KEIRA KNIGHTLEY BIOGRAPHY:
Date of birth
26. March 1985 Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK
Birth Name
Keira Christina Knightley
Height
5 "7" (1.70 m)
Mini Biography
Daughter of actor Will Knightley and playwright Sharman Macdonald. After she requested an agent at age three, her parents allowed her to work on productions in her summer holidays. Her first role was at age 9, in Moira Armstrong is a village Affair (1995) (TV). But Knightley's first high profile role came in 1999, as Sabe, Decoy Queen to Natalie Portman, Queen Amidala in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). Since then she has completed an impressive array of films including The Hole (2001), but is probably best known for his role as tomboy footballer Jules Paxton in Gurinder Chadha's Bend It Like Beckham (2002).
26. March 1985 Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK
Birth Name
Keira Christina Knightley
Height
5 "7" (1.70 m)
Mini Biography
Daughter of actor Will Knightley and playwright Sharman Macdonald. After she requested an agent at age three, her parents allowed her to work on productions in her summer holidays. Her first role was at age 9, in Moira Armstrong is a village Affair (1995) (TV). But Knightley's first high profile role came in 1999, as Sabe, Decoy Queen to Natalie Portman, Queen Amidala in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999). Since then she has completed an impressive array of films including The Hole (2001), but is probably best known for his role as tomboy footballer Jules Paxton in Gurinder Chadha's Bend It Like Beckham (2002).