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Friday, January 20, 2012

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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