She was meant to be named "Kiera", the anglicised form of "Kira", after Kira Ivanova, whom her father admired however, Macdonald misspelled the name when she registered her daughter's birth certificate, writing the e before the i. Keira Christina Knightley was born on 26 March 1985 in the Teddington suburb of London, to stage actors Will Knightley and Sharman Macdonald.
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). At age 20, she became the third-youngest Best Actress nominee at the time. In the same year, she appeared in the Christmas romantic comedy Love Actually (2003) and was labelled a promising teen star.įor her portrayal of Elizabeth Bennet in the period romance Pride & Prejudice (2005), Knightley was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She achieved global stardom with her portrayal of Elizabeth Swann in fantasy swashbuckler series Pirates of the Caribbean.
Knightley had a break-through role portraying a tomboy footballer in the sports film Bend It Like Beckham (2002). She appeared as Sabé, Padmé Amidala's handmaiden, in science fiction blockbuster Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999). īorn in London to actors Will Knightley and Sharman Macdonald, Knightley obtained an agent at age six, and initially worked commercials and television films. Knightley was appointed an OBE in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to drama and charity. 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. She has starred in both independent films and big-budget blockbusters, and is particularly noted for her roles in period dramas. When using a search engine such as Google, Bing or Yahoo check the safe search settings where you can exclude adult content sites from your search results Īsk your internet service provider if they offer additional filters īe responsible, know what your children are doing online.Keira Christina Righton OBE ( / ˈ k ɪər ə ˈ n aɪ t l i/ née Knightley, born 26 March 1985) is an English actress. Use family filters of your operating systems and/or browsers Other steps you can take to protect your children are:
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