She had a supporting role as Sabé in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and her first significant role came in the psychological horror film The Hole. She began acting as a child on television and made her film debut in 1995. Keira previously admitted she has ''chilled out an awful lot'' in recent years, and decided to take on her latest film because she ''wanted more positive vibrations'' in her life after playing a string of troubled characters in films, such as 'Anna Karenina. Keira Knightley English Actress born on March 26, 1985, Keira Christina Knightley is an English actress. the communique with the Viceroy, at the Senate, when Anakin visits to say goodbye the rest were mostly Knightley. Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace is a 1999 space opera film written and directed by George Lucas.It was the fourth film to be released in the Star Wars saga and the first in terms of internal chronology. It was one of the early roles that the actress portrayed, after making her way to Hollywood. There was a very long time when were all, 'Well you're a (expletive) actress and you're anorexic and people hate you' which, for a teenager or somebody in their early 20s, is a very strange thing.'' the only times Padme is Amidala is at Naboo in the beginning (until the Jedi come) - i.e. Keira Knightley fans would be aware of the fact that she had appeared in Star Wars: Episode 1 The Phantom Menace. edition of Elle magazine: ''I don't regret it - I wouldn't do my life any differently, but having lived through it. That's what that time of life is about and we should do that privately, one million trillion zillion percent.''īut the brunette beauty, who is married to The Klaxons rocker James Righton, insists she has no regrets about becoming an actress at a young age. You should be going out and getting unbelievably drunk, getting into ridiculous situations, making mistakes. The image measures 1110 1393 pixels and was added on 2. Knightley rose to fame in the early 2000s after starring in a string of hits, including Bend it Like Beckham, Love Actually, and the original Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. She added: ''Teenage years should be done privately. Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace - Publicity still of Keira Knightley & Natalie Portman. Keira Knightley remembers so little about her role in Star Wars: Episode I- The Phantom Menace that an interviewer had to tell her the characters name. I would 150 million trillion percent be totally discouraging of doing anything like that.'' The 'Begin Again' actress, who landed a role in 'Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace' when she was 14, admits she would ''100 percent'' discourage her future children from following in her footsteps because she hated growing up in the spotlight.Īsked if she would encourage a daughter to carve out a career in Hollywood, the 29-year-old British star said: ''Oh, 100 percent, I'd absolutely tell her not to.
Keira Knightley pities teenage celebrities that can't get ''unbelievably drunk'' and make mistakes in private.