Keira Knightley

  Keira Christina Righton OBE ( Knightley, born 26 March 1985) is an English actress. She is well-known for her performances in blockbusters and independent films, especially historical dramas. She is nominated for two Academy Awards, three British Academy Film Awards and an Laurence Olivier Award. She was made an OBE by Buckingham Palace in 2018 for her contributions to the arts and charities. Knightley was born to actors Will Knightley and Sharman Mcdonald in London. When she was six years old, young, Knightley became an agent and worked initially in commercials and television. In the 1999 space-opera Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, she played an unimportant part as Sabe. Her breakthrough came in 2002 when she played an tomboy soccer player in Bend It Like Beckham. In 2003, Elizabeth Swann, a Swashbuckler Fantasy series, made her a global superstar. She was a part of the romantic comedy Love Actually (2003) and was described as a promising teenage actor. Knightley was nominated to the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role as Elizabeth Bennet in Pride & Prejudice (2005). She appeared in a range of period dramas that featured a complex love interest in Atonement (2007) as well as the fashion-forward Georgiana Cavendish in The Duchess (2008), and as the titular socialite in Anna Karenina (2012).