Keira Knightley
Born in London to the two actors Will Knightley and Sharman Macdonald, Knightley obtained an agent aged six. Initially, she was involved in television commercials as well as films. The role she played was a small one in the role of Sabe in the science fiction film Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). After gaining international fame in the fantasy series Pirates of the Caribbean in 2003 as Elizabeth Swann (a swashbuckling footballer) it was possible for her to debut as a character in the sports film Bend It Like Beckham in which she played the tomboy. Knightley was described as one of the promising young stars following her acting as a character in Love Actually (2003). Knightley received the Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her performance as Elizabeth Bennet in Pride & Prejudice (2005). Apart from Atonement as a character, she acted as Georgiana Cavendish who was the popular tastemaker for The Duchess and Anna Karenina's main socialite. In addition, she branched out into modern dramatics. Begin Again, (2013) saw her play an undiscovered singer. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, (2014) saw her in medical school. Knightley was back in historical films in The Imitation Game in 2014, where she received an nomination in the Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress. In 2018, Knightley played the writer Colette.



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