Keira Knightley

This British actress reached at the height of fame in the field of television for her
multi-talent, a willowy physicality and her formidable inner strength. As an English
actress and model she rose to unprecedented levels and became famous from
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debut in 1995. This most prominent actress was born as Keira Christina Knightley
on 26th March, 1985, in Teddington, London, England. She is the daughter of
actor Will Knightleyand actress turned playwright Sharman Macdonald and grew
with her older brother Caleb Knightley, was born in 1979. Though she was not
successful as a student due to the disease of dyslexia ,as an actress period pieces
and contemporary dramas movie gave international fame and placed her at the
top of the list of film's most talented young stars.

All the magazines and newspapers were filled with rumors of her high-profile
relationships with actor Jamie Dornan, with Rupert Friend, musician James Righ.

Her performance:

At the age of 3, during summer holidays, an agent discovered her and convinced
her parents to give permission to work on productions. In 1993, at the age of
six, she appeared on her first television role as "Little Girl" in "Screen One: Royal
Celebration (#5.4)". She established herself through her other performance in
Moira Armstrong's A Village Affair in 1995, as an exiled German princess in The
Treasure Seekers in 1996, as the young "Judith Dunbar" in Giles Foster's Coming
Home i9n 1998, Natalie Portman's Queen Amidala in Star Wars: Episode I - The
Phantom Menace in 1999 and in the same year she appeared on British television
as "Rose Fleming" in Charles Dickens' "Oliver Twist", The Hole in 2001 and that
she got her first title role in Walt Disney'sPrincess of Thieves. She is widely known
as tomboy footballer Jules Paxton in Gurinder Chadha's Bend It Like Beckham
in 2002 and her awesome performance as "Helena" in "A Midsummer Night's
Dream" entitled The Seasons Alter and as a classic heroine of Boris Pasternak's
novel Doctor Zhivago turned her into a bonafied star.

Her other unforgettable performances in - Love Actually in 2003, blockbuster
movie Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl in the same year,
John Maybury's thriller The Jacket,, King Arthur in 2004, Jane Austen's classic
novel Pride & Prejudice in 2005, alongside Matthew Macfadyen as "Mr. Darcy"
Silk and "Atonement" in 2007, and Pride & Prejudice in 2008, in a filmed
biopic "The Duchess", The Edge Of Love, Eliza Doolittle in a brand new adaptation
of My Fair Lady , Last Night in 2010, Ken Bruen's novel London Boulevard , co-
starring Colin Farrell, Kazuo Ishiguro's novel Never Let Me Go and "A Dangerous
Method" in 2011 showered beautiful reviews upon her.

Knightley gave her voice to a 2007 Robbie the Reindeer animation, all profits of
which will be donated to Comic Relief.

Her achievements:

She won the Hollywood Film Award for Best Breakthrough Actor – Female,
Variety's Personality Of The Year Award, her first Golden Globe nomination,
for Pride & Prejudice also garnered six BAFTA nominations, Best Actress for
Atonement in 2007 at the Variety Club Of Great Britain Showbiz Awards.

She also supports charitable work by becoming face of an Amnesty
International campaign to support human rights and "Comic Relief" charity
received her first Academy Award nomination, the third youngest Best Actress
Oscar. She helps to promote

In April 2009, Knightley appeared in a video to raise awareness of domestic abuse
entitled Cut shot for Women's Aid that In April 2009, Knightley appeared in a
video to raise awareness of domestic abuse entitled Cut shot for Women's Aid, In
April 2009, Knightley appeared in a video to raise awareness of domestic abuse
entitled Cut shot for Women's Aid.