Keira Knightley Trivia

For her role in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, Keira said that in order for her to appear in it, she wanted to do a sword fight scene.
Keira and Lindsey Lohan are in a movie together coming up in 2007. They met at a club in November 2007, and spectators say that Lohan was being very rude to her by ignoring her when she was talking, and when Knightley extended agreeing, Lohan looked at her and walked away.
Keira's movie Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest has been one of only three movies to pass the one billion dollar mark.
Keira is dating her Pride and Prejudice co-star, Rupert Friend. They have moved in together.
Keira does Lux haircare products in Japanese TV commercials.
Keira received an Academy Award nomination for "Best Actress" in 2005.
The dress Keira wore to the 2006 Oscars was sold on eBay for more than $10,000 (£4,300), with the proceeds going to the charity Oxfam.
In April of 2006, Keira was confirmed as the new celebrity face of Chanel's perfume "Coco Mademoiselle."
Keira was voted the "Sexiest Movie Star of All Time" by the readers of Empire magazine.
Keira began her acting career at the age of seven, making her television debut in Royal Celebration in 1993.
Keira played Frankie Almond Smith opposite Thora Birch, Laurence Fox, and Desmond Harrington in Nick Hamm's The Hole; this shallow yet tantelizing role was the one that officially got her noticed in the motion picture industry.
Keira dated former cast member of "Princess Of Thieves" Del Synoot. Keira also dated Irish model Jamie Dornan.
Keira lived for a short time in a flat with some girlfriends in the Mayfair District of Central London, a very upscale area. That came to an end due to problematic structural damages found.
Some of Keira's talents are drawing, ballet, and playing the flute and piano.
Keira's first role was in A Royal Celebration in 1993, playing 'Little Girl'.
Keira currently lives in Mayfair, Greater London.
Keira started A-levels at college studying Art, Classics, History, and English Literature, but left to pursue acting full-time.
Keira filmed more scenes for Pirates 3 from August to October 2006. The movie will be released in May 2007.
Keira has recently wrapped filming Atonement. She plays Cecilia Tallis and will star with James McAvoy and Brenda Blethyn. It is due for an August 2007 release.
Keira had her cleavage painted in for her role as Elizabeth Swann.
Keira was a model for Asprey in 2003.
Keira's mother is actress-turned-author Sharman Macdonald, who wrote When I Was A Girl I Used To Scream And Shout and The Winter Guest.
Keira's childhood nickname was "Boo."
Keira shares a birthday with poet Robert Frost, actress Amy Smart, Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler, and singer Diana Ross.
Tatler announced that Keira is the most desirable single woman in Britain in 2004.
Keira is member of the Heathham House Youth Project.
Keira once shared a $1.5 million flat with her brother--Caleb--in the Mayfair District in London.
Keira has dyslexia. She had to wear special glasses in adolescence to help her read.
Keira did all of her own stunts in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. She was thrilled that she actually got to sword fight in this one. In the first one she begged for a sword fight, but they did not let her have one.
Keira has denied that she has a problem with anorexia, although she has admitted that anorexia runs in her family as both her grandmother and great-grandmother suffered from it.
Keira collects shoes.
Keira was named #9 on Maxim magazines "Hot 100" list of 2006.
Keira is friends with Sienna Miller.
At age 20, Keira was the second youngest woman to be nominated for Best Actress in Oscar history.
Keira was named "Actress of the Year" by The Daily Mirror in December 2005.
Keira was 8 years old when she first appeared on TV.
Keira Knightley realized that there was a possibility that she may be becoming type-cast for the type of roles she was playing, which is one of the reasons why she decided to play a hard-core military girl.
Keira has been selected by Chanel as the new face of its Coco Mademoiselle fragrance. She succeeds Kate Moss.
At the Oscar Luncheon Keira revealed that Johnny Depp had been joking around with her on set about her Oscar nomination. After each take he would say to her, "Was that an Oscar-nominated take?"
Keira was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress for the movie Pride and Prejudice. She is up against Judi Dench, Reese Witherspoon, Felicity Huffman and Charlize Theron.
Keira was nominated for a Golden Globe for portraying Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice in the best movie actress category but sadly she lost to Reese Witherspoon.
When Keira was interviewed on the Red Carpet before the Golden Globes where she was nominated for best actress in a movie, musical or comedy, she said that she ate poached eggs on toast, rice and tofu that day. She was then informed that rice was a big Hollywood no-no because it had carbs. She jokingily replied no one told her about no carbs and that she guesses she would have to leave.
Keira burned herself while shooting machine guns in Domino. They were just filled with blanks, but a shell hit her in the neck and gave her a second degree burn.
Keira has no problem doing topless scenes but she has a butt double for the movie Domino.
Keira had to wear a wig towards the end of filming Pride and Prejudice because she cut her hair to film Domino.
Keira wore a glamorous red Calvin Klein gown to the premeire of Pride and Prejudice.
Keira suffered from food poisoning while auditioning for the role of Jackie Price in the 2005 thriller The Jacket. The filmmakers liked her acting, as her character is meant to have a lot of issues and pain, as well as being physically sick.
Keira quit school at sixteen to pursue her acting career.
Keira did her first nude scene at the age of sixteen, in the 2001 movie The Hole.
Keira shares a birthday with Amy Smart, Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, Diana Ross, and poet Robert Frost.
Keira and James Marsters won a recent poll held by The Royal Shakespeare Company of Stratford, England, asking moviegoers what actors they'd most want to see playing Romeo and Juliet. Keira won over actresses such as Kate Winslet, Nicole Kidman, Scarlett Johansson, and Juliet Landau. About her win, Keira 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."
Keira was named the most glamorous film actress by Glamour in 2004.
Keira is credited with making short haircuts popular again.
Keira has mild dyslexia. She had to wear special glasses in adolescence to help her read.
Keira's favorite UK football team is West Ham United.
Keira dated model Jamie Dornan. The pair had been dating on and off again since 2003.
Keira confesses that she loves Prada and Jimmy Choos' shoes.
Keira is rumored to have dated actor Adrien Brody.
Keira has a shoe fetish, loves Thai food, and the movie Casablanca. She also likes chocolate, especially Cadbury milk chocolate.
Keira asked her parents for an agent at the age of three, and had one by the time she was six.
Keira did the voice of her character Elizabeth in the Pirates of the Caribbean video game in 2002.
Keira is 5'7".
Keira has one brother named Caleb who was born in 1979.
Keira is the daughter of the actor Will Knightley and playright Sharman MacDonald.
Keira is trained in dancing.
Keira's role as the decoy queen in Star Wars was kept a secret from the public when they were promoting the movie.
Keira was credited as "Kiera" Knightley in the Stars Wars: Episode I-Phantom Menace.