- Born
- Height5′ 2″ (1.57 m)
- Keisha Castle-Hughes was born on March 24, 1990 in Donnybrook, Western Australia, Australia. She is an actress and producer, known for Whale Rider (2002), The Nativity Story (2006) and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005).
- SpousesDonny Grahamer(January 10, 2021 - ?) (1 child)Jonathan Morrison(February 14, 2013 - December 2016) (divorced)
- ParentsDesrae HughesTim Castle
- New Zealand accent
- In 2004, at 13 she became the youngest actress ever to be nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award.
- During an interview with Jay Leno, she confessed she didn't know how to swim when she was cast in Whale Rider (2002).
- Has been learning Maori dances since she was 6.
- First Indigenous performer to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar.
- Discovered by the same agent who discovered Anna Paquin.
- I keep having to pinch myself to make sure I'm actually awake. The Oscars are so big -- they're huge ... I'm totally humbled and ecstatic. No words are enough to explain ... it's like, wow. It's absolutely incredible. - after finding out about her Academy Award nomination
- [on being asked if acting what how she expected it to be] "Definitely not what I expected it to be. All I ever saw were famous people getting what they wanted when they wanted it and I was shocked at the fact that I actually had to work."
- [on Whale Rider] "Watching that film made me proud to be a New Zealander."
- [on whether she wants to be an actor when she's older] "I want to be a science teacher. My friends asked me why, but I'm intrigued by it and I'm quite good at science at school."
- I'd always wanted to act but it wasn't just that, it was because all the ladies wore pretty dresses.
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