Keira Knightley
In London to actors Will Knightley and Sharman Macdonald, Knightley obtained an agent at age six and initially worked in commercials and television films. There was a brief role as Sabe in the space opera Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). After making international headlines in the fantasy series Pirates of the Caribbean in 2003 when she played Elizabeth Swann (a swashbuckling footballer) She was then able to make her debut in the film sports Bend It Like Beckham in which she portrayed the teen. Knightley was described as the next big thing in the world of teenage stars after having a role for the role of Love Actually (2003). In her role as Elizabeth Bennet in the period romantic comedy Pride & Prejudice (2005), Knightley was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She starred in a number of period dramas in which she played a complicated love interest at the end of Atonement (2007), tastemaker Georgiana Cavendish as The Duchess (2008), as well as the socialite of the title of Anna Karenina (2012). In addition, she branched out into modern dramas. Begin Again, (2013) featured her as an aspiring singer and Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, (2014) saw her as a medical school student. Knightley was back in the world of historical drama, appearing as Joan Clarke, in The Imitation Game that brought her the Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Additionally, she played in Colette, as the titular writer.



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