Keira Knightley: biography and career

	Keira Christina Knightley was born in the South London suburb of Richmond on March 26th 1985; she is an English actress and model. Her parents are Sharman MacDonald, an award-winning playwright, and Will Knightley, a theatre and television actor. 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. It was discovered at an early age that Keira had severe difficulties in reading and writing. She was not officially dyslexic as she never sat the formal tests required of the British Dyslexia Association. Instead, she worked incredibly hard, encouraged by her family, until the problem had been overcome by her early teens. 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, 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. Keira's 'breakthrough' role came with Gurinder Chadha's 'Bend It Like Beckham' (2002), which was an unexpected hit worldwide. She was cast in the big budget action film, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. It was perhaps no surprise, then, that Keira was on producer Jerry Bruckheimer's wanted list for the part of "Guinevere" in a planned accurate telling of the legend of "King Arthur". King Arthur was released in July 2004. Her biggest financial hit thus far, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, was released in July 2006. Knightley starred in some major films in 2007: Silk, an adaptation of the novel by Alessandro Baricco, Atonement, a feature film adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel, and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, which was released in May 2007. For her performance in Atonement, Knightley was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the Best Dramatic Actress category. Knightley's only film of 2011 was the historical drama A Dangerous Method: the film depicts the turbulent relationships between fledgling psychiatrist Carl Jung, his mentor Sigmund Freud, and Sabina Spielrein, played by Knightley, the troubled but beautiful young psychoanalyst who comes between them.  She has reportedly been dating James Righton since late February 2011.
	FILMOGRAPHY 2013 Untouched (pre-production): Effie Gray 2012 Anna Karenina (post-production): Anna Karenina 2012 Seeking a Friend for the End of the World: Penny 2011 Neverland (TV mini-series): Tinker Bell 2011 A Dangerous Method: Sabina Spielrein 2010 London Boulevard: Charlotte 2010 Steve (short): Woman 2010 Last Night: Joanna Reed 2010 Never let me go: Ruth 2009 The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers (short): The Fairy 2008 Looking Over: The Edge of Love (video short): Vera Phillips 2008 The duchess: Georgiana 2008 The Edge of Love: Vera Phillips 2007 Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind (TV short): Em (voice) 2007 Silk: Hélène Joncour 2007 Atonement: Cecilia Tallis 2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End: Elizabeth Swann 2006 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's  Chest: Elizabeth Swann 2005 Domino: Domino Harvey 2005 Pride and prejudice: Elizabeth Bennet 2005 The Jacket: Jackie Price 2005 Stories of Lost Souls: Leah 2004 King Arthur: Guinevere 2003 Love actually: Juliet 2003 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl: Elizabeth Swann 2003 Gaijin (video short): Kate 2002 The Seasons Alter (short): Helena 2002 Zivago (TV movie): Lara Antipova 2002 New Year's Eve (short): Leah 2002 Pure: Louise 2002 Thunderpants: Music School Student 2002 Bend it like Beckham: Juliette 'Jules' Paxton 2001 The Hole: Frances 'Frankie' Almond Smith 2001 Princess of Thieves (TV movie): Gwyn 2001 Deflation (short): Jogger 1999 Oliver Twist (TV mini-series): Rose Fleming – In Which All Is Revealed... (1999) – Wherein Oliver Is Educated by His Friend Fagin and Delivered Over to Mr. William Sikes (1999) – Containing Fresh Discoveries, and Shewing That Surprises, Like Misfortunes, Seldom Come Alone (1999) 1999 Star wars: Episode I - The phantom menace: Sabé 1998 Coming Home (TV movie): Young Judith 1996 The Treasure Seekers (TV movie): The  Princess 1995 The Bill (TV series): Sheena Rose – Swan Song (1995) 1995 Innocent Lies: Young Celia 1995 A Village Affair (TV movie): Natasha Jordan 1993 Screen One (TV series): Little Girl – Royal Celebration (1993)

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