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Keira Christina Knightley (;〔See (Pronunciation of Keira Knightley ).〕 born 26 March 1985) is an English actress. She began acting as a child on television and made her film debut in 1995. She had a supporting role as Sabé in ''Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace'' (1999) and her first significant role came in the psychological horror film ''The Hole'' (2001). She gained widespread recognition in 2002 after co-starring in the film ''Bend It Like Beckham'' and achieved international fame in 2003 after appearing as Elizabeth Swann in the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' film series. Since the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' films, Knightley has become known for starring in period drama films such as ''Pride & Prejudice'' (2005), ''Atonement'' (2007), ''Silk'' (2007), ''The Duchess'' (2008), ''A Dangerous Method'' (2011), and ''Anna Karenina'' (2012). She has also appeared in a variety of genres of Hollywood films, including the romantic comedy ''Love Actually'' (2003), as Guinevere in the historical action ''King Arthur'' (2004), the psychological thriller ''The Jacket'' (2005), biographical action ''Domino'' (2005), the historical drama ''The Edge of Love'' (2008), the film noir ''London Boulevard'' (2010), the dystopian science fiction ''Never Let Me Go'' (2010), the romantic drama ''Last Night'' (2010), and the dark comedy ''Seeking a Friend for the End of the World'' (2012). Knightley earned nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress and the 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''. Two years later she was nominated again for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, as well as the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in Wright's ''Atonement''. In its 2008 list, ''Forbes'' identified Knightley as the second highest-paid actress in Hollywood, with reported earnings of US$32 million in 2007, making her the only non-American on the list of highest-paid actresses that year. In 2014, Knightley appeared in four films: the action thriller ''Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit'', the musical comedy-drama ''Begin Again'', the romantic comedy ''Laggies'' and the historical thriller ''The Imitation Game''. For her performance as Joan Clarke in the latter film, she was nominated for a Golden Globe, a SAG, a BAFTA Award, and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. In October 2015, Knightley will make her Broadway debut in the title role of ''Thérèse Raquin''. == Early life == Knightley was born in Teddington, London, England, the daughter of Sharman Macdonald, an actress turned playwright, and Will Knightley, an actor. Her Scottish-born mother is of Scottish and Welsh descent, while her father is English. She was meant to be named "Kiera", after the Russian ice skater, Kira Ivanova, but her mother misspelled the name when she went to register her. She has an older brother, Caleb. Knightley lived in Richmond, attending Stanley Junior School, Teddington School and Esher College.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thebiographychannel.co.uk/biographies/keira-knightley.html )〕 She requested an agent at the age of three. At six it was noticed that she was dyslexic but by eleven, with her parents' support and much tuition, Knightley says "they deemed me to have got over it sufficiently", though she is still a slow reader and can't sight-read. Knightley has noted that she was "single-minded about acting" during her childhood. She performed in a number of local amateur productions, which included ''After Juliet'' written by her mother, and ''United States'' written by her drama teacher, Ian McShane.〔Knightley's drama teacher, Ian McShane, is not the same person as Ian McShane the actor.〕 She focused on art, history, and English literature while at Esher, but left after a year to focus on her acting.〔''Biography Today,'' p .84〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Keira Knightley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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