Keira Knightley
QUICK FACTSNAME
Keira Knightley
OCCUPATION
Film Actor
BIRTH DATE
c. March 26, 1985 (age 33)
EDUCATION
Esher College
PLACE OF BIRTH
London, England, United Kingdom
FULL NAME
Keira Christina Knightley
ZODIAC SIGN
Aries
Biography of Keira Knightley
Actor, film actor (c. 1985-)
Keira Knightley is a British actress known for films like 'Bend It Like Beckham', 'Pirates of the Caribbean' and 'Atonement'. He has received Oscar nominations for 'Pride & Prejudice' and 'The Imitation Game'.
Who is Keira Knightley?
Actress Keira Knightley was born on March 26, 1985 in London, England. He made his film debut at the age of nine in A Village Affair (1994). Her first important part was in Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace and then became known for her performance as soccer player Juliette "Jules" Paxton in Bend It Like Beckham. His later films include Atonement, Pirates of the Caribbean, A Dangerous Method and Anna Karenina. He has also won Oscar nominations for his roles in Pride & Prejudice and The Imitation Game.
Photo of Keira Knightley
Keira Knightley attends the 21st Screen Actors Guild Annual Awards at the Shrine Auditorium on January 25, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo: Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images)
Films
'Star Wars: Episode 1 - The ghost threat'
Knightley had his first job as a professional actor at the age of seven, and came to make a series of appearances on British television. In his teens, he got his first major role in the movie Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace (1999). That same year, Knightley had a supporting role in the television miniseries Oliver Twist with Sam Smith, Julie Walters and Robert Lindsay.
'I want to be like Beckham'
In 2002, Knightley had a breakthrough in his career with Bend It Like Beckham. She played tomboy soccer player Juliette "Jules" Paxton in this surprise hit. She also proved to be a risk-taker that same year, playing the female lead in the TV movie Doctor Zhivago. Knightley tackled a role that Julie Christie made famous in the 1962 film.
'Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'
Knightley got his first blockbuster in 2003 with Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Based on a trip to Disneyland, this adventure story starred Johnny Depp as the famous pirate, Captain Jack Sparrow. The character of Knightley, Elizabeth Swann, was caught in the action along with Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), and she repeated her role in the sequels of 2006 and 2007 of the film.
'Pride and prejudice'
With its classic beauty, Knightley became the girl to turn to in period dramas. She played Guinevere at King Arthur in 2004 with Clive Owen and Ioan Gruffudd. The following year, Knightley starred in a film adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, directed by Joe Wright. He earned an Academy Award nomination for his work in the film. Then, in 2008, Knightley played the main character in The Duchess, a biopic of an eighteenth-century king.
"I do a lot of period works because that's my taste, because I want to work in Europe, because that's my home and, in general, that's what is done in England," Knightley said in a New York Times interview in 2015. "I love history." , you know, but actually because they have been the most interesting characters for me who have offered me. "
'Love in reality', 'A dangerous method'
Nonetheless, Knightley has handled historical, contemporary and futurist roles with equal ease. He appeared in the popular dramatic comedy Love Actually (2003). Later, Knight starred in the silent science fiction story Never Let Me Go (2010) with Andrew Garfield and Carey Mulligan, and then portrayed the pioneer psychoanalyst of the real world Sabina Spielren in A Dangerous Method (2011).
'Imitation game', 'Start again'
Knightley continued to address a variety of roles. In 2012, he appeared with Steve Carell in the apocalyptic tale Finding a friend for the end of the world and also returned to the sumptuous period costume to star in Anna Karenina. Jude Law plays Anna's repressed husband in the film, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson is co-star of Anna's lover. The actress worked on Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014), a spy thriller that follows the life of the popular CIA analyst character with the same name. Chris Pine was chosen to play Ryan, while Knightley played his fiancée Cathy.
In 2014, Knightley also co-starred in the comedy / musical drama Begin Again with Mark Ruffalo and the romantic comedy Laggies. During the fall, she appeared as a genius of deciphering codes in the drama of World War II, The Imitation Game, earning nominations for the Golden Globes and the Oscar for Supporting Actress. The following year, Knightley made his Broadway debut in the play Thérèse Raquin, based on the novel Émile Zola of 1867 about a married and besieged woman following an illicit path
