Keira knightley mini biography

1. Actress
2. Early Life and Career Beginnings
3. Career Breakthrough
4. Later Career and Personal Life

Actress

Kira Christina Knightley, known professionally as Keira Knightley, is a British actress born on March 26, 1985, in Teddington, London.

She comes from a family of actors, with her parents being Sherman Macdonald and Will Knightley. Growing up, Keira showed a passion for acting and a desire to follow in her parents' footsteps.

Early Life and Career Beginnings

Keira Knightley's birth was a result of a bet her mother made with her father.

Her mother, who had left the acting scene to pursue playwriting, promised to have another child if she successfully sold her play. As luck would have it, the play sold, and Keira was born. She was named after her father's favorite Soviet figure skater, Kira Ivanova.

At the age of three, Keira expressed her desire to become an actress and requ