Actors - Keisha Castle-Hughes

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Keisha Castle-Hughes (born March 24, 1990 in Donnybrook, Western Australia) is an Academy Award-nominated actress from Auckland, New Zealand.

Born to a Maori mother (Desrae Hughes) and an Australian father (Tim Castle), Keisha was four years old when her family moved to New Zealand. Her parents later separated. Originally an Australian citizen, she became a New Zealand citizen in 2001. She is the oldest of four children.

On January 27, 2004, she became the youngest person ever nominated for the Academy Awards' Oscar for Best Actress, for her portrayal of Paikea Apirana (Pai) in the low-budget film Whale Rider. Despite not possessing any previous acting experience, the then 11-year-old Keisha went directly from her Auckland classroom to the set when the film began shooting in New Zealand in 2002. She received widespread critical acclaim and an Academy Award for Best Actress nomination for her performance. She followed this up by appearing in Prince's controversial music video for his song Cinnamon Girl. She has also appeared in Vanity Fair magazine.

Her most recent film role is Queen Apailana of Naboo in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, however she starts filming the independent film Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger
in Sydney in May 2006. She will play the character Sunni.

It has also been confirmed that Castle-Hughes is to play the Virgin Mary in the Catherine Hardwicke directed film Nativity
.

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