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Keira Knightley #22- Because she was a ballsy school girl!
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. 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. Upcoming Keira Projects The Edge of Love Atonement Silk Keira will star in Silk with Michael Pitt, directed by Francois Girard from the novella by Alessandro Baricco. Filming will start in mid-2006. Read the the synopsis of Silk here. NOTEABLE ROLES Jules Paxton Bend It Like Beckham Elizabeth Swann Pirates of the Caribbean Curse of the Black Pearl Dead Man's Chest At World's End Guinevere King Arthur Elizabeth Bennet Pride & Prejudice KEIRA SITES KeiraKnightley.com Keira Forever Keira Knightley Wavefront Keira Knightley.org Walking in Daydreams KEIRA LJ COMMUNITIES _____keiraholics keira daily keira_icons keira knightley fans 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. -Louise- 50. **ellie** 51. JessicaMcCartney 52. PiCkLeS4dAwSoN 53. hege_k_t 54. Moonlight~Pixie 55. MartyRoryFan 56. ladyle 57. -Abigail- 58. sweet_lynn 59. DreamWalker 60. Butterflygirl 61. paigepp-charmed 62. addicted2theOC 63. Love_Shane_West 64. Honey-Girl 65. xburningbrightx 66. MarstersAngel 67. Anique 68. Silver`eYe 69. Cela 70. Pottyaboutharry 71. DeadMenTales 72. bbcountry 73. M.I.S.S.Y 74. electricpeppers 75. sherylle 76. Ryan-Marissa<3 77. HarryPotterHermioneFan 78. mhjl_10 79. earthling 80. LPisKiller90 81. Jsebold87 82. Kenjigirl 83. Sark and Draco Lover 84. diavoletta89 85. liltashaq 86. ashleyt 87. DiagonalZipper 88. cannonfloat 89. Insanitic 90. *Lucy_In_The_Sky* 91. R2Roswell 92. StubbornWhite 93. Only Hope 94. mariem201 95. SergeantPepper 96. PirateWizard 97. CaughtInTheMoment 98. Brittmyster 99. crunchydictator 100. Ghost.Of.You 101. - Tina - 102. meatwood 103. andiemurphy 104. rtms 105. KK-cooer 106. is_love 107. Amy Lee__ 108. xXxCaycexXx 109. krizzteh 110. simplyinfatuated 111. milleca 112. Nymph Marty 113. Ruby_Slippers 114. Nadja_S 115. xslayagex 116. misst89 117. Leneoth 118. Tru Davies 119. Ms_Melika 120. Amy_UK 121. cinnamoncookie 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. CREDITS Bio writen by LaraCroft01 and adapted by Switch. Art by mhjl_10 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)! ~Keira Knightley # 10: "Beauty without Grace is the Fish Without Bait" (R.W. Emerson) ~Keira Knightley #11 - Because she's an Academy Award Nominee for Best Actress! ~Keira Knightley #12- Because she gets to kiss sexy pirates! ~Keira Knightley #13- Because she's an ass-kicking, Guiness-drinking woman! ~Keira Knightley #14- Oscar Nominee & She's Got Style! ~Keira Knightley #15- Because she's taken us through time ~Keira Knightley #16- Because we don't need Atonement for being her fans ~Keira Knightley #17- Because she's got the body of a babe and the mouth of a sailor! ~Keira Knightley #18- Oscar nod or not, she gets our vote! ~Keira Knightley #19 - Because She Has Us On "The Edge of Love"! ~Keira Knightley #20- Make way, the Duchess is here! ~Keira Knightley #21 - We'd Go "At World's End" and Beyond for Her! Join the campaign! here. Let's get her a board, shall we? __________________
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Thanks for starting the new thread!!
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you're very welcome!
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thanks for the new thread, love it
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no problemo, caycee!
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. the 'edge of love' came out Thursday here so im erally hoping to see that, it looks amazing
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ack..you're lucky!!! tell me if it's good...
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I will. im hoping to see it this weekend. is it out where you live?
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i dont think it's out here in NYC or anywhere in the states.
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aww thats no good, i hope you get it soon
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i do too. otherwise, it'll be straight to DVD.
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I really want to see EofL. I can't wait till it gets here either on DVD or in the theatre!
I really need to update the bio! I will one of these days! Where does the title come from? __________________
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lara, i've been wanting to update the opening post. and the title's inspired from one of her early movies, "the hole"...i saw some clips of it on youtube...and gotta say...girl had guts.
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I never saw 'the hole' but from what I've heart she's freaking amazing in it.
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there's clips of it on youtube. there's a scene where she just storms the boys' locker room/showers like nothing. her death scene was a little freaky, though....
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