Keira Knightley

Keira Knightley earned my respect by playing a long game. She could have coasted on blockbuster fame in her teens; instead she kept choosing period dramas and independent films that demanded actual acting, collecting two Academy Award nominations and an OBE along the way. I find her screen presence fascinating because there is a flinty, modern intelligence in her that cuts through corsets and candlelight, which is exactly why she dominates the costume drama as a genre. She strikes me as an actress who treats celebrity as a side effect rather than a goal, and that discipline shows in nearly everything she touches.

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Name (English)

Keira Knightley

Name (Japanese)

キーラ・ナイトレイ

Reading

きーら・ないとれい

Born

March 26, 1985 (age 41)

Origin

Teddington, United Kingdom

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor / voice actor / stage actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Ox

University

Esher College

Awards & achievements

• 2006 Teen Choice Award for Choice Hissy Fit
• 2008 Empire Award for Best Actress
• Empire Awards
• Officer of the Order of the British Empire
• Jupiter Awards

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/keiraknightley/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keira%20Knightley
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A4
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42581

Tags

• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.