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| Master Fan   Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 23,209
| Keira Knightley #9: You're every man's fantasy(and woman too)!  ** Banner by Switch. Keira 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 01. Switch 02. LaraCroft01 03. BehrlyHuman 04. LiL_Starzz 05. WinterPolaris 06. reza 07. *Sarahrooie* 08. D's Girl 09. Tari Isilra 10. JavaJunkie01 11. ~*~Hopeless Romantic~*~ 12. ~Clumsy_Lover~ 13. youdodoodletoo 14. ~*Jade*~ 15. ~AIR~ 16. Floegirl 17. amore85 18. ?? 19. truelovepj 20. zales00 21. MARIAROCKS000 22. Josh'sTexasGal 23. cablenathan 24. In Fair Verona 25. RoswellQueen 26. Ice Queen follower 27. Luthien Ancalimë 28. Tery 29. *GiRl WiTh No NaMe* 30. Mynois16 31. Kat B 32. Orli'sALF 33. WBgal126 34. + - ReD - + 35. abby-anne 36. ashleyboreanaz 37. *Rach* 38. Colin James 39. AfterDark 40. supergirlhero 41. _Annie_ 42. BreathofJasmine 43. ComeAwayWithMe 44. ~OneTreeHill~ 45. Angela12 46. *CinCin* 47. randomalien13 48. Niffler 49. lh2005 50. **ellie** 51. JessicaMcCartney 52. PiCkLeS4dAwSoN 53. hege_k_t 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!" Possible Future Titles ~She's a kickboxing, ass-kicking, guinness drinking woman! ~"Beauty without Grace is the Fish Without Bait" (quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson) Keira Knightley Board Request __________________ Every song ends, but that's no reason not to enjoy the music. Last edited by supergirlhero : 06-07-2005 at 05:47 PM. | |||
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| Ultimate Fan   | Avatars (cont) (They can't fit in the first post cause it goes over the img per post limit) by Switch (cont).            by reza.         __________________ RIP Paul Newman chosenxone @ LJ made my iconA True Talent and Role Model. He Will Be Sorely Missed. As of February 2008 the "Newman's Own" franchise has resulted in over $250 million in donations to worthwhile causes. | |||
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| Ultimate Fan | Great job with starting the thread May!  Could you put this: ~Keira Knightley #7 - She defies the Boundries of Elegance. under previously used titles? Thanks!  __________________ RIP Paul Newman chosenxone @ LJ made my iconA True Talent and Role Model. He Will Be Sorely Missed. As of February 2008 the "Newman's Own" franchise has resulted in over $250 million in donations to worthwhile causes. | |||
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| Master Fan Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 23,209
| Did it, Lara Thanks  Can you edit the thread title to read: You're every man's fantasy (and every woman's too)! If it doesn't exist the word count, that is Its the OC in me  __________________ Every song ends, but that's no reason not to enjoy the music. | |||
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| Ultimate Fan | Thank you! Sure thing! I'll do it now! What do you mean by this: Quote:
__________________ RIP Paul Newman chosenxone @ LJ made my iconA True Talent and Role Model. He Will Be Sorely Missed. As of February 2008 the "Newman's Own" franchise has resulted in over $250 million in donations to worthwhile causes. | |||
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| Master Fan Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 23,209
| Sorry! Double post  Sorry, there was a missing word. I meant to say: If it doesn't exceed the word count  Jeez, my mind is in a really bad state.__________________ Every song ends, but that's no reason not to enjoy the music. Last edited by supergirlhero : 09-17-2004 at 05:25 AM. | |||
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| Ultimate Fan | Double post? Where?  Ah okay, that's okay we all have moments like that!  We need a few pics:    __________________ RIP Paul Newman chosenxone @ LJ made my iconA True Talent and Role Model. He Will Be Sorely Missed. As of February 2008 the "Newman's Own" franchise has resulted in over $250 million in donations to worthwhile causes. Last edited by LaraCroft01 : 09-17-2004 at 05:34 PM. | |||
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| Part-Time Fan  Joined: May 2004
Posts: 236
| Has anyone heard anything on Keira in the second PotC? __________________ The reason there's so many problems with religion in the world is because people take literally what were symbolic elements. They all believe the same thing essentially and yet they're willing to die about the details. But religion, myth and fairytales need to be reinvented and those who manage to do that cleverly are the ones who are saving us from ourselves. -Viggo Mortensen Nathan and Haley Scott lNathan: I realized that if I'm going to live in the moment, I just wanna live in it with you. | |||
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| Ultimate Fan | I read somewhere that she might get 12.5 million for both films, and that they'll film them back to back most likely, but I haven't to much about them otherwise.  __________________ RIP Paul Newman chosenxone @ LJ made my iconA True Talent and Role Model. He Will Be Sorely Missed. As of February 2008 the "Newman's Own" franchise has resulted in over $250 million in donations to worthwhile causes. | |||
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| Master Fan Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 23,209
| Picture of young Keira from A Village Affair:  And from Innocent Lies:  The future Guinevere and Princess of Thieves:  And from DVDAnswers: Quote:
 __________________ Every song ends, but that's no reason not to enjoy the music. | |||
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| Dedicated Fan  Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 691
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| Total Fan  Joined: Dec 2002
Posts: 7,480
|  New thread!I haven't been here a while... RL got in the way.Still haven't seen KA, but it should be hitting the cinemas here in a week or so. Lovely pics supergirlhero & LaraCroft! __________________ ~Maja | LiveJournal icon credit: sammyitaly Deep in the heart of England... lives a legend... | |||
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| Total Fan  Joined: Sep 2002
Posts: 7,709
| Yay new thread! Can I be added to the list please? Love the new pics...her hair looks nice in that lighter shade. __________________ Where is the moment when we need it the most You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost They tell me your blue sky's faded to grey They tell me your passion's gone away And I don't need no carrying on | |||
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| Master Fan Joined: Dec 2000
Posts: 23,209
| Will add you in a bit, Pav Apparently, Bend it Like Beckham was shown in North Korea at the Pyongyang International Film Festival. Diplomacy at its finest, eh? __________________ Every song ends, but that's no reason not to enjoy the music. | |||
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I know what you mean. Real life is such a drag 
