
Keira Knightley
Keira Christina Knightley (born 26 March 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 |
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Most Rating | 30.18 |
Birthday | 1985-03-26 |
Place of Birth | Teddington, London, England, UK |
Also Known As | Keira Christina Knightley, Кира Найтли, เคียรา ไนต์ลีย์, 姬拉·麗莉, キーラ・ナイトレイ, 키이라 나이틀리, كيرا نايتلي, Кіра Найтлі, Κίρα Νάιτλι, 凯拉 奈特莉, 凯拉·奈特利, |

2007

Atonement
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As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime...
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2005

Pride & Prejudice
8.083/7381
A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbeari...
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2001

Princess of Thieves
6.104/144
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2010

Last Night
6.121/702
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2008

The Duchess
6.994/1575
A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.
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2005

Domino
5.931/1117
The story of the life of Domino Harvey, who abandoned her career as a Ford model to become a bounty hunter.
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2008

The Edge of Love
6.191/343
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2007

Silk
5.8/192
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2011

A Dangerous Method
6.345/1897
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1996

The Treasure Seekers
6/3
Five motherless children, with the help of a famous doctor, are determined to save their financially strapped father.
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2012

Anna Karenina
6.733/2141
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2014

Laggies
6.134/1068
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2019

The Aftermath
6.473/599
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2013

Once Upon a Time...
8.3/9
In 1913, designer Coco Chanel opens her first boutique in the French city of Deauville.
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2002

The Seasons Alter
10/1
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2017

Red Nose Day Actually
7.111/238
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2018

Colette
6.942/840
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2019

Berlin, I Love You
4.718/71
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2019

Official Secrets
7.234/837
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2020

Misbehaviour
6.413/241
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2021

Silent Night
6.089/380
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Conception
0/0
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2022

Charlotte
6.7/15
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2023

Boston Strangler
6.722/476
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2004

The Making of King Arthur
10/1
Poet Simon Armitage traces the evolution of the Arthurian legend through the literature of the medieval age and reveals that King Arthur is not the gr...
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2002

Bend It Like Beckham
6.298/1753
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2005

The Jacket
6.891/1358
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2010

Never Let Me Go
6.856/2105
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2010

London Boulevard
5.91/663
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2014

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
6.113/2663
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2014

The Imitation Game
8.007/15952
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2013

Begin Again
7.245/3555
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2012

Seeking a Friend for the End of the World
6.555/1879
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2010

Steve
6.636/11
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2002

New Year's Eve
4.3/3
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2006

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
7.346/14851
Captain Jack Sparrow works his way out of a blood debt with the ghostly Davy Jones to avoid eternal damnation.
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2003

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
7.794/19210
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2007

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
7.24/13329
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2001

The Hole
6.191/740
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2004

King Arthur
6.3/2476
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2002

Pure
6.4/42
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2009

The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers
4.9/12
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2001

Deflation
3.5/4
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2003

Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates
0/0
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2006

According to Plan: The Making of 'Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest'
8/1
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2007

O2 Wireless Festival Presents: Daft Punk Live
0/0
Starting on the last hour of London's daylight on 16th June 2007, Daft Punk perform their recently renovated Alive 2007 tour.
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1995

Innocent Lies
4.846/13
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2018

The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
6.081/1989
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2007

Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind
5.333/3
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2003

An Epic At Sea: The Making of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
8/1
Behind the scenes documentary of the making of Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, featuring behind the scenes footage, interviews wit...
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2012

Wide-Awake
5.8/8
Ingénues, icons, action heroes, divas and the world's next great comedy star: 13 actresses who gave the dreamiest performances of 2012.
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2016

Collateral Beauty
7.241/5118
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2015

Everest
6.809/4559
Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-i...
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1998

Coming Home
5.3/6
Drama about the Dunar and Carey-Lewis families, before during and after WW2.
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1995

A Village Affair
4.4/7
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2003

Love Actually
7.101/6040
Eight London couples try to deal with their relationships in different ways. Their tryst with love makes them discover how complicated relationships c...
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1993

Royal Celebration
0/0
A bittersweet drama about a street party held in a suburban London square to mark the 1981 Royal Wedding. After two years of the Thatcher administrati...
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2002

Thunderpants
3.514/74
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2017

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
6.647/11158
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2004

Stories of Lost Souls
5.85/10
Seven (or six - depending on the version) short stories of conquest, desperation and the will to overcome.
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2012

Stars In Shorts
0/0
Seven short films, all of which feature name actors, including Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Colin Firth, Lily Tomlin, Keira Knightley, Jesse Tyler Fer...
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1999

Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
6.5/13535
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2007

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens
7.6/21
An account of the professional and personal life of renowned American photographer Annie Leibovitz, from her early artistic endeavors to her internati...
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2009

Paris Hilton Inc.: The Selling of Celebrity
10/1
We are drowning in celebrity culture and certainly no tabloid topic has been as big as Paris Hilton. Her incarceration and subsequent release, then re...
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