Keira Knightley is an English actress born in Teddington, who was boosted to international celebrity after playing Elizabeth Swann in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series. She grew up with her parents Sharman Macdonald and Will Knightley along with her siblings. She completed her early education from Stanley Junior School and attended Esher College for higher education. Regarding her Ethnicity, she is white and holds United Kingdom Nationality.
Knightly appeared in commercials and minor TV roles first and her debut in a screen role in an episode of the series Screen One bridge her towards Hollywood movies. Her outstanding performance in movies like “Pirates of Caribbean series”, “Pride & Prejudice”, “The Imitation Game”, “The Nutcracker and the Four Realms” earned her high fame and name.
Besides her acting career, she is also actively involved in different Charity Work and awareness programmed. She also donates a huge amount of money in different INGO’s and raised fund for helpless people.
Keira earned numerous awards and trophy in her acting career including “BAFTA Awards”, “Hollywood Film Awards”, “British Independent Film Awards”, “Golden Globe Awards”, etc. and is nominated for more than dozens of times. She was caught in a controversy after Director John Carney said he will never sign Knightly after they did a movie called Begin Again alongside famous pop singer and actor Adam Levine.
Moving towards her personal life, Keira had affairs with famous actors; Del Synnott, Jamie Dornan, Rupert Friend and also dated James Righton who is a musician of Klaxons. After dating for more than two years James and Knightley got married and blessed with a daughter named “Edie”.
Keira earns a tremendous amount of money from her acting and modeling career with high paid salary. It has been found out that her current Net worth has been estimated as $ 50 Million.