Keira Christina Knightley was born on the 26th of March, 1985 in Teddington, London, England. She is an English actress who is mostly known for her work in Pride & Prejudice as Elizabeth Bennet in 2005. Her other works include working as Elizabeth Swann in the Pirates of the Caribbean movie series, 2014 movie The Imitation Game in which she played Joan Clarke and 2011 movie A Dangerous Method in which she played the role of Sabina Spielrein. She has been one of the highest paid actresses in Hollywood. In 2008, she was the second highest paid actress in Hollywood and the only non-American to make the top.
Keira Knightley Religion
Keira has given multiple public statements and has a long record of being in the limelight but she has never talked about her faith or religion. She does not have any social media account or an official website so it is hard to pin down what her beliefs might be however if we were to guess, we'd say that she is Christian.
Keira Knightly Political Views
Keira hasn't really made very many political statements in the public until a very recent. With the 2016 US Presidential Elections, a lot of people who would generally not get involved in politics got involved and Keira seems to be one of them. According to a Washington Post article, she was proud when he daughter of 1-year-old said "F**k!" when Donald Trump was declared the President elect. Going by that, we'd say that she is a pretty liberal person and doesn't like or support views of US President Donald Trump.
Who is she dating?
Keira began dating Irish actor Del Synnott in 2001 whom she met on the set of Princess of Thieves and they broke up in 2003.
She then dated Northern Irish model and actor Jamie Dornan from 2003 to 2005.
After breaking up with Jamie, she started dating her co-star in Pride & Prejudice, Rupert Friend from 2005 to 2010.
She then got into a relationship with English musician James Righton since February 2011. They married each other on 4th of May, 2013. They have a daughter together who was born in London on the 26th of May, 2015.
Keira Knightley Hobbies
Keira has called herself a pretty lazy person. She does like to draw and paint but says that she is not very good at it. She likes watching TV and has said that the only exercise she does is rolling over and turning on the TV.
Interesting Facts
Keira is a supporter of the Football(Soccer) club West Ham United.
She has suffered from dyslexia all her life and does not have any idea how to operate a computer. She had to wear special glasses in her younger years to help her read.
She loves to collect shoes and says that if she likes a shoe by the looks of it, she'll buy it, regardless if it fits her or not.
The meaning of her first name is "dark". Her mother wanted her first name to spell "Kiera" but mispelled it and it has remained so since then.
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