Birth Name: Kiera Knightley
Height: 5' 7"
Nationality: British
Birth Date: March 22, 1983
Birth Place: Teddington, London, England, UK
Profession: actress
Father: Will Knightley (actor; born on April 23, 1946)
Mother: Sharman Macdonald (writer; born in 1951)
Brother: Caleb Knightley (born in 1979)

Facts about Keira Knightley:

Played the character Juliet in the holiday-themed British romantic comedy, LOVE ACTUALLY, 2003.

Denied she will leave her native country and move to film capital Los Angeles. (July 13, 2004)

Was so unwell when she arrived for THE JACKET audition that she had to stop herself from vomiting on director John Maybury. (July 3, 2004)

Is planning to move in with her Irish model boyfriend Jamie Dornan. (June 12, 2004)

Denies rumors she intends to reject her movie star lifestyle to become a student although she'd like to go to college one day. (May 29, 2004)

Pierce Brosnan would like to see Keira Knightley or Monica Bellucci in the role of the next Bond girl. (March 23, 2004)

Is being lined up to star in a movie remake of 1960s TV series I Dream Of Jeannie. (February 11, 2004)

Entertainment Weekly has named her the top breakout star of 2003. (December 8, 2003)

Keira Knightley has been signed up as the new face of British luxury goods makers Asprey -- Knightley will appear in November magazines for the ad campaign, which will be shot by photographer Bruce Weber. (July 30, 2003)

Keira Knightley stole the show at the premiere of PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL in London in July 2003 – She wowed onlookers in Leicester Square with a new raven-hairdo, accompanied by a black Alexander McQueen corset and $800,000 worth of Asprey diamonds, as she posed with hunky co-star Orlando Bloom.

Keira Knightley said she wishes she had had a chance to fight with swords like the men did in PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN; instead, Knightley's only fight scene came when she used a candlestick and a long gold pole. (July 15, 2003)

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.

Sometimes credited as Kiera Knightley

Member of the Heathham House Youth Project.

Trained in dancing.

 

Quote from Keira Knightley:

About STAR WARS films: "The problem for me was that by being in the film the magic was broken. I loved the first Star Wars film and my mum was really into it too, that's why I took the part. But the Force wasn't there when we were filming it, and they didn't have real light sabers, which annoyed me."

"The problem for me was that by being in the film the magic was broken. I loved the first Star Wars film and my mum was really into it too, that's why I took the part. But the Force wasn't there when we were filming it, and they didn't have real light sabres, which annoyed me."

"Do you know that on all the sets I've been on, nobody has ever made a pass at me?"

"It's scary because acting was always my salvation from school. So if anything had gone wrong at school, I could say, 'Oh, but I can do this.' But now it's the only thing. So you sort of think, 'Okay, but what happens if that goes wrong? What's the salvation?' That's a bit scary."