Keisha Castle-Hughes



Keisha Castle-Hughes (born 24 March 1990) is a New Zealand actress who became famous for her role in Whale Rider, for which she became the youngest female ever nominated for the Academy Awards' Oscar for Best Actress. She has also played the Virgin Mary in the movie The Nativity Story (2006).

Quotes

 * I thought 'I can't be an actor, I can't'. Then this film came up and it was like someone saying to me, 'You can, don't give up'.
 * On getting her role as "Paikea" in Whale Rider, as quoted in the actor profiles at the official Whale Rider site.