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Keira Knightley

Knightley at the 2005 Toronto Film Festival in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Birth name Keira Christina Knightley
Born 26 March 1985 (1985-03-26) (age 22)
Flag of England Teddington, Middlesex, England
Notable roles Juliette "Jules" Paxton in Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
Elizabeth Swann in Pirates of the Caribbean (2003-2007)
Juliet in Love Actually (2003)
Elizabeth Bennet in Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Academy Awards
Nominated: Best Actress
2005 Pride & Prejudice
Golden Globe Awards
Nominated: Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical/Comedy
2006 Pride & Prejudice

Keira Knightley (born 26 March 1985) is an Academy Award and Golden Globe-nominated English[2] film actress. She began her career as a child actress, and came to international fame in 2003, after major roles in the films Bend It Like Beckham and the first film in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. Knightley has since become a notable lead actress, having starred in several Hollywood films.

Knightley's breakthrough role was in the English football-themed film, Bend It Like Beckham, which was a major success in its August 2002 UK release, and did fairly well at the box office upon its United States release in March 2003, grossing $32 million.

She was voted the sexiest movie star of all time by the readers of Empire magazine, was ranked #79 by FHM in the magazineÕs UK Edition 2004 100 Sexiest Women in the World list, #18 in 2005, and was ranked the sexiest woman in the world in 2006. The U.S. Edition ranked her #54 in 2004, #11 in 2005 and #5 in 2006. Knightley appeared nude on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine's March 2006 'Hollywood' issue, with Scarlett Johansson, and was voted the World's Sexiest Woman by FHM (UK) in their FHM 100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006 poll.[10] In May of 2006, Knightley was #9 on Maxim's 2006 Hot 100