Keira Knightley Biography
March 1985 from Will Knightley, teatrale and television actor, and Sharman Macdonald, scriptwriter is born 26. It has a brother greater, Caleb, been born in 1979. Keira begins in tender age to having interest for the recitazione: 7 years an agent like gift asks for birthday. This its passion comes used from the parents as stimulus to fight the dislessia of which it is slices. Given the good obtained result to school, it comes allowed to them to recite during the summers in small productions: to nine years esordisce in the film for the television To Village Affair, to which they follow numerous apparitions in negligible television productions, till when ghost threat (1999) of George Lucas comes chosen for the small role of Sabè in the Star Wars film Episode -, thanks to the strong likeness with the actress protagonist Natalie Portman. After The Hole (2001), in 2002 it is one of the protagonists of Dreamming Beckham, comedy that has collected a large one happening of public in England, carrying Keira to the notoriety. It follows the role of the strong-willed person Elizabeth Swann in adventurous the maledizione of first moon (2003, Gore Verbinski, beside Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom), its hollywoodiano debut and enormous succeeding trades them, it reveals that it like one of the more promising actresses of its generation.
Indicated from many like the new Julia Roberts, equipped of great scenica presence and remarkable espressività, Keira interprets in a 2004 unknown Geneva in kolossal the King Arthur, of Antoine Fuqua, failure to the box-office, but succeeded personal of the actress, appreciated from the critic. More and more launch in the star-system, it participates to the chorale Love Actually, of Richard Curtis, in the role of Juliet and is the mysterious Jackie in thriller the Jacket, of John Maybury, to the flank of Adrien Brody.
In the 2005 before test from absolute protagonist, in Pride and prejudgment, of Joe Wright, drawn from the homonymous novel of Jane Austen, placed side by side to actors of the bore of Brenda Blethyn and Donald Sutherland. For this interpretation, to single 20 years, candidate comes is to the Golden Globe that to the Oscar. The same year is protagonist in Dominates (of Tony Scott), in the role of the huntress of ransoms Dominates Harvey. In 2006 it returns to dress the cloth of Elizabeth Swann in sequel de the maledizione of the first moon, Pirati of the Caribbeanses: The maledizione of ghost forziere, and newly in 2007 in the last film of the fortunate trilogy: Pirati of the Caribbeanses: To the borders of the world.
In the same year it is see again on the great screen in Espiazione, always directed from Joe Wright, transposition from the homonymous one best seller of Ian McEwan. The film, that it opens 64ª the international Extension of cinematographic art of Venice, sees protagonist to it beside James McAvoy, Vanessa Redgrave and Brenda Blethyn. The complex role of Cecilia is worth them the second one nomination to the Golden Globes of its career.
2008 will see protagonist to it of two film: The Edge of Love, of John Maybury on the life of the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, beside the friend Sienna Miller and to Cillian Murphy, and The Duchess, to the flank of Ralph Fiennes, drawn from the biography of Amanda Foreman on Cavendish Georgian, duchessa of the Devonshire, lived in XVIII the century and ancestors of lady Diana Spencer.
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