Keira Knightley

Keira Knightley

Keira Christina Knightley (born March 26, 1985) is an English actress. She has starred in both independent films and big-budget blockbusters, and is particularly noted for her roles in period dramas. Her accolades include two Empire Awards and nominations for two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, one Screen Actors Guild Award and one Laurence Olivier Award. Knightley was appointed an OBE in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to drama and charity. Born in London to actors Will Knightley and Sharman Macdonald, Knightley obtained an agent at age six, and initially worked commercials and television films. She appeared as Sabé, Padmé Amidala's handmaiden, in science fiction blockbuster Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999). Knightley had a break-through role portraying a tomboy footballer in the sports film Bend It Like Beckham (2002). She achieved global stardom with her portrayal of Elizabeth Swann in fantasy swashbuckler series Pirates of the Caribbean. In the same year, she appeared in the Christmas romantic comedy Love Actually (2003) and was labelled a promising teen star. For her portrayal of Elizabeth Bennet in the period romance Pride & Prejudice (2005), Knightley was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. At age 20, she became the third-youngest Best Actress nominee at the time. Knightley starred in a series of further period pieces, portraying a complex love interest in Atonement (2007), tastemaker Georgiana Cavendish in The Duchess (2008), and the titular socialite in Anna Karenina (2012). She then forayed into contemporary dramas, appearing as an aspiring musician in Begin Again (2013) and a medical student in Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014). Knightley returned to historical films by playing cryptoanalyst Joan Clarke in The Imitation Game (2014), earning her a second round of Academy Award and BAFTA nominations, and starred as the eponymous belle époque writer in Colette (2018) to critical acclaim. On stage, Knightley has appeared in two West End productions: The Misanthrope in 2009, which earned her an Olivier Award nomination, and The Children's Hour in 2011. She also starred as the eponymous heroine in the 2015 Broadway production of Thérèse Raquin. Knightley is known for her outspoken stance on social issues, and has worked extensively with Amnesty International, Oxfam, and Comic Relief. She is married to musician James Righton, with whom she has two daughters.

Known For: Acting

Born: Teddington, London, England, UK, 1985-03-26

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1993	Royal Celebration	Angela	60
2	1995	A Village Affair	Natasha Jordan	51
3	1995	Innocent Lies	Young Celia	48
4	1996	The Treasure Seekers	The Princess	53
5	1998	Coming Home	Young Judith	55
6	1999	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	Sabé	66
7	2001	Deflation	Jogger	33
8	2001	Princess of Thieves	Gwyn	61
9	2001	The Hole	Frances 'Frankie' Almond Smith	62
10	2002	Bend It Like Beckham	Juliette 'Jules' Paxton	63
11	2002	Thunderpants	Music School Student	35
12	2002	Pure	Louise	62
13	2002	New Year's Eve	Leah	45
14	2002	The Seasons Alter	Helena	70
15	2003	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Elizabeth Swann	78
16	2003	Love Actually	Juliet	71
17	2003	Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates		40
18	2003	An Epic At Sea: The Making of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Self	78
19	2004	King Arthur	Guinevere	63
20	2004	The Making of King Arthur		87
21	2004	Stories of Lost Souls	Leah	56
22	2005	The Jacket	Jackie Price	69
23	2005	Pride & Prejudice	Elizabeth Bennet	81
24	2005	Domino	Domino Harvey	59
25	2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Elizabeth Swann	74
26	2006	According to Plan: The Making of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'	Self	86
27	2007	Atonement	Cecilia Tallis	76
28	2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Elizabeth Swann	73
29	2007	Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens	Self	77
30	2007	O2 Wireless Festival Presents: Daft Punk Live	Self (Patron)	70
31	2007	Silk	Hélène Joncour	58
32	2007	Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind	Em (voice)	50
33	2008	The Edge of Love	Vera Phillips	62
34	2008	The Duchess	Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire	70
35	2009	The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers	The Fairy	52
36	2010	Steve	Woman	67
37	2010	Never Let Me Go	Ruth C.	69
38	2010	Last Night	Joanna Reed	61
39	2010	London Boulevard	Charlotte	59
40	2011	A Dangerous Method	Sabina Spielrein	64
41	2012	Seeking a Friend for the End of the World	Penelope "Penny" Lockhart	66
42	2012	Anna Karenina	Anna Karenina	67
43	2012	Stars In Shorts	Woman	20
44	2012	Wide-Awake	The Witch	58
45	2013	Once Upon a Time...	Gabrielle Chanel	80
46	2014	Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit	Cathy Muller	61
47	2014	Begin Again	Gretta James	72
48	2014	Laggies	Megan Burch	61
49	2014	The Imitation Game	Joan Clarke	80
50	2015	Everest	Jan Arnold	68
51	2016	Collateral Beauty	Amy Moore	72
52	2017	Red Nose Day Actually	Juliet	70
53	2017	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales	Elizabeth Swann	67
54	2018	Colette	Colette	69
55	2018	The Nutcracker and the Four Realms	Sugar Plum Fairy	61
56	2019	The Aftermath	Rachael Morgan	64
57	2019	Official Secrets	Katharine Gun	72
58	2019	Greed	Self	57
59	2019	Berlin, I Love You	Jane	47
60		The Woman in Cabin 10		0
61	2020	Misbehaviour	Sally Alexander	64
62	2021	Silent Night	Nell	59
63		Conception		0
64	2022	Charlotte	Charlotte Salomon (voice)	65
65	2023	Boston Strangler	Loretta McLaughlin	67
66	2024	The Sound Collector	Narrator	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1944	Golden Globe Awards	Self - Nominee	72
2	1953	The Oscars	Self	71
3	1981	Entertainment Tonight	Self	43
4	1984	The Bill	Sheena Rose	67
5	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self - Guest	56
6	1989	Screen One	Angela	70
7	1992	The Tonight Show with Jay Leno		54
8	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	72
9	1996	The Daily Show	Self	64
10	1997	The View	Self	45
11	1997	The Wonderful World of Disney	Gwyn	67
12	1998	Coming Home	Young Judith	0
13	1999	Oliver Twist	Rose Fleming	63
14	2001	Friday Night with Jonathan Ross	Self - Guest	58
15	2001	Richard & Judy	Self	29
16	2002	American Idol	Self	51
17	2002	Doctor Zhivago	Lara Antipova	67
18	2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Self	57
19	2005	My Shot With		0
20	2005	The Reichen Show	Self	48
21	2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self - Guest	72
22	2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self	72
23	2009	Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen	Self - Guest	51
24	2011	Neverland	Tinker Bell (voice)	61
25	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon		59
26	2014	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	Self	59
27	2014	Late Night with Seth Meyers	Self	53
28	2014	Variety Studio: Actors on Actors	Self	50
29	2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert	Self	64
30	2016	Discovering Fashion	Self (archive footage)	0
31	2019	My Grandparents' War	Self	73
32	2023	The Sound Collector	Narratrice (EN)	0
33	2024	Black Doves	Helen Webb	71

Keira Knightley

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