Keira Knightley

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Keira Christina Knightley was born on March 26, 1985 in Teddington, Middlesex, UK. Her mother is Sharman Macdonald the award-winning playwright. Her father is Will Knightley, the English theatre and television actor. She has one older brother.

She began her career as a child actress at the age of seven. She played a TV role in Royal Celebration and The Bill. Her US blockbuster role came when she was cast as Princess Amidala's decoy in Star Wars, The Phantom Menace. She looked strikingly like Natalie Portman, and thus was the perfect person for the role. She also appeared in several blockbuster movie hits, such as, Bend It Like Beckham and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl with Johnny Dep. Her most notable role to date, however, was in the film Love Actually opposite Hugh Grant. She won an Oscar nomination for the film.

She has just gotten her stride as an actress and has said she wants to be careful about the roles she takes. She does not want to become typecast. She is the new face of Coco Chanel, replacing Kate Moss in the position.

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