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Keira Knightley biography

Keira Christina Knightley was born to Will Knightley (also an actor) and Sharman MacDonald (actor-turned-playwright) on the 26th of March, 1985.

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.

In 1994, at the age of nine, she completed her first movie, starring as Natasha Jordan in Moira Armstrong’s ‘A Village Affair’. Following this, she played a number of small roles in other productions.

Her first high profile role came in 1999, when she played the part of Sabe, the decoy queen in Star Wars Episode I. Her part in the film was kept secret in the lead up to the much anticipated release, and Natalie Portman was promoted as having played the roles of both the real and decoy queens so as not to spoil the surprise. A lot of fans still think Portman played both roles.

Since then, she has completed an impressive array of films, including the made-for-TV movie ‘Princess of Thieves’, the series ‘Oliver Twist’, and the thriller ‘The Hole’. She also played a small role in ‘Deflation’.

Keira’s ‘breakthrough’ role came with Gurinder Chadha’s ‘Bend It Like Beckham’, which was an unexpected hit worldwide. In order to play the part, she endured 20 weeks of tough football practice - her coach, who had trained top players, declared her more naturally talented than Michael Owen.

With the success of Bend It Like Beckham came a flurry of roles. She stepped into Julie Christie’s shoes for the controversial remake of the classic ‘Dr. Zhivago’, played Louise in ‘Pure’, and filmed ‘Love, Actually’ alongside Liam Neeson and Hugh Grant.

Soon after, Disney snapped her up to fill the corset of Elizabeth Swann in the summer box office hit ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’. Keira’s latest role sees her breathe life into King Arthur’s Guinevere in the July 2004 release of the same name.

The good news for Keira’s fans is that her roles just keep getting bigger and bigger, and her star brighter and brighter. Rest assured that we will be seeing a lot more of Keira in the future.

Keira Knightley Filmography

Knightley (right) and Scarlett Johansson (left) appearing nude with Tom Ford on the Hollywood edition Vanity Fair of March 2006

Best Time of Our Lives (2007) - Vera
Directed by John Maybury

Atonement (2007) - Cecilia Tallis
Directed by Joe Wright

Silk (2007) - Helene Joncour
Directed by Francois Girard

Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End (2007) - Elizabeth Turner
Directed by Gore Verbinski

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006) - Elizabeth Swann/Turner
Directed by Gore Verbinski
Domino (2005) - Domino Harvey
Directed by Tony Scott
Lux Super Styling ‘3 Day Magic’ - Japanese TV Commercial (2005)

Pride and Prejudice (2005) - Elizabeth Bennet
Directed by Joe Wright

When Johnny Met Keira (2005) - presenter
Produced by BBC/Comic Relief

The Jacket (2005) - Jackie Price
Directed by John Maybury

Lux Super Styling ‘Timeless Princess’ - Japanese TV Commercial (2005)

King Arthur (2004) - Guinevere
Directed by Antoine Fuqua

Stories of Lost Souls (compilation, 2004) - Leah in ‘New Year’s Eve’
Directed by Colin Spector

Lux Styling ‘Ready To Go’ - Japanese TV Commercial (2003)

Love Actually (2003) - Juliet
Directed by Richard Curtis

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) - Elizabeth Swann
Directed by Gore Verbinski

Gaijin (2003) (animation short) - Kate, Venus, Tennyo (Voice)
Directed by Fumi Inoue

Doctor Zhivago (2002) (TV mini-series) - Lara Antipova (née Guishar)
Directed by Giacomo Campiotti

The Seasons Alter (2002) - Helena
Directed by Roger Lunn

New Year’s Eve (2002) - Leah
Directed by Colin Spector

Pure (2002) - Louise Barnstable
Directed by Gillies MacKinnon

Thunderpants (2002) - Music School Student
Directed by Peter Hewitt

Bend It Like Beckham (2002) - Juliette “Jules” Paxton
Directed by Gurinder Chadha

Deflation (2001) (short) - Jogger
Directed by Roger Ashton-Griffiths

The Hole (2001) - Frances ‘Frankie’ Almond-Smith
Directed by Nick Hamm

Princess of Thieves (2001) (TV) - Gwyn Hood
Directed by Peter Hewitt

Oliver Twist (1999) (TV mini-series) - Rose Fleming
Directed by Renny Rye

Villette (1999) (Radio) - Polly/Paulina
BBC Radio dramatisation of Charlotte Bronte novel

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) - Sabé Maberrie
Directed by George Lucas

Coming Home (1998) (TV) - Young Judith Dunbar
Directed by Giles Foster

Mindscape (199?) - Interview subject, home footage
(documentary about Sharman Macdonald’s work)

The Music Practice (1997) (TV)
Directed by Peter Mumford
Written by Sharman MacDonald

Treasure Seekers (1996) (TV) - Princess Beatrice von Hohenzollen
Directed by Juliet May

Innocent Lies (1995) - Young Celia Graves
Directed by Patrick Dewolf

The Bill - ep. ‘Swan Song’ (1995) (TV) - Sheena Rose
Directed by Pip Broughton

A Village Affair (1994) - Natasha Jordan
Directed by Moira Armstrong

A Royal Celebration (1993) (TV) - Little Girl
Directed by Ferdinand Fairfax.