Keisha Castle-Hughes Biography
Keisha Castle-Hughes is a New Zealand actress of Australian descent who rose to prominence in the film Whale Rider. She was nominated for several awards, including Best Actress at the Academy Awards and Best Young Actor/Actress at the Broadcast Film Critics Association, which she won.
How old is Keisha Castle-Hughes? – Age
She is 32 years old as of 24 March 2022. She was born in 1990 in Donnybrook, Australia.
Keisha Castle-Hughes Family – Education
She is the daughter of Desrae Hughes, a Mori mother, and Tim Castle, an Anglo-Australian. When she was four years old, her family relocated to Auckland, New Zealand. In 2001, she was granted citizenship. Castle-Hughes attended Penrose High School and graduated from Auckland’s Senior College of New Zealand.
Keisha Castle-Hughes Husband
In October 2006, when she was 16, it was announced that Castle-Hughes and boyfriend Bradley Hull were expecting a child together. Their daughter was born in 2007. After seven years together, Castle-Hughes and Hull divorced in 2010. She began dating Jonathan Morrison in 2012. In August 2012, the couple got engaged after only six weeks together. Their wedding took place on February 14, 2013. They divorced in December of 2016. She married Donny Grahamer in New York City in early 2021. A month later, she announced she was expecting her second child, a daughter due in June.
Keisha Castle-Hughes FBI: Most Wanted
She appeared as Hana Gibson, FBI Special Agent and Intelligence Analyst for the Team in the American crime drama television series FBI: Most Wanted. She is also the team’s hacker, frequently providing them with information on their most recent case. The show focuses on the FBI’s Fugitive Task Force, which relentlessly pursues and apprehends criminals. Jess LaCroix is a seasoned, enigmatic agent at the top of his game who employs expert profiling skills to assist in the capture of the most dangerous criminals. He is eventually replaced as team leader by Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott, who has just returned from a multi-year stint with the FBI’s Las Vegas field team.
Keisha Castle-Hughes On the Ropes
She appeared as Jessica Connor in the Australian drama series On the Ropes. Amirah Al-Amir is an aspiring Iraqi-Australian boxing trainer who frequently has to deal with the physicality and ingrained misogyny in the sporting world. She works in the family gym in Sydney’s western suburbs with her two brothers and world champion father Sami. Amirah secures a professional debut for her tough fighter Jess Connor with the assistance of Strick, Sami’s long-time promoter. Her father is enraged that she went against his wishes and threatens to cut her off.
Keisha Castle-Hughes Whale Rider
She appeared as Paikea Apirana 2002 New Zealand drama film Whale Rider. The plot of the film is based on the life of Paikea Apirana (“Pai”) from Hawaiki. Pai was born as a twin, but both her twin brother and mother died during childbirth. She believes she has the potential to be a leader (although no woman has ever done so). Pai, an 11-year-old Mori girl, is the protagonist of the film, whose grandfather threw the rei puta into the sea. Unbeknownst to everyone, she had won an interschool speech contest with a touching dedication to Koro and village traditions. Pai’s father, grandparents, and uncle celebrate her election as the new leader at the end of the film.
Keisha Castle-Hughes Movies and TV Shows
♦ 2020–present – FBI: Most Wanted
♦ 2019–2020 – FBI
♦ 2018 – On the Ropes
♦ 2017 – Thank You for Your Service
♦ 2017 – Find Your Voice
♦ 2017 – Manhunt: Unabomber
♦ 2016 – Roadies
♦ 2015–2017 – Game of Thrones
♦ 2014 – The Walking Dead
♦ 2014 – Queen of Carthage
♦ 2013 – The Stolen
♦ 2012 – Rewind
♦ 2011 – Mika’s Aroha Mardi Gras
♦ 2011 – Vampire
♦ 2011 – Red Dog
♦ 2011–2013 – The Almighty Johnsons
♦ 2010 – Legend of the Seeker