Keisha Castle-Hughes
Biographical information
Born	March 24, 1990
Nationality	New Zealander
Career
Occupation	Actress
Star Wars work	Episode III
Other work of note	Whale Rider Red Dog The Almighty Johnsons

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Keisha Castle-Hughes (born March 24, 1990) played Queen Apailana in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith at thirteen.

BiographyEdit

Early lifeEdit

While born in Australia, Castle-Hughes and her family moved to New Zealand when she was 18 months old. She became a New Zealand citizen in 2001. She has four younger siblings.

Castle-Hughes attended Waiuku Primary School, Bailey Road School, and later One Tree Hill College and Rosehill College.

CareerEdit

Castle-Hughes received her Oscar nomination for Best Actress in 2004 for her role in the film Whale Rider. While she did not win the award, she was at the time the youngest person nominated for the category, as well as the first Polynesian. However, she won the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Young Actor/Actress for the role.

In 2009, Castle-Hughes appeared with Rena Owen (Taun We in Episode II and Nee Alavar in Episode III) in the TV movie Piece of My Heart. She played the young version of Owen's character. In 2011, Castle-Hughes also shared screen with Rohan Nichol (Captain Raymus Antilles in Episode III) in the film Red Dog, and with Rachael Leigh Cook (voice of Jaesa Willsaam in the Star Wars: The Old Republic video game) in the film Vampire the same year.

FilmographyEdit

External linksEdit

• Keisha Castle-Hughes on Wikipedia
• Keisha Castle-Hughes at the Internet Movie Database
•  Homing Beacon #161 - Revenge's Royalty on StarWars.com (content now obsolete; backup link on Archive.org)