Keira was born in 1985 to a screenwriter mother, Sharman MacDonald and actor father, Will Knightley.

Aged six she got her first agent and was starring in Star Wars at the age of 12 as Sabe, Natalie Portan's decoy

For Bend it like Beckham, a film based around a womens' football team (soccer as in David Beckham) she endured heavy training for her role as Jules

Keira is a young British Actress, perhaps best known for her roles in the films Stars Wars Episode 1, The Hole and Bend it Like Beckham. She has been acting since an early age and is still only 19.

Another recent project, a television production of Dr. Zhivago has brought inevitable comparisons with Julie Christie who played the character of Lara in the 1965 David Lean film version. This version of Boris Pasternak's novel is also interesting because it also introduces a happy ending. The production is internationally funded so look for it appearing on a screen near you.

She has recently completed filming on a new Richard Curtis comedy, Love Actually, which is due this Autumn and also stars Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Rowan Atkinson, Colin Firth and Elisha Cuthbert.