Biographic - Sunday December 25, 2005 Comic Strip Licensing and Permissions

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Keira Knightley Not only is she one of the most acclaimed young actresses in movies today, regularly topping the lists of the most beautiful women in the world. Keira Knightley also sounds fabulous! In a poll to the royal national institute for the blind to celebrate 70 years of it's taking books service, she was second only to Sir Sean Connery! Keira Knightly was born in London on March 26, 1985. Her dad is an actor and her mother is a playwright, so it was no surprise that Keira began acting at an early age, appearing in numerous british tv productions. At 14, she was cast as Sabe, Queen Padme Amidala's decoy, in "Star Wars: Episode 1- The Phantom Menance." A starring role as Robin Hood's daughter in Disney's "Princess of Thieves" was followed by the thriller "The Hole." In the summer of 2001, while studying for school exams, 16-year-old Keira filmed the low-budget "Bend It Like Beckham" the following year she was cast in "Love Actually" and starred in a lavish TV production of "Doctor Zhivago" before these productions saw the light of day, she landed the role that would make her a worldwide star- as Elizabeth Swan opposite Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom in "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" released in the summer of 2003, the movie was a global smash, taking in more than $300 million at the box office. At the same time, thanks to great word of mouth, "Bend It Like Beckham" became the unlikely sleeper hit of the year. since then, Keira's star has continued to rise, thanks to leading roles in the likes of "King Arthur" "The Jacket" "Pride & Prejudice" and "Domino"

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