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Keira Knightley

Short Bio

Keira Knightley was born at Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK Keira is (28) old and her birth sign is Aries

Birth name
Kiera Knightley
Height 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Mini biography
he daughter of actor Will Knightley and playwright Sharman Macdonald. After requesting an agent at the age of three, her parents allowed her to work on productions in her summer holidays. Her first role was at the age of 9, in Moira Armstrong's Village Affair, A (1994). However, Knightley's first high profile role came in 1999, as Sabe, Decoy Queen to Natalie Portman's Queen Amidala in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). Since then she has completed an impressive array of films including Hole, The (2001), but is probably best known for her role of tomboy footballer Jules Paxton in Gurinder Chadha's Bend It Like Beckham (2002).
Trivia
Daughter of actor Will Knightley.
Member of the Heathham House Youth Project.
Mother is actress-turned-author Sharman Macdonald, who wrote 'I used to scream and shout' and 'The Winter's Tale'
One brother, Caleb, born in 1979.
Trained in dancing.
The similarity between her and Natalie Portman, meant that during the filming of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), their own mothers could not tell them apart once in makeup.
Her role as the decoy queen in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) was kept secret in order to not spoil the surprise, it was maintained through the promotions that Portman played both the Queen and the decoy.
Supports West Ham United
Mother is actress-turned-author Sharman Macdonald, who wrote 'When I Was A Girl I Used To Scream And Shout' and 'The Winter Guest'
Tatler announced that Keira is the most desirable single woman in Britain (2004)
as dyslexia. She had to wear special glasses in adolescence to help her read.
The most glamorous film actress chosen by magazine Glamour (2004)
Just bought a flat in London and is about to move in with 6 of her girlfriends. She's the only actress. (as of July 2004)
The Royal Shakespeare Company of Stratford, England, held a 2004 poll asking movie viewers to vote for the actor and actress they would love to see play Romeo and Juliet, and the winners were Knightley and James Marsters. More than 2,000 people voted for more than 150 different actors for both roles. Keira triumphed over Kate Winslet, Nicole Kidman, Scarlett Johansson, and Juliet Landau in the vote. Knightley said, "I am absolutely thrilled to have come top of the poll, particularly as Juliet is a role I would very much love to play in the future." (April 23, 2004)
Shares a birthday with actress Amy Smart, Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler and singer Diana Ross.
Voted #1 in New Woman magazine's 50 Most Beautiful Celebs 2004.