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Keira Knightley

Keira Knightley
Born 26 March 1985, in Teddington, Middlesex

Wise Words: "I don't think I can call myself an actress yet. I just don't think my skill level is that high. I hope that with every job it gets better. But until I'm good, I can say I'm trying to be an actor, but I don't think I've completely made it."

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Keira Christina Knightley

Keira Knightley has appeared in several Hollywood films and earned an Academy Award nomination for her role as Elizabeth Bennet in Joe Wright's 2005 adaptation of Jane Austen's novel Pride and Prejudice. She has also received critical praise for her newest role as Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, in 'The Duchess'.




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Keira Knightley - news / articles


  • Knightley-starring anti-domestic violence advert banned - 27 April 2009
    -An anti-domestic violence advert starring Keira Knightley has been banned from television after it was branded too violent by advertising censors.- -The Atonement star plays an actress returning home from a film set to be confronted by a violent boyfriend who accuses he


  • Winstone and Knightley to play lovers - 14 April 2009
    -Ray Winstone and Keira Knightley are set to play unlikely lovers in a new gangster movie.- -The pair has signed to star alongside Colin Farrell and Anna Friel in London Boulevard, The Departed screenwriter William Monahan's directorial debut.- - Winstone will play a cr


  • Miller & Knightley's nights in - 22 March 2009
    -Actresses Sienna Miller and Keira Knightley shunned the Hollywood lifestyle while shooting a movie together - they preferred crossword puzzles to crazy nights out.- -The duo lived together on location in Wales while filming Dylan Thomas biopic The Edge Of Love in 2007.

Keira Knightley - what members say


  • Doctor Zhivago
  • Doctor Zhivago review by A customer from UK
    Rated - 5 stars Customer Review 23 June 2008
    ...terpart. But this is a minor issue given spot-on performances by Hans Matheson, Keira Knightley and Sam Neill. The musical score by Ludovico Einaudi perfectly suits the sensat...  
  • Love Actually
  • Love Actually review by A customer from newcastle
    Rated - 3 stars Decent 3 January 2005
    ...Thompson, Laura Linney + a few more. Was not as keen on the plot circled around Keira Knightley and it's sad that some of the best scenes in the film were deleted, as seen on ...  

Keira Knightley - filmography


  • The Duchess on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Keira Knightley,  Ralph Fiennes,  Hayley Atwell
    Director: Saul Dibb
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Like her direct descendent Princess Diana, Georgina Duchess of Devonshire was a glamorous royal, much loved by the public. While her attractiveness and charm afforded her popularity, the intelligent and vulnerable Duchess was trapped within a loveless marriage to one of the country's richest men. ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 25,798 members
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  • The Edge of Love on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Keira Knightley,  Matthew Rhys,  Cillian Murphy
    Director: John Maybury
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Set against a backdrop of London during World War II, THE EDGE OF LOVE tells the story of a love triangle that forms between renowned poet Dylan Thomas (Matthew Rhys), his young, sultry wife, Cat ( Sienna Miller) and old flame Keira Knightley.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 17,249 members
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  • Atonement - HD DVD Version (2007)
    Starring: Keira Knightley,  James McAvoy,  Romola Garai
    Director: Joe Wright
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Fledgling writer Briony Tallis, as a 13-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's (Keira Knightley) lover (James McAvoy) of a crime he did not commit. Based on the British romance novel by Ian McEwan.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 709 members
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  • Silk on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Sei Ashina,  Michael Pitt,  Tony Vogel
    Director: Francois Girard
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The story of a married silkworm merchant-turned-smuggler in 19th century France traveling to Japan for his town's supply of silkworms after a disease wipes out their African supply. During his stay in Japan, he becomes obsessed with the concubine of a local baron.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 4,990 members
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  • Atonement on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Keira Knightley,  James McAvoy,  Romola Garai
    Director: Joe Wright
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Fledgling writer Briony Tallis, as a 13-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's (Keira Knightley) lover (James McAvoy) of a crime he did not commit. Based on the British romance novel by Ian McEwan.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 84,247 members
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  • Pride and Prejudice on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Keira Knightley,  Matthew MacFadyen,  Brenda Blethyn
    Director: Joe Wright
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    This version of Jane Austen's fiercely beloved novel has the daunting task of living up not only to the classic book, but also to the excellent 1995 miniseries of the same name. Yet 2005's Pride & Prejudice is up to the task, thanks to lively pacing, a witty script, an excellent cast, and clever ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 42,049 members
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  • Domino on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Keira Knightley,  Mickey Rourke,  Edgar Ramirez
    Director: Tony Scott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The already larger-than-life story of Domino Harvey, a former Ford model turned bounty hunter, takes on mythological proportions in Tony Scott's (TRUE ROMANCE, MAN ON FIRE) fast-paced action thriller. Unfolding in a non-linear fashion as a bloodied Domino (Kiera Knightley) is interrogated by iron-..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 38,696 members
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  • King Arthur on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Clive Owen,  Ioan Gruffudd,  Keira Knightley
    Director: Antoine Fuqua
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Combining the historical appeal and epic sequences of films like GLADIATOR and BRAVEHEART, director Antoine Fuqua (TRAINING DAY) and producer Jerry Bruckheimer provide a sleek twist on the King Arthur legend. Arthur (Clive Owen), a brave Roman/British Christian warrior who leads his band of pagan ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 50,853 members
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  • Pure on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Molly Parker,  Keira Knightley,  Harry Eden
    Director: Gillies Mackinnon
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    From the director of HIDEOUS KINKY and TV's acclaimed THE LAST OF THE BLOND BOMBSHELLS comes this powerful drama that sees a mother battling and succumbing to heroin-addiction while trying to bring up her ten year old son. A film that is coldly realistic and rightly a harrowing experience that ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,391 member
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  • Love Actually - BLU-RAY Version (2003)
    Starring: Hugh Grant,  Liam Neeson,  Colin Firth
    Director: Richard Curtis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Written and directed by Richard Curtis and produced by Duncan Kenworthy (the team behind NOTTING HILL and FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL) this zingy Brit-com weaves a vivid crazy quilt of interlocking or unrelated vignettes all dealing with the subject of love over the Christmas holidays in London. ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 267 members
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  • Love Actually on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Hugh Grant,  Liam Neeson,  Colin Firth
    Director: Richard Curtis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Written and directed by Richard Curtis and produced by Duncan Kenworthy (the team behind NOTTING HILL and FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL) this zingy Brit-com weaves a vivid crazy quilt of interlocking or unrelated vignettes all dealing with the subject of love over the Christmas holidays in London. ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 76,575 members
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  • Doctor Zhivago (2 discs) on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Sam Neill,  Chris Marshall,  Hans Matheson
    Director: Giacomo Campiotti
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A young married man Yury Zhivago falls in love with a Lara. Meanwhile Lara attempts to escape from her lover Komarovsky.This television mini-series, based on Boris Pasternak's romantic novel, set amid the atrocious, bloody events of the Russian Revolution, stars Hans Matheson as Yury Zhivago and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 948 members
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  • Princess Of Thieves (2001)
    Starring: David Barrass,  Malcolm McDowell,  Keira Knightley
    Director: Peter Hewitt
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Sherwood Forest has a courageous new hero -- Gwyn, the daughter of Robin Hood -- in this thrilling new adventure packed with swashbuckling fun for the whole family. Possessing the cunning skills of her legendary father and the beauty and intelligence of her mother Marion, Gwyn (Keira Knightley, ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 23 members
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  • Oliver Twist (2 discs) on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Sam Smith,  Julie Walters,  Keira Knightley
    Director: Renny Rye
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This version of the classic Charles Dickens novel OLIVER TWIST is a television mini-series that sees the titular character run away to London and fall in with a gang of pickpockets before being taken in by the charitable Mr Brownlow.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 137 members
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Keira Knightley - watch online


  • The Edge Of Love to Watch Now (2008)
    Starring: Keira Knightley,  Sienna Miller,  Cillian Murphy
    Director: John Maybury
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Watch now: £3.49
    Run time: 106 minutes
    The passion and pathos of legendary poet Dylan Thomas is told through the lives of these two women. Vera Phillips and Dylan were childhood sweethearts in their homeland Wales. Ten years later the two meet again in war-time London. She's working as a singer whilst he's churning out propaganda ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 13 members
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