Character) 2013
46% 86% Legend of the Seeker Unknown (Guest Star) 2010