Keira Knightley
In London to actors Will Knightley and Sharman Macdonald, Knightley obtained an agent when she was just six years old and employed in TV commercials and films. Knightley played Sabe an unimportant part as a minor character in Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1998). Her big break came when she played a tomboy football player in the sports documentary Bend It Like Beckham (2002) in which she later achieved global stardom for playing Elizabeth Swann in the swashbuckler fantasy series Pirates of the Caribbean, from 2003. Knightley was described as one of the promising young stars following her being featured as a character in Love Actually (2003). As the character she played, Elizabeth Bennet in the period romantic comedy Pride & Prejudice (2005), Knightley was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Knightley also appeared in a number of period-themed films, such as Atonement (2007 and a romance), The Duchess, (2008) as well as Anna Karenina, (2012). She also performed the role of a socialite, Georgiana for the role of Georgiana in The Duchess. In the contemporary dramas she played an aspiring music student as in Begin Again (2012) and the role of a doctor for the role of a physician in Jack Ryan Shadow Recruit (2013). Knightley came back to historical films with The Imitation Game in 2014 in which she received an nomination for the Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress. In the year 2018, Knightley played the writer Colette.



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