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💥Keira Christina Knightley. Born in 1985 in London, United Kingdom. She grew up in a family with an older brother. Her father worked as an actor, and her mother was a playwright. She studied at Esher College. She works as an actress, producer, and activist. Since 2013, she has been married to musician James Righton, and the couple has 2 daughters, Edie and Delilah.

🏆Main awards🏆: Oscar nomination (2006) [Pride & Prejudice], Oscar nomination (2015) [The Imitation Game], Empire (2008) [Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End]

🎬Main projects🎬: "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" (2003), "Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace" (1999), "Pride & Prejudice" (2005), "The Imitation Game" (2014), "King Arthur" (2004), "Anna Karenina" (2012), "Love Actually" (2003)

⭐Interesting fact⭐: Keira suffers from dyslexia and had difficulty reading as a child, but acting helped her overcome the barrier. Keira and actress Natalie Portman look so much alike that they are often mistaken for twins. In "Star Wars: Episode I," Keira played the double of Natalie's character, and even their mothers once confused the girls on set.

Filmography

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Interesting facts

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    Keira's grandmother and great-grandmother suffered from anorexia. Nevertheless, the actress insists that her thinness is absolutely natural.

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    Full name: Keira Christina Knightley.

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    Keira Knightley suffered from dyslexia in her youth.

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    Keira was born as a result of a bet. The essence of the bet was as follows: if Sharman, the actress's mother, who by then had given up her acting career and decided to take up playwriting, sold her first play, then a second child would appear in the Knightley family.

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    Keira has an older brother, Caleb, born in 1979.

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    The parents named the girl after the Soviet figure skater Kira Ivanova, whom her father admired; however, the mother misspelled her daughter's name when registering the birth certificate, writing "Kiera" instead of "Kira"

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    Keira dated the famous model Jamie Dornan and actor Del Synnott.

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    Her father is English, and her mother has Scottish and Welsh roots.

Family & relationships

James Ryton spouse · Children: 2

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