| Returned to her film career 9 months after giving birth to her daughter Edie to begin filming Collateral Beauty (2016). |
| Returned to work 5 months after giving birth to her daughter Edie to begin performing in the Broadway production of "Thérèse Raquin". |
| Gave birth to her 1st child at age 30, a daughter named Edie Righton in May 2015 in London. Child's father is her husband, James Righton. |
| (May 4, 2013) Married her boyfriend of 2 years James Righton before 11 guests in a private ceremony in the town hall of Mazan, just 12 miles away from Marseilles. The bride wore a strapless white tulle dress and pink pumps, along with a cropped Chanel jacket and a daisy-chain style garland on her head. |
| Johnny Depp is one of her favorite actors. She worked with him on Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006) and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007). |
| Her birth name should have been "Kiera" but her mother made a typo on the the birth certificate. |
| Recentlly awarded the TCFF North Star Award for Excellence, for performances in "The Laggies" and "The Imitation Game". |
| Fell asleep during the premiere screening of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) due to exhaustion and she has never seen the complete film. She has stated that she does not own her own films on DVD and that she never revisits them after she sees them at the first screening. |
| The first time she met with David Cronenberg to prepare their collaboration in A Dangerous Method (2011), they met through Skype. Here, she had to exhibit some of the eccentric expressions she had to use in the film, but Skype froze several times during their meeting, much to her embarrassment. |
| Had a belly button piercing a week before she turned 13. |
| By age 23, Forbes magazine ranked Knightley as the the second highest-paid actress in Hollywood with estimated earnings of $32 million in 2007. She was also the only non-American actress to make the list at that time (2008). |
| Ranked as having one of the most "Beautiful Famous Faces" by "The Annual Independent Critics List of the 100 Most Beautiful Famous Faces From Around the World." She was ranked #15 in 2010, #12 in 2009, #4 in 2008, #1 in 2007, #1 in 2006, #2 in 2005, #7 in 2004, #9 in 2003, and #13 in 2002. |
| Ranked #54 in the 2010 FHM UK list of "100 Sexiest Woman in the World". |
| Ranked #69 in the 2011 FHM list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World". |
| Ranked #29 in the 2011 FHM Australia list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World". |
| (April 24, 2011) Was bridesmaid at her brother Caleb Knightley's wedding to Kerry Nixon, held at the Pollokshields Burgh Hall in Glasgow. |
| Was considered for the role of Selina Kyle/Catwoman in The Dark Knight Rises (2012), but Anne Hathaway was cast instead. |
| Was in a relationship with Jamie Dornan (August 2003-August 2005). |
| Was in a relationship with Rupert Friend, having met on the set of Pride & Prejudice (2005) (December 2005-December 2010). |
| Is close friends with Carey Mulligan, having met on the set of Pride & Prejudice (2005). |
| Her film Bend It Like Beckham (2002) became the first Western film to be screened on North Korean television in 2010 (the screening was to celebrate 10 years of diplomatic relations between North Korea and the United Kingdom). |
| Was originally cast as Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady, but later dropped out of the project. Carey Mulligan was then cast instead. |
| Was considered for the role of Peggy Carter in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), but Hayley Atwell was cast instead. |
| Was originally cast as Mary Boleyn in The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), but dropped out before filming began and Scarlett Johansson was subsequently cast instead. |
| Campaigned for the lead female role in The Rum Diary (2011), but lost out to Amber Heard. |
| Ranked #10 in the 2008 FHM list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World". |
| Ranked #87 on the 2008 Telegraph's list "the 100 most powerful people in British culture". |
| Ranked #5 on Entertainment Weekly's "30 Under 30" the actress list (2008). |
| The green satin gown she wore in Atonement (2007) was voted the public's favorite film costume of all time in a survey by Sky Movies and In Style magazine. [January 2008] |
| Ranked #9 in Empire magazine's list of 100 Sexiest Stars. |
| Ranked #10 on Forbes List of The 20 Top-Earning Young Superstars (2007). |
| The face of Chanel's fragrance "Mademoiselle". [September 2007] |
| In January 2007, the Daily Mail newspaper published an article about a girl who had died from anorexia which falsely suggested that Keira was also anorexic and showed a photograph of her in a bikini alongside an emotive quote from the girl's mother "If pictures like this one of Keira carried a health warning, my darling daughter might have lived". Keira successfully sued the Mail for libel. |
| Was considered for the role of Ann in Evening (2007), but was not able to do it due to schedule conflicts. |
| Voted #15 in the AfterEllen Hot 100, a list of the hottest women in entertainment as voted by lesbian and bisexual women. [June 2007] |
| Made her debut on the Forbes 100 Most Powerful Celebrities in June 2007. She came in a #71 beating out other high profile actresses like Scarlett Johansson and Reese Witherspoon. |
| Her first name means 'dark'. |
| Named Most Beautiful Woman and Most Beautiful Face by Independent Critics (indiecritics.com). |
| Ranked #20 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2007 list. |
| Ranked #5 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. |
| Her 21st birthday party cost more than $30,000. Actors, designers, and other industry types attended. |
| She attended a pre-Emmy party where she purchased a $7,500 pair of earrings. |
| Invited to join the Academy of Motion Pictures of Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) in 2006. |
| Took elocution lessons at the beginning of her career. |
| She has a personal trainer - Tatler, 2005. |
| Told NewWoman in 2004 that for King Arthur (2004), she endured an amazing seventh-month training session. |
| Said auditioning for the role of Christine in The Phantom of the Opera (2004) was the singularly most embarrassing moment of her life because "I knew I couldn't sing it." The role eventually went to trained opera singer Emmy Rossum - Marie Claire, 2005. |
| Trained four days a week for three months in preparation for King Arthur (2004). She did about two hours of weight lifting, and then three hours either boxing, fighting, or horseback riding - Cosmopolitan, August 2004. |
| Attended an engagement party for Jennifer Lopez and Chris Judd. |
| Employed a stylist to dress her for premieres and award ceremonies. The stylist also dresses Lindsay Lohan and Nicole Kidman. |
| Ranked #9 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2006 list. |
| Ranked #11 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. |
| Her hero is her castmate in Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003), Geoffrey Rush. |
| Was considered for the role of Kate Meer in Neil James's "Ghost Seeker: Genesis" in 2006. Both Lindy King (Knightley's agent) and Knightley herself liked the script, but the shooting schedule of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007) meant that the project had to move on without her. |
| Friends with Italian actor [error] and Sienna Miller. |
| Loves to collect shoes. |
| As of February 2006, says she plans on remaining living in London and will not move to Los Angeles to further her career in American films. |
| At age 20, she was the fifth-youngest woman in Oscar history to be nominated for Best Actress. |
| The Daily Mirror named her "Actress of the Year" in December 2005. |
| Named #53 on Maxim magazine's Hot 100 Women of 2005 list. |
| Voted second sexiest voice, behind Sir Sean Connery, in a poll by the UK's Royal National Institute for the Blind, commissioned to celebrate 70 years of their Talking Books service. |
| She has bought a flat in Richmond Upon Thames (2005) but has said to have only have spent a few weeks there. However, she plans to fill it with her own painted canvases. |
| When auditioning for the role of Jackie Price in The Jacket (2005), she had suffered food poisoning a few days earlier. She decided to audition anyway and the film makers liked her "acting" for the scene, as Jackie Price was to be a woman with many issues of loss and pain as well as being physically sick in general. |
| She's an idol in several forum communities from Heavengames.com, one of the most famous websites about Real Time Strategy computer games. |
| Her father is English, and was born in Essex South Western, Essex. Her mother, who is of Scottish and Welsh descent, was born in Glasgow, Scotland. |
| Ranked #18 in the 2005 FHM list of "100 Sexiest Women in the World". |
| At age 16, she went to Esher College to study for her A Levels, but quit the course when offered the role of Lara Antopova in Doctor Zhivago (2002). |
| Auditioned for, and was accepted to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) in London, England. |
| She did her first topless scene at age 15, in The Hole (2001), whilst the film was released in 2001 it was filmed in 2000. For legal reasons due to her age, her mother had to agree and the set was closed. |
| Voted the Sexiest Film Star of All Time by Empire magazine poll. [September 2004] |
| Voted #1 in New Woman magazine's 50 Most Beautiful Celebs 2004. |
| (April 23, 2004) The Royal Shakespeare Company of Stratford, England, held a 2004 poll asking movie viewers to vote for the actor and actress they would love to see play Romeo and Juliet, and the winners were Knightley and James Marsters. More than 2,000 people voted for more than 150 different actors for both roles. Keira triumphed over Kate Winslet, Nicole Kidman, Scarlett Johansson and Juliet Landau in the vote. Knightley said, "I am absolutely thrilled to have come top of the poll, particularly as Juliet is a role I would very much love to play in the future.". |
| Chosen by Glamour magazine for "Most Glamorous Film Actress" (2004). |
| Has dyslexia. She had to wear special glasses in adolescence to help her read. |
| Tatler announced that Keira is the most desirable single woman in the United Kingdom (2004). |
| Mother is actress-turned-author Sharman Macdonald, who wrote "When I Was a Girl, I Used to Scream and Shout" and "The Winter Guest". |
| Is a supporter of West Ham United. |
| Her role as the decoy queen in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) was kept secret in order to not spoil the surprise, it was maintained through the promotions that Portman played both the Queen and the decoy. |
| The similarity between Knightley and Natalie Portman meant that during the filming of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999), their own mothers could not tell them apart once in makeup. |
| Trained in dancing. |
| Younger sister of Caleb Knightley. |
| Member of the Heathham House Youth Project. |
| Daughter of actor Will Knightley and Sharman Macdonald. |