Female Celebrities - Keira Knightley # 10: "Beauty without Grace is the Fish Without Bait" (R.W. Emerson)

**LaraCroft01** · 06-09-2005, 02:11 PM

**quote title by Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Keira Christina Knightley was born March 26th 1985 in Teddington London, UK. Her father, Will Knightley, is an actor, and her mother, Sharman MacDonald, is an actress-turned-playwright who has written the plays "I Used to Scream and Shout" and "The Winter's Tale". She has an older brother.

Keira, who is dyslexic as is her brother, credits this as helping her to become an actress. At six she decided "that she wanted to be an actress- not at some distant point in the future, but right away. An unattainable ambition- or so it seemed. But Keira's mother, already concerned with her daughter's lack of incentive at school, made a deal with her. 'All right,' Keira was told. 'If you come to me every day during summer holidays with a book in your hand and a smile on your face, then at the end of summer holidays, I'll get you an agent.'

"Quite possibly her mother never expected she would deliver but Keira persevred with her reading and slowly but surely began conquering her dyslexia." [Quote by Jamie Portman, from Canwest News Service, Canada. Full article can be found here].

When she was seven she had her first professional role in "Royal Celebration", a TV movie. At 9 she was in "A Village Affair".

Other roles followed, including a bit part in "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace". The problem with that role was that as the decoy to Natalie Portman's Queen Padme Amidala, the studios wished to fool the audience into thinking that Portman had played both the decoy and the Queen when in reality, she hadn't.

Keira is to the left.

Next came a role in "Oliver Twist", a UK adaption of Charles Dickens classic story. Afterwards she was cast as the lead in Disney's "The Princess of Thieves", a TV movie about Robin Hood's daughter.
This was followed by "The Hole", a British Pyschological Thriller, also starring Thora Birch.

Next came the short film "Deflation", then a role in the UK [and now worldwide] smash hit "Bend It Like Beckham". This great film is about an Indian girl, Jesminder "Jess" Bhamra, [Parminder K. Nagra], who wishes to play football [or soccer] much to the chagrin of her orthodox Sikh parents. Keira plays Juliette "Jules" Paxton who notices the talent that Jess has and recruits her to play for a woman's football team and ultimately becomes her best friend.

Another couple of roles followed, before she was casted as Lara Antipova [ne韇uishar] in a TV mini series remake of the Academy Award winning film "Doctor Zhivago".

Although "Bend It Like Beckham" is probably her breakout role, "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" is introducing her to wider audiences, especially in North America and was the number one film the weekend after it was released. In just six days it made $78,130,538.

The film centres around a ship which has been cursed for ten years. They kidnap Elizabeth Swann [Keira] and it is up to Captain Jack Sparrow [Johnny Depp] and Will Turner [Orlando Bloom] to rescue her. Adventure on the high seas ensures!

After "Pirates" Keira came a British movie called "Love Actually", an 'ensemble comedy tells ten separate; but intertwining, stories of love in London [with a small portion set in France], leading up to a big climax on Christmas Eve.'

Set for release on July 7 (two days short of a year after "Pirates of the Caribbean" "King Arthur", a movie that demystifies the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Keira is going to be playing Guinevere, the Queen of Camelot.

Keira has finished filming "The Jacket" [with Adrien Brody] and will also be starring in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" sequel [which reports indicate will be filmed in early 2005]. She is currently filming the film version of "Pride and Prejudice" in which she plays Elizabeth Bennet. She will also star in "Domino" as the title character.

She was to star in "Tulip Fever" [with Jude Law and Jim Broadbent] but that was cancelled. She has also been linked to Jurassic Park 5 and an as yet untitled film with George Clooney, but this still only speculation.

Keira Sites
[*] KeiraKnightley.com[*] Keira Forever[*] Keira Knightley Wavefront[*] Keira Knightley.org[*] Walking in Daydreams

Keira FANatics

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If you wish to be added to the fan list or have your own Keira site, let the thread starter know and they will add you.

Bio writen by LaraCroft01 and adapted by Switch.

In case you missed anything, the last thread is here.

Past Thread Titles

~Keira Knightley #7 - She defies the Boundaries of Elegance.
~Keira Knightley #8 - "I'm the Kick-Ass Guinevere! I'm a Warrior Smurf!"
~Keira Knightley #9: You're every man's fantasy(and woman too)!

Possible Future Titles

~She's a kickboxing, ass-kicking, guinness drinking woman!

Keira Knightley Board Request

**LaraCroft01** · 06-09-2005, 02:18 PM

Avatars (cont) (They can't fit in the first post cause it goes over the img per post limit)

by Orli'sALF

Moonlight~Pixie

PiCkLeS4dAwSoN · 06-09-2005, 04:31 PM

Aww, thanks for starting the new thread, great job!

Moonlight~Pixie · 06-09-2005, 05:00 PM

I'm not on the list, can I be added?

supergirlhero · 06-09-2005, 05:18 PM

Thanks for starting the new thread, Lara

**LaraCroft01** · 06-09-2005, 05:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Orli'sALF

Your Welcome, Your Welcome ,Your Welcome!!! I am glad to post whatever I can to keep the Keira love going.

The GMA interview was the highlight of my day when I watched it. There's been so little said regarding plot lines and everything for the sequels that it was finally a relief to get some spoilers. Keira looked very tomboyish and Orlando was dressed in leather, made my day!

The Kingdom Hearts sequel hasn't come out yet unfortunetly. It's due to come out around christmas time of this year. Trust me I'll be the first in line to get it! Apparently there's going to be a pirate's world so if you're familiar with the first game you know how the worlds are. So we'll be able to fight in the caribbean. Honorary pirates we are, lol!

I don't have the first game, I hadn't heard of this game until you told me, but now that I know I think I might look into it,a nd I will definitly be asking for the sequel for Christmas!

Sounds like such a neat game!

I think that is why I was really excited by the interview - so little is known about the Pirates of the Caribbean sequels, so to get that glimpse for plot points, even if it's not many is great! And to see Keira dressed that way is SO cool to!! That made my week, thank you so much!!!

Moonlight~Pixie You have been added!

Orli'sALF · 06-09-2005, 06:23 PM

Yeah new thread, finally! Love the title! I think we could use some 100x100 avies in the opening post. I think everyone's pretty much upgraded to bigger avies, lol!

LaraCroft01 Your welcome again!

PiCkLeS4dAwSoN To answer your question from the last thread, Kingdom Hearts is a video game for playstation 2. It has characters and worlds from the Disney films as well as from the Final Fantasy video games.

Reposting some pics:

Domino

Pride and Prejudice

**LaraCroft01** · 06-09-2005, 07:27 PM

Orli'sALF Thank you for the pics! I can't wait to see those films! I was thinking about upgrading the post to having 100x100 avs, but I don't have any...anyone wanna contribute?

Leli1013 · 06-09-2005, 07:53 PM

Hello! I haven't posted here in a while, don't know why... *looks at new Domino pic* Wow!

Look at her hips, their like, insane! How do you get that?

PiCkLeS4dAwSoN · 06-09-2005, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Orli'sALF

PiCkLeS4dAwSoN To answer your question from the last thread, Kingdom Hearts is a video game for playstation 2. It has characters and worlds from the Disney films as well as from the Final Fantasy video games.

Oh, ok, thanks for letting me know.

Moonlight~Pixie · 06-10-2005, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by LaraCroft01

Orli'sALF Thank you for the pics! I can't wait to see those films! I was thinking about upgrading the post to having 100x100 avs, but I don't have any...anyone wanna contribute?

I could contribute.

Just give me a little time to make some. Anyone else can contribute if they'd like to, also.

I watched The Hole again last night. I love that movie but Keira makes it extra special.

Moonlight~Pixie · 06-10-2005, 09:37 AM

Thanks for adding me to the list. I can't wait for her new movies.

Orli'sALF · 06-10-2005, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by LaraCroft01

Orli'sALF Thank you for the pics! I can't wait to see those films! I was thinking about upgrading the post to having 100x100 avs, but I don't have any...anyone wanna contribute?

Well I'll contribute a few I think. I've posted some of these before in the past thread.

Moonlight~Pixie · 06-10-2005, 06:28 PM

Wow, those are absolutely amazing.

Sorry for the double post earlier. My internet was acting wonky.

Moonlight~Pixie · 06-11-2005, 10:38 AM

Okay, I made some icons.