- Name: Keira Knightley
- Date of Birth: March 26, 1985
- Place of Birth: England
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Keira Christina Knightley is an Academy Award-nominated English actress. She began her career as a child actress, and came to international fame in 2003, after major roles in the films Bend It Like...( read more) and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Knightley has since become a notable lead actress, having starred in several Hollywood films. In 2005 she received a "Best Actress" Academy Award nomination for Pride & Prejudice.
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Keira Knightley (full name Keira Christina Knightley) was born on March 22, 1983 in Teddington, London, England, UK to actor father Will Knightley and actor/author mother Sharman MacDonald. Keira Knightley Height : 5'7"/170 cm.
She first asked her parents for an agent at the tender age of three, but they refused, not wanting their daughter to follow them onto the stage. Keira kept at them, and they finally gave in when she was six. However, her parents still had a few tricks up their sleeves. As part of the deal, Keira, who is dyslexic, had to study through the school holidays, and she was only permitted to work on productions if they didn't interfere with her education.
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Keira's first role was when she was six-years-old as 'little girl' in the television movie, A Royal Celebration (1993), also starring Minnie Driver. After that, she went on to star in such films as Innocent Lies (1995) and Treasure Seekers (1996), based on Edith Nesbit's novel of the same name, and even guest-starred on the British television show "The Bill" playing a character called Sheena Rose in the episode The Swan Song in April 1995. Her first blockbuster role was the part of actress Natalie Portman's Queen Amidala's decoy in the first prequel installment of George Lucas' Star Wars trilogy, The Phantom Menace (1999). Although she got little recognition (it was believed Natalie Portman played both the queen and her decoy), Keira went on to play parts in television roles in Oliver Twist (1999) and Disney's Princess of Thieves (2001) as Robin Hood's daughter. It wasn't until Keira starred in Gurinder Chadha's indie hit, Bend It Like Beckham (2002), that Keira gained more recognition as well as critical acclaim. Following her success playing tomboy Jules Paxton, Keira starred in more gritty films as a drug-addict in Pure (2002) and the troubled Lara Antipova in the television mini-series, Doctor Zhivago (2002), a role made famous by Julie Christie in 1965. 2003 was Keira's North American breakthrough year when played Elizabeth Swann in Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl alongside such actors as Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, and Geoffrey Rush. She then starred in Richard Curtis' romantic comedy, Love Actually (2003) opposite the likes of Emma Thompson and Alan Rickman. Within the next year, Keira underwent intense training for the role of warrior queen Guinevere in King Arthur (2004). Ray Winstone and Clive Owen also had roles in the film.
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| Keira Knightley Information: |
| Eye color: Brown |
| Height: 5' 7" |
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| Notable feature(s): High defined cheekbones, strong square jawline |
| Education: Teddington School, At 16, She went to Esher College to study for her A Levels, but quit the course when offered the role of Lara in Doctor Zhivago (2002) (TV). |
| Family: Will Knightley (father), Sharman Macdonald (mother), Caleb Knightley (brother) |
| Resides in: London |
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| Personal interests/hobbies: Dancing, collects shoes |
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ElKingCangriposted 25 days ago -
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hi! how are you? fine? i have tell you lot's of things so we meet another time?
posted 50 days ago -
Keira, I absolutley loved you in Pride and Prejiduce. That movie is amazing!!!
Siaraposted 62 days ago -
first in Pirates of Caribbean i didnt like her so much!
but she is really great!
escpecailly in the Atonement with James Mcavoy <3333333posted 76 days ago -
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hi keira, i saw you movies and i am in love with you and wanna touch you, wanna love, wanna spend time with you, wanna kiss you, wanna sex and fcuk u, desperately love you.
bye....
yohoo........posted 87 days ago -
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you fools this aint keira's actuall site plus why would she want to talk to a bunch of losers like yourself hot ladys dont like nerds its a fact kisses
posted 101 days ago -
hey ur an awesome actress
i espescially loved u in Atonement
plz add me
cyaposted 102 days ago
