The Tamesis
Keira Knightley has had a great career. After crashing on the scene in the early 2000s, the Londoners seemed absolutely everything: crowds played comedy, shocking blockbusters, heart-warming rom-coms, sweeping period dramas that you can name. She quickly won a loyal fan and nodded – to give her a charming lead Pride and prejudice and sneaky support performance Imitation game– Then it became Slightly It’s everywhere, but in reality, never really disappeared.
In recent years, you’ll see her in a series of dark crime dramas, among the latest Netflix’s Black doveher featured was her transformation into a gunshot, jab action hero – she could definitely do everything, and after more than thirty years in front of the camera, she was still just just starting out.
Now, to mark her 40th birthday, we look back on her most memorable role to date, from playing the grand soccer player and tired British woman to the French literary legend and Jane Austen’s greatest heroine.
