Keisha Castle-Hughes

Keisha Castle-Hughes at the launch of The Vintner's Luck at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival

Keisha Castle-Hughes (born March 24, 1990 in Donnybrook , Western Australia ) is a New Zealand actress .

Life

Keisha Castle-Hughes is the daughter of an Australian and a New Zealand Māori . She has lived in New Zealand since she was four.

Castle-Hughes gave birth to a daughter on April 25, 2007, aged 17. Father is her longtime partner, Bradley Hull, who is two years older.

Career

On January 27, 2004, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for the role of Paikea in Niki Caro's feature film Whale Rider, the youngest actress at the time , and in the same year she starred in Prince 's music video of Cinnemon Girl . In 2005 she played the role of Queen Apailana of Naboo in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith . In 2006 she stood as Mary, the mother of Jesus, in It came to pass but at the time ... in front of the camera.

After the birth of their daughter, Castle-Hughes worked again with Niki Caro on The Vintner's Luck (2009). In the fantasy drama, she can be seen as the wife of a French winemaker (played by Jérémie Renier ). From 2015 she played in the role of Obara Sand in the television series Game of Thrones .

Filmography (selection)

• 2002: Whale Rider
• 2005: Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
• 2006: It happened at the time ... (The Nativity Story)
• 2007: Hey Hey, this is Esther Blueburger (Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger)
• 2009: The Angel with Dark Wings (The Vintner's Luck)
• 2009: Piece of My Heart (TV movie)
• 2010: Legend of the Seeker - The Sword of Truth ( Legend of the Seeker , TV series, episode 2x15)
• 2011: vampires
• 2011: Red Dog
• 2011–2013: The Almighty Johnsons (TV series, 20 episodes)
• 2014: The Walking Dead (TV series, episode 5x04)
• 2015–2017: Game of Thrones (TV series, 8 episodes)
• 2016: Queen of Carthage
• 2016: Roadies (TV series, 10 episodes)
• 2017: Thank You for Your Service
• 2017: Find Your Voice
• 2017:  Manhunt: Unabomber (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 2018: On the Ropes (TV series, 4 episodes)
• 2019: Tone-Deaf

Web links

Commons : Keisha Castle-Hughes  -Collection of Images

• Keisha Castle-Hughes in theInternet Movie Database(English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Whale Rider 's Keisha Castle-Hughes Expecting People Magazine , October 6, 2006
2. ↑ From Virgin Mary to Mum  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. NZ Herald , October 8, 2006  
3. ↑ Keisha Castle-Hughes has a baby girl ( Memento of the original from September 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. NZ Herald , April 30, 2007