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Keira Knightley

1985 - Today

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Keira Christina Knightley ( KEER-ə NYTE-lee; born 26 March 1985) is an English actress. Known for her work in independent films and blockbusters, particularly period dramas, she has received numerous accolades, including nominations for two Academy Awards, two BAFTAs, three Golden Globes, and a Laurence Olivier Award. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Keira Knightley has received more than 32,827,728 page views. Her biography is available in 90 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 89 in 2019). Keira Knightley is the 1,056th most popular actor (up from 1,085th in 2019), the 1,150th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,215th in 2019) and the 150th most popular British Actor.

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  • 33M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 90

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.84

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.11

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Keira Knightley ranks 1,056 out of 13,578. Before her are Dean Cain, Gottfried John, Mary Steenburgen, Yvonne De Carlo, Marcia Cross, and Kiefer Sutherland. After her are Richard Schiff, Emmanuelle Seigner, Daniel Radcliffe, Shilpa Shetty, Frances Fisher, and Joan Allen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1985, Keira Knightley ranks 5. Before her are Cristiano Ronaldo, Gal Gadot, Luka Modrić, and Lewis Hamilton. After her are Bruno Mars, Michael Phelps, Lukas Podolski, Wayne Rooney, Stromae, Lana Del Rey, and Mario Gómez.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Keira Knightley ranks 1,150 out of 8,785. Before her are Lord Randolph Churchill (1849), Francis Walsingham (1532), Lord Alfred Douglas (1870), Evelyn Waugh (1903), Jeremy Clarkson (1960), and Kiefer Sutherland (1966). After her are Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836), Oldfield Thomas (1858), Prince William, Duke of Gloucester (1689), Steven Gerrard (1980), Daniel Radcliffe (1989), and Alan Watts (1915).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Keira Knightley ranks 150. Before her are Brenda Blethyn (1946), Sydney Chaplin (1885), Hugh Griffith (1912), Taron Egerton (1989), Idris Elba (1972), and Kiefer Sutherland (1966). After her are Daniel Radcliffe (1989), Frances Fisher (1952), Bernard Lee (1908), Rosemary Harris (1927), Joan Plowright (1929), and Robert Hardy (1925).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Imitation Game
Joan Clarke
Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.
Nov 14o 20147.998 / 10
Pride & Prejudice
Elizabeth Bennet
A story of love and life among the landed English gentry during the Georgian era. Mr. Bennet is a gentleman living in Hertfordshire with his overbearing wife and five daughters, but if he dies their house will be inherited by a distant cousin whom they have never met, so the family's future happiness and security is dependent on the daughters making good marriages.
Sep 16o 20058.1 / 10
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Elizabeth Swann
After Port Royal is attacked and pillaged by a mysterious pirate crew, capturing the governor's daughter Elizabeth Swann in the process, William Turner asks free-willing pirate Jack Sparrow to help him locate the crew's ship—The Black Pearl—so that he can rescue the woman he loves.
Jul 9o 20037.8 / 10