Knightley has appeared in several Hollywood films and earned nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress and Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her role as Elizabeth Bennet in Joe Wright’s 2005 adaptation of Jane Austen’s novel Pride and Prejudice. in 2008, Forbes claimed Knightley to be the second highest paid actress in Hollywood, having reportedly earned $32 million in 2007, making her the only non-American on the list of highest paid actresses. Her first role was “Little Girl” in Royal Celebration, a 1993 TV movie. She later starred in 1995′s Innocent Lies and 1998′s Coming Home. Sabé’s dialogue was dubbed over with Natalie Portman’s voice. in the same year, she also was in the movie Pure, in which she portrays a pregnant teenager who is a heroin addict and had a child taken by social services.

‘na?tli/; born 26 March 1985) is an English actress and model. in 2008, Forbes claimed Knightley to be the second highest paid actress in Hollywood, having reportedly earned $32 million in 2007, making her the only non-American on the list of highest paid actresses. Knightley was born in Teddington, London, England, the daughter of Sharman MacDonald, an award-winning playwright, and Will Knightley, a theatre and television actor. She requested an agent as early as the age of three and got one when she turned six, from her mother as a reward for studying hard. Keira Knightley appeared in several television films in the mid to late 1990s–as well as ITV1′s The Bill–before being cast as Sabé, Padmé Amidala’s decoy, in the 1999 science fiction blockbuster Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Sabé’s dialogue was dubbed over with Natalie Portman’s voice. After Bend It Like Beckham’s UK release raised her profile, she was cast in the big budget action film, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (along with Orlando Bloom and Johnny Depp) which was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and opened in July 2003 to positive reviews and high box office grosses, becoming one of the biggest hits of summer 2003 and cementing Knightley as the new “It” girl.

Quote of the Day “It’s difficult to be in love because your expectations are so high. But I believe in love and romance very deeply. I think that as you learn more about yourself, you also learn to be more caring and vulnerable to the man you love.”- Keira Knightly on love to UK’s OK Magazine[Image via WENN.] [link]