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Full Name: Keira Knightley
Occupation: actress,model
Date of Birth: 26 March 1985
Place of Birth: Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK
Height: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Father: Actor Will Knightley
Mother: Playwright Sharman Macdonald
Relations:Sister: Aimee Knightley (actress); ex-companions: Kyle MacLachlan (actor), James Woods (actor), Elias Koteas (actor), Stephen Hopkins (director), Edward Burns (actor)
Hair color: Blonde
Eye color: Brown
Career Start: "Bill, The" (1984) playing "Sheena Rose" in episode: "Swan Song" (episode # 1995.39) 13 April 1995

Trivia:

Daughter of actor Will Knightley.

Member of the Heathham House Youth Project.

Mother is actress-turned-author Sharman Macdonald, who wrote 'I used to scream and shout' and 'The Winter's Tale'

One brother, Caleb, born in 1979.

Trained in dancing.

The similarity between her and Natalie Portman, meant that during the filming of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), their own mothers could not tell them apart once in makeup. See more about atalie Portman

Her role as the decoy queen in Star Wars was kept secret in order to not spoil the surprise, it was maintained through the promotions that Portman played both the Queen and the decoy.

Supports West Ham United

After requesting an agent at the age of three, her parents allowed her to work on productions in her summer holidays.

Her first role was at the age of 9, in 'Moira Armstrong's' Village Affair, A (1994).

Knightley's first high profile role came in 1999, as Sabe, Decoy Queen to Natalie Portman's Queen Amidala in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999).

Movie Budgets

Pirates of the Caribbean 2 - Elizabeth Swann 2005 $140M
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl - Elizabeth Swann 2003 $125M
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace - Sabé 1999 $115M
The Jacket - Jackie 2005 $28.5M
Thunderpants - Music School Student 2002 $7M