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Keira Knightley
Age: 24
Height: 5' 7"
Birth Place: Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK
Born: Mar. 26th, 1985
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BIOGRAPHY: The daughter of actor Will Knightley and playwright Sharman Macdonald. After she requested an agent at the age of three, her parents allowed her to work on productions in her summer holidays. Her first role was at the age of 9, in Moira Armstrong's A Village Affair (1995) (TV). However, Knightley's first high profile role came in 1999, as Sabe, Decoy Queen to Natalie Portman's Queen Amidala in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). Since then she has completed an impressive array of films including The Hole (2001), but is probably best known for her role of tomboy footballer Jules Paxton in Gurinder Chadha's Bend It Like Beckham (2002).
TRIVIA:
- Credits her dark looks to her mother's Black Scottish heritage, who were descendants of the Spanish Armada.
- The green satin gown she wore in _Atonement (2007)_ (qv) was voted the public's favorite film costume of all time in a survey by Sky Movies and In Style magazine (January 2008).
- She attended a pre-Emmy party where she purchased a $7,500 pair of earrings.
- Was considered for the role of Ann in _Evening (2007)_ (qv), but wasn't able to do it due to schedule conflicts.
- The Daily Mirror named her "Actress of the Year" in December 2005.
- Member of the Heathham House Youth Project.
- Was originally cast as Mary Boleyn in _The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)_ (qv), but dropped out before filming began and 'Scarlett Johansson' (qv) was subsequently cast instead.
- Tatler announced that Keira is the most desirable single woman in the UK (2004).
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