Keira Christina Knightley (born March 26, 1985) is an Academy Award-nominated British actress.
Biography
Early life
Knightley was born in Teddington, Middlesex to Sharman Macdonald, a Scottish actress turned award-winning playwright, and Will Knightley, an English theatre and television actor. She has an older brother, Caleb (b. 1979). Knightley lived most of her life in Richmond upon Thames, attending Park Road Secondary School and Esher College.
Career
Knightley began her acting career at the age of seven, making her television debut in Royal Celebration (1993) and also appearing on the television series, The Bill (1995). She appeared in several more made-for-television films in the mid to late 1990s, before being cast as Sabé, Padmé Amidala's decoy, in the 1999 science fiction blockbuster Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. Knightley was cast due to her close resemblance to Natalie Portman, who played Padmé; the two actresses' mothers had difficulty te...[read more about Keira Knightley's biography]
