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 Date of Birth: March 22, 1983
Place of Birth: Teddington, London, England
Eye Color: Hazel
Height: 5 ' 7 "
Family: Father: Will Knightley, Mother: Sharman Macdonald
Brother: Caleb (born 1979)
Keira Knightley was born on in London, England. At the age of 3, she asked her parents for an agent, feeling jealous that she never received the same amount of calls that her parents did. When she was 6 years old, her parents agreed to let their daughter have an agent, provided that she would study every day during the summer holidays (Keira is dyslexic).
In 1999, thanks to a close resemblance to star Natalie Portman, Kiera Knightley was cast as Portman's handmaiden in Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace. Her performance garnered her attention in England and the U.S. Next, Keira landed the role as Rose Fleming in an Oliver Twist TV miniseries. Keira also spent 3 months in Prague and Slovakia filming a TV version of Doctor Zhivago (2002), in which she played Lara. In that same year, Keira Knightley starred in Bend It Like Beckham, a very popular British comedy. She played the role of a determined soccer player.
Keira Knightley appeared in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), opposit Johnny Depp, and in Love Actually (2003), co-starring Hugh Grant and Emma Thompson. She can also be seen in the role as Guinevere in the film King Athur (2004), opposit Swedish actor Stellan Skarsg? and English actor Ioan Gruffudd and she starred in Domino (2005), which is based on a true story of Domino Harvey's life.
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