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Full Name: Keira Knightley
Birthdate: March 26, 1985
Place of Birth: Teddington, England
Height: 5'7"
Family: Father: Will Knightley (actor); Mother: Sharman Knightley (actress); Siblings: 1 brother, Caleb (24)
Favorites:
Music: Eminem and Nirvana
Movie: Star Wars movies
TV Shows: Neighbours
Food: Anything Italian
Actresses: Vivien Leigh, Katharine Hepburn
Awards Won
We all know what a talent Keira is. Here's a list of awards she's won so far:
Entertainment Personality Award at the British Independent Film Awards 2005
Best Newcomer for the London Critics Circle Award 2003
ALFS Award for British Newcomer of the Year from the London Critics Circle Film Awards
Tied with Parminder Nagra for the Best Actress award at the Bordeaux International Festival of Women in Cinema.
Nominations
As everyone knows, Keira was the 2nd youngest person ever to be nominated for an Academy Award. This just proves that the Academy hasn't heard the last of Miss Knightley.
"Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role" for Pride and Prejudice Academy Award
Random Facts
Keira is trained in dancing.
The similarity between her and Natalie Portman, meant that during the filming of The Phantom Menace, their own mothers could not tell them apart once covered in makeup.
Her role as the decoy queen in Star Wars 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.
She's a member of the Heathham House Youth Project.
She supports Westham United.
Tatler announced her "Most Desirable Woman" (2004)
She was chosen "Most Glamorous Film Actress" by Glamour (2004)
She was chosen on Entertainment Weekly's "It List" (2003)
Keira is dyslexic.
Her first nude scene was when she was 16 in "The Hole".
Keira loves the comparisons to Natalie Portman.
She lived for a short time in a flat with some girlfriends in the
Mayfair
District of Central London, a very upscale area. That came to an end
due to
problematic structural damages found.
Dated former cast member of "Princess Of Thieves" Del Synoot.
Currently
dating Irish model Jamie Dornan.
Has an older brother, Caleb.
Playing as Frankie Almond Smith opposite Thora Birch, Laurence Fox, and
Desmond Harrington in Nick Hamm's "The Hole" (2001), this shallow yet
tantelizing role was the one that officially got her noticed in the
motion
picture industry.
After POTC, Keira starred in a minor role opposite Andrew Lincoln in a
story
of unspoken love in Richard Curtis' "Love Actually" (2003). She was
soley
cast by Curtis because of his liking for her belly piercing.
She is to star opposite Adrian Brody in "The Jacket" (2004), as one of
the
Bennett sisters in "Pride & Prejudice" (2004), and as
Ford-model-gone-bounty-hunter Domino Harvey in "Domino" (2004, possibly
2005).
Credit: imdb.com, Steve
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