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| Name: |
Keira Knightley |
| Nickname: |
Kei |
| Birth name: |
Keira Christina Knightley |
| Birth place: |
Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK |
| Birthday: |
26.03.1985 |
| Weight: |
115 lbs |
| Height: |
1.70 cm |
| Natural hair color: |
brown |
| Eyes color: |
brown |
| Education: |
Teddington Comprehensive School and Esher College |
| Residence: |
London,England |
| Nationality: |
British |
| Ethnicity: |
white |
Keira Knightley
Keira Christina Knightley was born on March 22, 1986 to
parents Sharman Macdonald (actress-turned-playwrite)
and Will Knightley (actor) in Teddington, England.
Her older brother, Caleb Knightley, was born in
1979. At the age of three, Keira asked for an agent
(having seen her parents' agents visit her home),
but it wasn't until she was six-years-old that her
parents let her have one under the condition that
she work hard at school. 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. Keira's next role was with Adrien Brody in
The Jacket (2005), her first role with an American
accent. She will be seen in the upcoming films Domino
(2005), playing real-life bounty hunter, Domino
Harvey; and as Jane Austen's heroine, Elizabeth
Bennet, in Pride and Prejudice (2005). Keira is
currently working on completing the last two films
of the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, which should
be finished filming at the end of January 2006.
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