Oscar Nominee: Keisha Castle-Hughes

Age: 13 and three-quarters (just like Adrian Mole)

Starsign: Aries

Loved-up with: Don't be disgusting, she's just a whippersnapper!

Career high: Being plucked from obscurity at her primary school in New Zealand to take the starring role in 2002’s Whale Rider.

Career low: None as yet, but give her time.

Nominated for playing? Paikea Apirana in Whale Rider.

Chances of winning? Interesting one. Her role isn't the most high-profile, but the Academy are fond of voting for nominated youngsters (see Anna Paquin and Tatum O’Neal), so she could be a surprise victor on the night.

Says: "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."

Not to be confused with: Geisha girls or Emlyn Hughes