Keisha Castle-Hughes (born 24 March 1990) is a New Zealand actress known for playing Paikea "Pai" Apirana in the film Whale Rider. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the youngest nominee in that category at the time, and won the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Actor/Actress in 2004.
Castle-Hughes has appeared in films such as Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger, Piece of My Heart, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, and portrayed Mary of Nazareth in the 2006 film The Nativity Story. In 2015, she joined the HBO series Game of Thrones in Season 5 as Obara Sand.
New Zealand
