Keira Knightley Biography

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Ioan Gruffudd. The movie turned out very well, garnering more than $203 million globally. In early 2004, Keira spent her time in Scotland and Canada filming John Maybury's time-traveling thriller, "The Jacket" (2005), in which Oscar-winner Adrien Brody portrayed a Gulf War veteran charged with murder and locked in a mental institution awaiting execution.

Keira's next project was a movie of Deborah Moggach's novel "Tulip Fever", about forbidden love in the 17th Century Amsterdam. However, the movie was canceled in February 2005 after the British government suddenly closed tax breaks available to British filmmakers. Nevertheless, she quickly moved to other features of "Domino" and "Pride and Prejudice" that year, the former spotting her delivering an against-type performance as the titular character while the latter, an adaptation of the Jane Austen classic novel, casting her opposite Rupert Friend whom she later gave her heart to after her separation from Dornan. Much to her delight, praise and accolades poured in heavily for her performance in the latter one, in turn leading her to receive both Golden Globes and Academy Award nomination for best actress in leading role by the following year.

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starring vehicles of the last two installments of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" series, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" (2006) and Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End" (2007) delightfully became massive commercial success with each scoring no less than $300 million domestically. The same year in which "Worlds End" got released also saw the actress take female lead in dramatic features "Silk" and "Atonement" before moviegoers could spot her in those of "The Duchess" (2008) and "The Edge of Love" (2008), formerly titled "The Best Time of Our Lives", alongside other rising stars Cillian Murphy and Sienna Miller.

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