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Keira Knightley is a British actress who began her career by appearing in commercials and television films, including The Treasure Seekers (1996), Coming Home (1998), and Oliver Twist (1999) [1] before making her major motion picture debut in the space-opera epic Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) as Padmé Amidala's handmaiden. [2] She portrayed the daughter of Robin Hood in the romantic adventure film Princess of Thieves (2001), her first starring role, and earned her breakthrough by playing a teen tomboy footballer in sports comedy Bend It Like Beckham (2002). [1] [3] A year later, Knightley rose to global stardom after appearing as Elizabeth Swann in the fantasy swashbuckler film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, co-starring Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom, for which she received two Saturn Award nominations, one for Best Supporting Actress. [4] [5]
She then appeared in the Richard Curtis-directed Christmas romance Love Actually (2003) as a woman whose fiancée's best man is secretly in love with her. [6] Knightley portrayed the daughter of an alcoholic in psychological thriller The Jacket (2005). [7] She starred as Elizabeth Bennet in Joe Wright's romantic drama Pride & Prejudice (2005), for which Knightley received her first nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role nomination, becoming the third-youngest Best Actress nominee. [8] [9] [10] The film clinched her long association with period dramas. [11] [12] She reprised her role as Swann in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007); the former is her highest-grossing release. [13] Knightley subsequently appeared in two wartime dramas; as a complex love interest in Wright's Atonement (2007), which earned her an Empire Award for Best Actress [14] [15] [16] and a jazz singer in the biopic The Edge of Love (2008). [17] She starred as eighteenth-century tastemaker Georgiana Cavendish in the drama The Duchess (2008), for which she received positive reviews. [18]
She made her theatre debut as a shallow, amorous film star in The Misanthrope, which earned Knightley her a nomination for the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Play. [19] Also on West End, she then portrayed a schoolteacher accused of lesbianism in The Children's Hour. [20] She reunited with Wright for the third time with historical romance Anna Karenina (2012), playing the titular aristocratic socialite to critical acclaim. [21] Knightley expanded into contemporary roles with musical drama Begin Again (2014), starring as an aspiring songwriter, and action thriller Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014) as a medical student. Her role as an overeducated underachiever in the rom-com Laggies (2014) was followed by a return to historical parts as cryptanalyst Joan Clarke in the drama The Imitation Game (2014), which garnered Knightley an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination. [22] The following year, she made her Broadway debut in Thérèse Raquin playing a psychotic and repressed wife. [23] Knightley appeared as the eponymous belle époque writer in biographical film Colette (2018) to positive reception. [24] [25] In wartime drama The Aftermath (2019), Knightley portrayed a cold, complex army wife. [26] She starred in succeeding political dramas as whistleblower Katharine Gun in Official Secrets (2019) and feminist Sally Alexander in Misbehaviour (2020). [27] [28]
† | Denotes series that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1993 | Screen One | Little Girl | Episode: "Royal Celebration" | |
1995 | A Village Affair | Natasha Jordan | Television film | |
The Bill | Sheena Rose | Episode: "Swan Song" | ||
1996 | The Treasure Seekers | The Princess | Television film | |
1998 | Coming Home | Young Judith Dunbar | ||
1999 | Oliver Twist | Rose Fleming | Miniseries | |
2001 | Princess of Thieves | Gwyn | Television film | |
2002 | Doctor Zhivago | Lara Antipova | Miniseries | |
2007 | Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind | Em | Television short film; voice role | |
2011 | Neverland | Tinker Bell | Miniseries; voice role | [41] |
2017 | Red Nose Day Actually | Juliet | Television short film | [42] |
TBA | Black Doves † | Helen | Netflix thriller series | [43] |
Year | Production | Role | Playwright | Theatre | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | After Juliet | Rosaline | Sharman Macdonald | Heatham House Youth Centre Twickenham, England |
[44] [45] |
2009–2010 | The Misanthrope | Jennifer (Célimène) | Molière |
Comedy Theatre London, England |
[46] |
2011 | The Children's Hour | Karen Wright | Lillian Hellman | Comedy Theatre London, England |
[47] |
2015 | Thérèse Raquin | Thérèse Raquin | Helen Edmundson |
Roundabout Theatre Company New York City, NY, U.S. |
[48] [49] |
Year | Title | Voice role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2003 | Pirates of the Caribbean | Narrator |
Year | Title | Artist(s) | Role | Director(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | "Let Her Love In" | Shock Machine ( James Righton) | The Girl with the Pink Dress | James Righton |
Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1999 | Villette | Polly |
Guest appearances
Year | Album | Track(s) |
---|---|---|
2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | "Hoist the Colours" |
2008 | The Edge of Love | "Overture / Blue Tahitian Moon" (featuring Angelo Badalamenti) |
"After the Bombing / Hang Out the Stars in Indiana" (featuring Angelo Badalamenti) | ||
"Drifting and Dreaming" (featuring Angelo Badalamenti) | ||
"Maybe It's Because I Love You Too Much" (featuring Angelo Badalamenti) | ||
2014 | Begin Again | "Tell Me If You Wanna Go Home" |
" Lost Stars" | ||
"Like a Fool" | ||
"Coming Up Roses" | ||
"A Step You Can't Take Back" | ||
"Tell Me If You Wanna Go Home (Roof Top Mix)" (featuring Hailee Steinfeld) |
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (February 2021) |
Keira Knightley is a British actress who began her career by appearing in commercials and television films, including The Treasure Seekers (1996), Coming Home (1998), and Oliver Twist (1999) [1] before making her major motion picture debut in the space-opera epic Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999) as Padmé Amidala's handmaiden. [2] She portrayed the daughter of Robin Hood in the romantic adventure film Princess of Thieves (2001), her first starring role, and earned her breakthrough by playing a teen tomboy footballer in sports comedy Bend It Like Beckham (2002). [1] [3] A year later, Knightley rose to global stardom after appearing as Elizabeth Swann in the fantasy swashbuckler film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, co-starring Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom, for which she received two Saturn Award nominations, one for Best Supporting Actress. [4] [5]
She then appeared in the Richard Curtis-directed Christmas romance Love Actually (2003) as a woman whose fiancée's best man is secretly in love with her. [6] Knightley portrayed the daughter of an alcoholic in psychological thriller The Jacket (2005). [7] She starred as Elizabeth Bennet in Joe Wright's romantic drama Pride & Prejudice (2005), for which Knightley received her first nomination for an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role nomination, becoming the third-youngest Best Actress nominee. [8] [9] [10] The film clinched her long association with period dramas. [11] [12] She reprised her role as Swann in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007); the former is her highest-grossing release. [13] Knightley subsequently appeared in two wartime dramas; as a complex love interest in Wright's Atonement (2007), which earned her an Empire Award for Best Actress [14] [15] [16] and a jazz singer in the biopic The Edge of Love (2008). [17] She starred as eighteenth-century tastemaker Georgiana Cavendish in the drama The Duchess (2008), for which she received positive reviews. [18]
She made her theatre debut as a shallow, amorous film star in The Misanthrope, which earned Knightley her a nomination for the Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Play. [19] Also on West End, she then portrayed a schoolteacher accused of lesbianism in The Children's Hour. [20] She reunited with Wright for the third time with historical romance Anna Karenina (2012), playing the titular aristocratic socialite to critical acclaim. [21] Knightley expanded into contemporary roles with musical drama Begin Again (2014), starring as an aspiring songwriter, and action thriller Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014) as a medical student. Her role as an overeducated underachiever in the rom-com Laggies (2014) was followed by a return to historical parts as cryptanalyst Joan Clarke in the drama The Imitation Game (2014), which garnered Knightley an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination. [22] The following year, she made her Broadway debut in Thérèse Raquin playing a psychotic and repressed wife. [23] Knightley appeared as the eponymous belle époque writer in biographical film Colette (2018) to positive reception. [24] [25] In wartime drama The Aftermath (2019), Knightley portrayed a cold, complex army wife. [26] She starred in succeeding political dramas as whistleblower Katharine Gun in Official Secrets (2019) and feminist Sally Alexander in Misbehaviour (2020). [27] [28]
† | Denotes series that have not yet been released |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
1993 | Screen One | Little Girl | Episode: "Royal Celebration" | |
1995 | A Village Affair | Natasha Jordan | Television film | |
The Bill | Sheena Rose | Episode: "Swan Song" | ||
1996 | The Treasure Seekers | The Princess | Television film | |
1998 | Coming Home | Young Judith Dunbar | ||
1999 | Oliver Twist | Rose Fleming | Miniseries | |
2001 | Princess of Thieves | Gwyn | Television film | |
2002 | Doctor Zhivago | Lara Antipova | Miniseries | |
2007 | Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind | Em | Television short film; voice role | |
2011 | Neverland | Tinker Bell | Miniseries; voice role | [41] |
2017 | Red Nose Day Actually | Juliet | Television short film | [42] |
TBA | Black Doves † | Helen | Netflix thriller series | [43] |
Year | Production | Role | Playwright | Theatre | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1999 | After Juliet | Rosaline | Sharman Macdonald | Heatham House Youth Centre Twickenham, England |
[44] [45] |
2009–2010 | The Misanthrope | Jennifer (Célimène) | Molière |
Comedy Theatre London, England |
[46] |
2011 | The Children's Hour | Karen Wright | Lillian Hellman | Comedy Theatre London, England |
[47] |
2015 | Thérèse Raquin | Thérèse Raquin | Helen Edmundson |
Roundabout Theatre Company New York City, NY, U.S. |
[48] [49] |
Year | Title | Voice role | Notes | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|
2003 | Pirates of the Caribbean | Narrator |
Year | Title | Artist(s) | Role | Director(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | "Let Her Love In" | Shock Machine ( James Righton) | The Girl with the Pink Dress | James Righton |
Year | Title | Voice role | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
1999 | Villette | Polly |
Guest appearances
Year | Album | Track(s) |
---|---|---|
2007 | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End | "Hoist the Colours" |
2008 | The Edge of Love | "Overture / Blue Tahitian Moon" (featuring Angelo Badalamenti) |
"After the Bombing / Hang Out the Stars in Indiana" (featuring Angelo Badalamenti) | ||
"Drifting and Dreaming" (featuring Angelo Badalamenti) | ||
"Maybe It's Because I Love You Too Much" (featuring Angelo Badalamenti) | ||
2014 | Begin Again | "Tell Me If You Wanna Go Home" |
" Lost Stars" | ||
"Like a Fool" | ||
"Coming Up Roses" | ||
"A Step You Can't Take Back" | ||
"Tell Me If You Wanna Go Home (Roof Top Mix)" (featuring Hailee Steinfeld) |