Knightley eyes role in Zelda biopic. Had her own agent at the age of 6. When 2003's Bend It like Beckham became an unexpected hit, she shifted her plans from resuming college and working at a skateboard shop to pursuing a full-time acting career.
The ?, 2008 biopic starring Keira Knightley as Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire (7) September 24, 2008 / 5:39 PM / 11 years ago. Prod DB © BBC Films - Capitol Films - Prescience Film Fund / DR THE EDGE OF LOVE de John Maybury 2008 GB/USA avec Keira Knightley et Sienna Miller biopic, biographie, 1940s, 1930s, Vera Phillips, Caitlin Macnamara, copines, rire, complicité autre titre: The Best Time of Our Lives (UK) (working title) ". Actress Keira Knightley who was criticised for being too thin in her latest role in The Duchess, arrived at the Toronto Film Festival wearing a strapless grey gown showing off her slender frame. Here’s 11 that prove this Brit’s Got Talent!
P erhaps best-known for her early roles in 'Love Actually' and 'Bend It Like Beckham,' Keira Knightley also has an impressive number of period dramas under her belt. Keira Knightley has her critics yet despite their misgivings she has delivered some remarkable performances in a number of astonishingly good films. Quotes. She is the daughter of actor Will Knightley and actress turned playwright Sharman Macdonald.An older brother, Caleb Knightley, was born in 1979.Her father is English, while her Scottish-born mother is of Scottish and Welsh origin. Her co-star Lindsay Lohan pulled out just a week before filming began, and was replaced by Sienna Miller.
My mum said to me: "If you come to me with a book in your hand and a smile on your face every day through the summer holiday, I'll get you an agent.
Borys Kit Keira Knightley to play F. Scott Fitzgerald’s wife in biopic. Diagnosed with dyslexia as a child. I'm dyslexic, and at six years old, they realized I couldn't read a word and had been fooling them. Keira filmed a movie about the life of Dylan Thomas, The Edge Of Love (2008) with a screenplay written by her mother Sharman Macdonald. Keira Christina Knightley was born March 26, 1985 in the South West Greater London suburb of Richmond. Keira Knightley plays Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, who confounds the unspoken conventions of 18th-centory society by responding to her husband’s infidelities with affairs of her own.
From playing the wife of King Arthur in Roman Times to 19th-century Russian aristocrat Anna Karenina, the British actress appears to have a penchant for roles set in any time other than her own.
British actress Keira Knightley has accumulated a hugely impressive resume in her 29 years, showing incredible skill and development as an actress, as well as breathtaking movie star looks.