Keira Knightley
Actor
Keira Christina Knightley (born 26 March 1985) is an English actress and model. She began acting as a child and came to international prominence in 2002 after co-starring in the films Bend It Like Beckham and Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. 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. Two years later she again was nominated 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 Atonement. 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.
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Misbehaviour (2020)
As: Sally Alexander
A group of women hatch a plan to disrupt the 1970 Miss World beauty competition in London.
Directed by: Philippa Lowthorpe
Stars: Keira Knightley | Rhys Ifans | Lesley Manville | Gugu Mbatha-Raw | Jessie Buckley
Official Secrets (2019)
As: Katharine Gun
The true story of British intelligence whistleblower Katharine Gun who—prior to the 2003 Iraq invasion—leaked a top-secret NSA memo exposing a joint US-UK illegal spying operation against members of the UN Security Council. The memo proposed blackmailing member states into voting for war.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Gavin Hood
Stars: Keira Knightley | Ralph Fiennes | Matt Smith | Matthew Goode | Indira Varma
The Aftermath (2019)
As: Rachael Morgan
In the aftermath of World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German widower who lives with them.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: James Kent
Stars: Keira Knightley | Alexander Skarsgård | Alexander Scheer | Jason Clarke | Fionn O'Shea
Berlin, I Love You (2019)
As: Jane
An anthology feature of 10 stories of romance set in the German capital.
Runtime: 120 min.
Directed by: Massy Tadjedin | Dianna Agron | Til Schweiger | Josef Rusnak | Daniel Lwowski | Dani Levy | Dennis Gansel | Justin Franklin | Fernando Eimbcke | Peter Chelsom
Stars: Diego Luna | Keira Knightley | Helen Mirren | Jim Sturgess | Patrick Dempsey
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018)
As: Sugar Plum Fairy
A young girl is transported into a magical world of gingerbread soldiers and an army of mice.
Directed by: Lasse Hallström | Joe Johnston
Stars: Morgan Freeman | Keira Knightley | Helen Mirren | Matthew Macfadyen | Mackenzie Foy
Colette (2018)
As: Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette
French novelist, Colette, overcomes an abusive marriage to emerge as a leading writer in her country and a candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Runtime: 111 min.
Directed by: Wash Westmoreland
Stars: Keira Knightley | Denise Gough | Fiona Shaw | Dominic West | Aiysha Hart
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
As: Elizabeth Swann
Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Capt. Jack Sparrow feels the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost sailors led by his old nemesis, the evil Capt. Salazar, escape from the Devil's Triangle. Jack's only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, but to find it, he must forge an uneasy alliance with a brilliant and beautiful ...
Runtime: 129 min.
Directed by: Espen Sandberg | Joachim Rønning
Stars: Kaya Scodelario | Geoffrey Rush | Johnny Depp | Javier Bardem | Brenton Thwaites
Red Nose Day Actually (2017)
As: Juliet
Fourteen years after the events of the first film, a series of encounters between people in Britain reminds us that in these different times Love, actually exists.
Runtime: 15 min.
Directed by: Mat Whitecross | Richard Curtis
Stars: Keira Knightley | Colin Firth | Liam Neeson | Hugh Grant | Rowan Atkinson
Collateral Beauty (2016)
As: Amy Moore
Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: David Frankel
Stars: Edward Norton | Kate Winslet | Helen Mirren | Michael Peña | Will Smith
Everest (2015)
As: Jan Arnold
Inspired by the incredible events surrounding a treacherous attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain, "Everest" documents the awe-inspiring journey of two different expeditions challenged beyond their limits by one of the fiercest snowstorms ever encountered by mankind. Their mettle tested by the harshest of elements found on the planet, the climbers will face nearly impossible obstacles ...
Runtime: 121 min.
Directed by: Baltasar Kormákur
Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal | John Hawkes | Sam Worthington | Josh Brolin | Jason Clarke
The Imitation Game (2014)
As: Joan Clarke
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.
Runtime: 114 min.
Directed by: Morten Tyldum
Stars: Keira Knightley | Allen Leech | Benedict Cumberbatch | Matthew Goode | Rory Kinnear
Laggies (2014)
As: Megan Burch
Overeducated and underemployed, 28 year old Megan is in the throes of a quarterlife crisis. Squarely into adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to think about her future and no one to relate to, Megan is comfortable lagging a few steps behind - while her friends check off milestones and celebrate their new grown-up status. When her high-school sweetheart proposes, Megan panics and- ...
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: Lynn Shelton
Stars: Keira Knightley | Sam Rockwell | Ellie Kemper | Chloë Grace Moretz | Kaitlyn Dever
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014)
As: Cathy Muller
Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Kenneth Branagh
Stars: Keira Knightley | Chris Pine | Kevin Costner | Kenneth Branagh | Lenn Kudrjawizki
Begin Again (2013)
As: Gretta James
A long lost music producer finds a singer-songwriter right about the moment he has given up all hope on life.
Runtime: 104 min.
Directed by: John Carney
Stars: Keira Knightley | Catherine Keener | Mark Ruffalo | Hailee Steinfeld | Adam Levine
Once Upon a Time... (2013)
As: Gabrielle Chanel
In 1913, designer Coco Chanel opens her first boutique in the French city of Deauville.
Runtime: 18 min.
Directed by: Karl Lagerfeld
Stars: Keira Knightley | Clotilde Hesme | Ashleigh Good | Lindsey Wixson | Tallulah Harlech
Stars In Shorts (2012)
As: Woman
Seven short films, all of which feature name actors, including Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Colin Firth, Lily Tomlin, Keira Knightley, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and more.
Runtime: 108 min.
Directed by: Jacob Chase | Chris Foggin | Benjamin Grayson | Neil LaBute | Jay Kamen | Rupert Friend | Robert Festinger
Stars: Marin Ireland | Wes Bentley | Julia Stiles | Sarah Paulson | Jamie Anderson
Anna Karenina (2012)
As: Anna Karenina
Trapped in a loveless marriage, aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky.
Runtime: 129 min.
Directed by: Joe Wright
Stars: Keira Knightley | Jude Law | Matthew Macfadyen | Kelly Macdonald | Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)
As: Penelope 'Penny' Lockhart
As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Lorene Scafaria
Stars: Keira Knightley | Rob Corddry | Adam Brody | Connie Britton | Steve Carell
A Dangerous Method (2011)
As: Sabina Spielrein
Seduced by the challenge of an impossible case, the driven Dr. Carl Jung takes the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein as his patient. Jung’s weapon is the method of his master, the renowned Sigmund Freud. Both men fall under Sabina’s spell.
Runtime: 99 min.
Directed by: David Cronenberg
Stars: Viggo Mortensen | Keira Knightley | Vincent Cassel | Michael Fassbender | Sarah Gadon
London Boulevard (2010)
As: Charlotte
A parolee battles a gangster for the affections of a reclusive movie star.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: William Monahan
Stars: Colin Farrell | Keira Knightley | David Thewlis | Anna Friel | Ben Chaplin
Last Night (2010)
As: Joanna Reed
The story follows a married couple, apart for a night while the husband takes a business trip with a colleague to whom he's attracted. While he's resisting temptation, his wife encounters her past love.
Runtime: 93 min.
Directed by: Massy Tadjedin
Stars: Keira Knightley | Sam Worthington | Eva Mendes | Griffin Dunne | Guillaume Canet
Never Let Me Go (2010)
As: Ruth C.
As children, Kathy, Ruth, and Tommy spend their childhood at an idyllic and secluded English boarding school. As they grow into adults, they must come to terms with the complexity and strength of their love for one another while also preparing for the haunting reality awaiting them.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Mark Romanek
Stars: Keira Knightley | Andrea Riseborough | Carey Mulligan | Andrew Garfield | Domhnall Gleeson
Steve (2010)
As: Woman
A young couple begin to receive daily visits from their downstairs neighbor, Steve. Steve draws attention to various practical problems and is eager to have tea, but what is really on his mind?
Runtime: 16 min.
Directed by: Rupert Friend
Stars: Keira Knightley | Colin Firth | Tom Mison
The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers (2009)
As: The Fairy
A sinister fairytale depicting the lives of two brothers and their daily suicide attempts.
Runtime: 11 min.
Directed by: Arran Brownlee | Corran Brownlee
Stars: Keira Knightley | Rupert Friend | Tom Mison
The Duchess (2008)
As: Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
A chronicle of the life of 18th century aristocrat Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, who was reviled for her extravagant political and personal life.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Saul Dibb
Stars: Keira Knightley | Ralph Fiennes | Charlotte Rampling | Dominic Cooper | Hayley Atwell
The Edge of Love (2008)
As: Vera Phillips
The Edge of love is a love story of two feisty women and a brilliant, charismatic poet who love both women. One woman Vera Phillips who is his first love and whom he lost for ten year, while other one is his present wife Caitlin who is adventurous and felt same adventurous nature in this charismatic poet, Dylan Thomas, also.
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: John Maybury
Stars: Cillian Murphy | Keira Knightley | Matthew Rhys | Sienna Miller | Lisa Stansfield
Robbie the Reindeer - Close Encounters of the Herd Kind (2007)
As: Em (voice)
Robbie and Donner's wedding is interrupted when Donner is kidnapped by aliens. Robbie saves the day again though with the help of his friends and an alien crystal.
Runtime: 30 min.
Directed by: Donnie Anderson
Stars: Keira Knightley | Gillian Anderson | Jane Horrocks | Ardal O'Hanlon | Ozzy Osbourne
Silk (2007)
As: Hélène Joncour
Based on the best-selling novel by Alessandro Baricco, this visually stunning film tells the story of a French trader who finds unexpected love far away from home.
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: François Girard
Stars: Keira Knightley | Alfred Molina | Michael Pitt | Koji Yakusho | Sei Ashina
Atonement (2007)
As: Cecilia Tallis
As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Joe Wright
Stars: Keira Knightley | James McAvoy | Saoirse Ronan | Brenda Blethyn | Romola Garai
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
As: Elizabeth Swann
Captain Barbossa, long believed to be dead, has come back to life and is headed to the edge of the Earth with Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann. But nothing is quite as it seems.
Runtime: 169 min.
Directed by: Gore Verbinski
Stars: Orlando Bloom | Keira Knightley | Stellan Skarsgård | Johnny Depp | Chow Yun-Fat
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
As: Elizabeth Swann
Captain Jack Sparrow works his way out of a blood debt with the ghostly Davey Jones, he also attempts to avoid eternal damnation.
Runtime: 151 min.
Directed by: Gore Verbinski
Stars: Orlando Bloom | Keira Knightley | Stellan Skarsgård | Johnny Depp | Bill Nighy
Domino (2005)
As: Domino Harvey
The daughter of actor, Laurence Harvey turns away from her career as a Ford model to become a bounty hunter.
Runtime: 127 min.
Directed by: Tony Scott
Stars: Keira Knightley | Mickey Rourke | Delroy Lindo | Mo'Nique | Edgar Ramírez
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
As: Elizabeth Bennet
Pride & Prejudice is a humorous story of love and life among English gentility during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is an English gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters. If Mr. Bennet dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages.
Runtime: 129 min.
Directed by: Joe Wright
Stars: Keira Knightley | Rosamund Pike | Matthew Macfadyen | Donald Sutherland | Simon Woods
The Jacket (2005)
As: Jackie Price
A military veteran goes on a journey into the future, where he can foresee his death and is left with questions that could save his life and those he loves.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: John Maybury
Stars: Keira Knightley | Kelly Lynch | Adrien Brody | Kris Kristofferson | Jennifer Jason Leigh
Stories of Lost Souls (2004)
As: Leah
Seven (or six - depending on the version) short stories of conquest, desperation and the will to overcome.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: William Garcia | Andrew Upton | Toa Stappard | Deborra-Lee Furness | Col Spector | Mark Palansky | Paul Holmes | Illeana Douglas
Stars: Michael Gambon | Josh Hartnett | Hugh Jackman | Jason Acuña | Jacqui Maxwell
King Arthur (2004)
As: Guinevere
The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, Lucius Artorius Castus is the historical person behind the legend.
Runtime: 126 min.
Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
Stars: Keira Knightley | Mads Mikkelsen | Ioan Gruffudd | Clive Owen | Joel Edgerton
Love Actually (2003)
As: Juliet
Follows seemingly unrelated people as their lives begin to intertwine while they fall in – and out – of love. Affections languish and develop as Christmas draws near.
Runtime: 135 min.
Directed by: Richard Curtis
Stars: Colin Firth | Sienna Guillory | Bill Nighy | Gregor Fisher | Rory MacGregor
Bend It Like Beckham (2003)
As: Juliette 'Jules' Paxton
Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton, who then convinces Jess to play for her semi-pro team. Jess uses elaborate excuses to hide her matches from her family while also dealing with her romantic feelings for her coach, Joe.
Runtime: 112 min.
Directed by: Gurinder Chadha
Stars: Keira Knightley | Anupam Kher | Shaheen Khan | Jonathan Rhys Meyers | Parminder Nagra
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
As: Elizabeth Swann
Jack Sparrow, a freewheeling 17th-century pirate, quarrels with a rival pirate bent on pillaging Port Royal. When the governor's daughter is kidnapped, Sparrow decides to help the girl's love save her.
Runtime: 143 min.
Directed by: Gore Verbinski
Stars: Orlando Bloom | Keira Knightley | Geoffrey Rush | Johnny Depp | Jack Davenport
Pure (2002)
As: Louise
A young boy trying to deal with his mother's heroin addiction befriends a waitress who helps him cope with the tough situation.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Gillies MacKinnon
Stars: David Wenham | Keira Knightley | Molly Parker | Harry Eden | Vinnie Hunter
Thunderpants (2002)
As: Music School Student
An 11-year-old boy's amazing ability to break wind leads him first to fame and then to death row, before it helps him to fulfill his ambition of becoming an astronaut.
Runtime: 87 min.
Directed by: Peter Hewitt
Stars: Celia Imrie | Rupert Grint | Simon Callow | Stephen Fry | Bruce Cook
The Hole (2001)
As: Frances 'Frankie' Almond Smith
Four teenagers at a British private school secretly uncover and explore the depths of a sealed underground hole created decades ago as a possible bomb shelter.
Runtime: 102 min.
Directed by: Nick Hamm
Stars: Keira Knightley | Daniel Brocklebank | Thora Birch | Desmond Harrington | Laurence Fox
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
As: Sabé
Anakin Skywalker, a young slave strong with the Force, is discovered on Tatooine. Meanwhile, the evil Sith have returned, enacting their plot for revenge against the Jedi.
Runtime: 136 min.
Directed by: George Lucas
Stars: Natalie Portman | Ewan McGregor | Liam Neeson | Ian McDiarmid | Jake Lloyd
The Treasure Seekers (1996)
As: The Princess
Adaptation of the E. Nesbit novel set in turn of the century England. Widower and father of five, Richard Bastable has only days to save his family home and stave off financial ruin. While he is desperately hoping his latest invention - a refrigeration machine - will be his salvation, his children set about finding their own solutions to the family's impending disaster.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Juliet May
Stars: Keira Knightley | Felicity Jones | Ian Richardson | Camilla Power | Nicholas Farrell
Innocent Lies (1995)
As: Young Celia
In September 1938 a British detective comes to a small French coastal town in order to investigate the death of a colleague. Prime suspects are the members of English aristocratic family with plenty of skeletons in the closet. This is a loose adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel Towards Zero.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Patrick Dewolf
Stars: Keira Knightley | Stephen Dorff | Joanna Lumley | Adrian Dunbar | Gabrielle Anwar
A Village Affair (1995)
As: Natasha Jordan
Based on the bestselling novel by Joanna Trollope Recently returned to England from New York City, vivacious heiress Clodagh Unwin befriends a couple new to her village. The husband is entranced by the young aristocrat, but Clodagh has eyes for someone else: his wife, Alice. Alice has a gilded life--beautiful children, a handsome husband, and a stately home. Secretly, she’s depressed after the birth of ...
Runtime: 101 min.
Directed by: Moira Armstrong
Stars: Nathaniel Parker | Claire Bloom | Sophie Ward | Kerry Fox | Jeremy Northam