Keira Christina Knightley – British actress. Keira Knightley was born in March 1985 in England (Mr. Teddington, Middlesex County) as a result of a bet that it entered into a prospective parents – well-known British actors Will Keira Knightley and Sherman McDonald. The essence of the bet was this: if Sherman, by this time left her career as actress and playwright who has decided to do, to sell his first play, the family appears Knightley another child. By time the couple already had a son Caleb, born in 1979.
Sherman won the bet. As a result of British literature in the face of Sherman McDonald got one more good playwright, Will Knightley – a beautiful daughter, and world cinema – a new star, Keira Knightley. The fact that she is an actress, Keira always knew. As early as three years, she began to insist on that, and she, like my parents, got its own agent. And since the nature of the girl was stubborn, and request sounded often, parents give up. They promised to hire an agent for her daughter if she will study hard.
Its part of the deal Cyrus performed conscientiously and diligently studied. The actress remembers a swot-A student, who knew all the answers and always the first hand raised. Its goal was success in school. Partly because she herself wanted to overcome the innate dyslexia (reading and writing disorders). But, besides this, all the forces of Cyrus aspired to a cherished dream – a career actress. To do this, except for school, during school holidays, a girl hard and long involved in acting. When she was six years old, she has a proper agent, at seven It has already debuted in the film Royal Celebration as a little girl. For eleven years in its portfolio were listed in part mini-soap operas and television shows aired on European channels, as well as minor roles in films "Village Business" (1994), "white lie" (1995), "Treasure Seekers" (1996) and "Homecoming" (1998) with Peter O'Toole in the title role.