Early life

Knightley was born in Teddington, London, England, the daughter of Sharman Macdonald, an actress turned playwright, and Will Knightley, an actor. Her Scottish-born mother is of Scottish and Welsh descent, while her father is English. She was meant to be named "Kiera", after the Russian ice skater, Kira Ivanova, but her mother misspelled the name when she went to register her. She has an older brother, Caleb.

Knightley lived in Richmond, attending Stanley Junior School, Teddington School and Esher College. She requested an agent at the age of three. At six it was noticed that she was dyslexic but by eleven, with her parents' support and much tuition, Knightley says "they deemed me to have got over it sufficiently", though she is still a slow reader and can not sight-read. Knightley has noted that she was "single-minded about acting" during her childhood. She performed in a number of local amateur productions, which included After Juliet, written by her mother, and United States, written by her drama teacher, Ian McShane. She focused on art, history, and English literature while at Esher, but left after a year to focus on her acting.

Career

1993-2002: Career beginnings

After getting an agent at six, Knightley worked mostly in commercials and small TV roles. Her first role was "Little Girl" in Royal Celebration, a 1993 TV film. A year later, she had a small role in the film A Village Affair. She later starred in 1995's Innocent Lies and 1998's Coming Home. She was a princess in the 1996 film The Treasure Seekers. Later in 1999, she appeared as Rose in Oliver Twist.

Knightley appeared in several television films in the mid-to-late 1990s—as well as ITV1's The Bill—before being cast as Sabé, Padmé Amidala's decoy, in the 1999 science fiction blockbuster Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. Sabé's dialogue was dubbed over with Natalie Portman's voice. This was to hide the fact that the handmaiden Padmé (played by Portman) was actually disclosed as the real Queen Amidala at the end of the film. Knightley was cast in the role because of her close resemblance to Portman; even the two actresses' mothers had difficulty telling their daughters apart when the girls were in full makeup.

Knightley's first starring role was in 2001, when she played the daughter of Robin Hood in the made-for-television Walt Disney Productions feature Princess of Thieves. She trained for several weeks in archery, fencing and horse riding. During this time, Knightley also appeared in The Hole, a thriller that received a direct-to-video release in the United States. Its director Nick Hamm described her as "a young version of Julie Christie".

She appeared in the miniseries adaptation of Doctor Zhivago as Lara, alongside Scottish actor Hans Matheson in the title role, which first aired in 2002 to good reviews and high ratings. In the same year, she also performed in the film Pure, in which she portrays a pregnant teenager who is a heroin addict and had a child taken by social services. Knightley's breakthrough role was in the football-themed film Bend It Like Beckham, which was a success in its August 2002 UK release, grossing US$18 million, and in its March 2003 U.S. release, grossing US$32 million.

2003-07: Breakthrough and worldwide recognition

After Bend It Like Beckham's UK release raised her profile, Knightley was cast in the big-budget action film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, along with Orlando Bloom and Johnny Depp. Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, it opened in July 2003 to positive reviews and high box office grosses, becoming one of the biggest hits of summer 2003 and cementing Knightley as the new "It" girl.

Knightley had a role in the British romantic comedy Love Actually, which opened in November 2003, which co-starred her childhood idol Emma Thompson. Her next film, King Arthur, opened in July 2004 to negative reviews; in preparation for the role she took boxing, fighting, archery and horseriding lessons for four days a week for three months.

In the same month, Knightley was voted by readers of Hello (magazine) magazine as the film industry's most promising teen star. Additionally, TIME magazine noted in a 2004 feature that Knightley seemed dedicated to developing herself as a serious actress rather than a film star.

She appeared in three films in 2005, the first of which was The Jacket, alongside Adrien Brody. She next appeared in Tony Scott's Domino, an action film based on the life of bounty hunter Domino Harvey. The film has been Knightley's greatest critical flop to date.

Pride & Prejudice was released in 2005. Knightley had loved the book since she was seven, and with her first cheque for acting she bought a doll's house of the hero's mansion. She said of her character, "The beauty of Elizabeth is that every woman who ever reads the book seems to recognise herself, with all her faults and imperfections. If you give an actress who is even remotely good the chance to play a fantastic character like that, they are going to revel in it." Variety wrote about her portrayal of Elizabeth Bennet: "Looking every bit a star, Knightley, who's shown more spirit than acting smarts so far in her career, really steps up to the plate here, holding her own against the more classically trained Matthew Macfadyen, as well as vets like Brenda Blethyn, Donald Sutherland, Penelope Wilton and Judi Dench with a luminous strength that recalls a young Audrey Hepburn. More than the older Jennifer Ehle in the TV series, she catches Elizabeth's essential skittishness and youthful braggadocio, making her final conversion all the more moving." The film grossed more than US$100 million worldwide, and Knightley earned a Golden Globe nomination and an Oscar nomination (the Oscar ultimately went to Reese Witherspoon). The Academy Award nomination made her the third-youngest performer ever nominated. BAFTA's decision not to nominate her drew criticism from Pride & Prejudice producer Tim Bevan.

In 2006, Knightley was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Her biggest financial hit thus far, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, was released in July 2006.

Knightley starred in three major films in 2007: Silk, an adaptation of the novel by Alessandro Baricco, Atonement, a feature film adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel of the same name (co-starring James McAvoy, Vanessa Redgrave and Brenda Blethyn), and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, which was released in May 2007. For her performance in Atonement, Knightley was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in the Best Dramatic Actress category for the role, as well as a BAFTA Award. Critic Richard Roeper was puzzled by both Knightley's and McAvoy's Academy Award snubs, stating "I thought McAvoy and Knightley were superb."

2008-10: Transition into independent films

In 2008, Knightley appeared alongside Sienna Miller, Cillian Murphy and Matthew Rhys in John Maybury's The Edge of Love, a fictional wartime drama about Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, his wife Caitlin Macnamara, childhood friend Vera Williams, and her romance and marriage with a British soldier. Penned by Knightley's mother, Sharman Macdonald, the playwright initially crafted the screenplay with Knightley as Macnamara in her mind. Once her daughter agreed to portray Williams, Macdonald enlarged the character, making her a singer.

Knightley, who watched Marlene Dietrich films for preparation, was expecting to mime to her prerecorded voice, but was told by Maybury to sing live in front of the crew while shooting. "I was shaking like a leaf," Knightley later commented, "I thought my knees were going to buckle. In the first couple of songs, I sounded like a pubescent boy, it was so embarrassing." While the actress received positive reviews for her role, the film became a moderate critical and commercial arthouse success.

She then filmed Saul Dibb's The Duchess (2008), based on the best-selling biography Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire by Amanda Foreman, in which she played 18th-century English aristocrat Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire opposite Ralph Fiennes. Well received by critics, Knightley garnered largely positive reviews by critics, with The Epoch Times writing "Knightley's performance gains new depth - she not only perfectly portrays a witty and feminine Georgiana early in the film, but also a caring mother, and an abandoned woman later on." The following year, she was nominated for a BIFA Award for Best Actress for her performance.

In December 2009, Knightley made her West End debut in Martin Crimp's version of Molière's comedy The Misanthrope, at the Comedy Theatre in London alongside Damian Lewis, Tara Fitzgerald and Dominic Rowan. Reviews for her portrayal of Jennifer in the play were generally positive. The Daily Telegraph described her performance as revealing "both power and poignancy" and The Independent called her performance "not only strikingly convincing but, at times, rather thrilling in its satiric aplomb." The Guardian, however, noted that due to the nature of the role "one could say that she is not unduly stretched." In recognition of her theatre debut, Knightley was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in the play. Knightley also received an Evening Standard Award nomination (longlist) for the Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress.

In 2010, Knightley appeared in Massy Tadjedin's romantic drama Last Night, in which she co-starred with Eva Mendes, Sam Worthington and Guillaume Canet. The same year, Knightley completed work on an adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro's dystopian novel Never Let Me Go with Andrew Garfield and Carey Mulligan. Filming took place in Norfolk and Clevedon in Somerset. Also in 2010, she starred in London Boulevard with Colin Farrell, written by William Monahan.

2011-present: Continued success and Broadway debut

Knightley's only film of 2011 was David Cronenberg's historical drama A Dangerous Method, co-starring Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender and Vincent Cassel. Based on writer Christopher Hampton's 2002 stage play The Talking Cure and set on the eve of World War I, the film depicts the turbulent relationships between fledgling psychiatrist Carl Jung, his mentor Sigmund Freud and Sabina Spielrein. Spielrein, the troubled but beautiful young psychoanalyst who comes between Jung and Freud, is played by Knightley. The costume film premiered at the 68th Venice International Film Festival to a positive reception, while Knightley earned generally favourable reviews by critics, Andrew O'Hehir of Salon.com noting her "the real star of this film".

In 2012, she appeared with Steve Carell in the dramedy Seeking a Friend for the End of the World. During the same year, she reunited with director Joe Wright to film their third production together, Anna Karenina, in which she starred as the title character. She has named her collaboration with Wright as the most important of her career. Knightley garnered positive reviews for her performance, prompting early Oscar buzz.

In May 2012, Knightley was cast to replace Scarlett Johansson in director John Carney's Begin Again, after Johansson withdrew due to personal reasons. The film was released in 2013.

Knightley's first film of 2014 premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, prior to its US general-release opening on 24 October. Titled Laggies, the film also stars Chloë Grace Moretz and Sam Rockwell, and is directed by Lynn Shelton. Shortly afterward, the London, UK, premiere of Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, in which Knightley plays Cathy Muller alongside Chris Pine, was held at the end of January. Also in 2014, she starred opposite Mark Ruffalo in Begin Again, and although she plays a singer-songwriter, she revealed in July that music doesn't "sink in" for her, and she is more interested in books and drama. Knightley also referred to the end of a chapter of her career, which the Guardian described as "mired in neurotic roles". She then appeared again with her Atonement co-star Benedict Cumberbatch in the 2014 historical drama film The Imitation Game, playing Joan Clarke opposite Cumberbatch's Alan Turing. For her performance, she received a second Academy Award nomination, for Supporting Actress.

Knightley is slated to appear in a film adaptation of the novel The Emperor's Children with Rachel McAdams, Emma Thompson and Richard Gere. The dark comedy was written by Noah Baumbach and will be directed by Scott Cooper. In October 2014, it was announced that Knightley would make her Broadway debut as the title character in a new adaptation of Helen Edmundson's Thérèse Raquin. The show's official post-preview opening is scheduled for 29 October 2015.

Media attention

Knightley has been described by press reports as "famously open with media", although Knightley herself has stated "I don't talk about my private life." Knightley has appeared many times in FHMs 100 Sexiest Women in the World list. Ranked No. 79 in 2004, she climbed to No. 18 in 2005, and was named "the sexiest woman in the world" in 2006. In 2007, she was 12th, 10th in 2008, and came in 36th in 2009. The US edition ranked her No. 54 in 2004, No. 11 in 2005, and No. 5 in 2006. In May 2006, she was No. 9 on Maxim's 2006 Hot 100. Knightley appeared nude, along with Scarlett Johansson, on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine's March 2006 "Hollywood" issue.

Knightley was the celebrity face for the luxury goods brand Asprey, Shiatzy Chen as well as Lux haircare products in Japanese television commercials. In April 2006, she was confirmed as the new celebrity face of Chanel's perfume Coco Mademoiselle, though the first photo from the campaign was not released until May 2007.

In 2007, Knightley sued the Daily Mail for publishing an article about whether she has anorexia or other eating disorder. Knightley won the lawsuit, and was awarded £3,000 ($6,000) in damages. She added to this amount and donated a total of £6,000 ($12,000) to Beat, a charity for those who suffer mental illness and eating disorders.

A 41-year-old man was charged with harassment in February 2010 after trying to contact the actress on several occasions outside the Comedy Theatre in London, where she appeared in the play The Misanthrope. The subsequent trial folded after the actress was unavailable to testify in court.

Knightley received media attention for her perspectives on feminism, voiced in an interview for Harper's Bazaar UK published in the February 2014 edition. Knightley explained that female artists face greater hurdles in the film industry compared to their male counterparts, and also revealed that she was perplexed by the use of "feminist" in a derogatory sense:

I think it's great that the discussions are finally being allowed to be had, as opposed to anybody mentioning feminism and everybody going, 'Oh, fucking shut up.' Somehow, it became a dirty word. I thought it was really weird for a long time, and I think it's great that we're coming out of that.

In the September 2014 issue of Interview, Knightley posed topless, on the condition that she not be photoshopped, to draw attention to how "women's bodies are a battleground and photography is partly to blame."

Personal life

Knightley was in a relationship with actor Del Synnott from 2001 to 2003, whom she met during the filming of Princess of Thieves. From 2003 to 2005 she dated actor Jamie Dornan. She was in a relationship with Pride & Prejudice co-star Rupert Friend from 2005 until December 2010. In February 2011 Knightley began dating musician James Righton, of Klaxons, and on 4 May 2013 they were married in Mazan, Vaucluse in the south of France. They have a daughter named Edie, who was born in London in May 2015.

In July 2006, Knightley said she has become a workaholic, suggesting that she would take a one-year break from acting to travel and focus on her personal life. Speaking to the press in July 2014, Knightley explained that she felt like she had reached the end of the first stage of her career, and the 2014 film Begin Again was like "it's beginning again."

Knightley is an atheist.

Knightley is a big football fan and is a lifelong supporter of English club West Ham United.

Charity work

Knightley is the face of an Amnesty International campaign to support human rights, marking the 60th anniversary of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights. In 2004, she travelled to Ethiopia alongside Richard Curtis, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Julian Metcalfe on behalf of the Comic Relief charity. She posed for photos for WaterAid in 2005 and also for the American Library Association's "Read" campaign (a promotional poster of Pride & Prejudice). The dress she wore to the 2006 Academy Awards was donated to the charity Oxfam, where it raised £4,300.

In April 2009, Knightley appeared in a video to raise awareness of domestic abuse entitled Cut shot for Women's Aid. The video created controversy, with some sources calling it too graphic, while other groups support the video for showing a realistic depiction of domestic violence.

In November 2010, Knightley became patron of the SMA Trust, a British charity that funds medical research into the disease spinal muscular atrophy.

For International Women's Day 2014, Knightley was one of the artist signatories of Amnesty International's letter to British Prime Minister David Cameron, in which the organisation campaigned for women's rights in Afghanistan.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1995	Innocent Lies	Young Celia
1999	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	Sabé (Decoy Queen)
2001	Deflation	Jogger
2001	Hole, TheThe Hole	Frances "Frankie" Almond Smith
2002	Thunderpants	Music school student	Uncredited
2002	Pure	Louise
2002	Bend It Like Beckham	Juliette "Jules" Paxton
2002	New Year's Eve	Leah	Short film
2002	Seasons Alter, TheThe Seasons Alter	Helena
2003	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Elizabeth Swann
2003	Love Actually	Juliet
2004	King Arthur	Guinevere
2003	Gaijin	Kate (voice only)	Short film
2005	Jacket, TheThe Jacket	Jackie
2005	Domino	Domino Harvey
2005	Pride & Prejudice	Elizabeth Bennet
2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Elizabeth Swann
2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Elizabeth Swann
2007	Silk	Hélène Joncour
2007	Atonement	Cecilia Tallis
2008	Edge of Love, TheThe Edge of Love	Vera Phillips
2008	Duchess, TheThe Duchess	Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire
2009	The Continuing and Lamentable Saga of the Suicide Brothers	Fairy, TheThe Fairy	Short film
2010	London Boulevard	Charlotte
2010	Steve	Woman	Short film
2010	Last Night	Joanna Reed
2010	Never Let Me Go	Ruth C.
2011	Dangerous Method, AA Dangerous Method	Sabina Spielrein
2012	Seeking a Friend for the End of the World	Penelope Lockhart
2012	Anna Karenina	Anna Arkadyevna Karenina
2013	Begin Again	Gretta
2014	Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit	Cathy Muller
2014	Laggies	Megan
2014	Imitation Game, TheThe Imitation Game	Joan Clarke
2015	Everest	Jan Hall
2016	Collateral Beauty		Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1993	Screen One	Little Girl	Episode: "Royal Celebration"
1995	Village Affair, AA Village Affair	Natasha Jordan	Television film
1995	Bill, TheThe Bill	Sheena Rose	Episode: "Swan Song"
1996	The Treasure Seekers	The Princess	Movie
1998	Coming Home	Young Judith Dunbar	Movie
1999	Oliver Twist	Rose Fleming	Miniseries
2001	Princess of Thieves	Gwyn	Movie
2002	Doctor Zhivago	Lara Antipova	Miniseries
2007	Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind	Em (voice only)	Short film
2011	Neverland	Tinker Bell	Miniseries

Video game

Year	Title	Role
2003	Pirates of the Caribbean	Narrator

Radio

Year	Title	Role
1999	Villette	Polly

Theatre appearances

Year	Production	Theatre	Role	Notes
2009/10	The Misanthrope	Comedy Theatre, London (West End debut)	Jennifer (Celimene)
2011	The Children's Hour	Comedy Theatre, London	Karen Wright
2015	Thérèse Raquin	Roundabout Theatre Company, New York City (Broadway debut)	Thérèse Raquin	Broadway debut

Soundtrack appearances

Year	Album	Track(s)
2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (soundtrack)	"Hoist the Colours"
2008	The Edge of Love (Music from the Original Motion Picture)	"Overture / Blue Tahitian Moon"
		"After the Bombing / Hang Out the Stars in Indiana"
		"Drifting and Dreaming"
		"Maybe It's Because I Love You Too Much"
2014	Begin Again (Music From and Inspired By the Original Motion Picture)	"Tell Me If You Wanna Go Home"
		"Lost Stars"
		"Like a Fool"
		"Coming Up Roses"
		"A Step You Can’t Take Back"
		"Tell Me If You Wanna Go Home "

Awards and nominations

Knightley has been nominated twice for an Academy Award; in 2006 for Best Actress for Pride and Prejudice and in 2015 for Best Supporting Actress for The Imitation Game.

Year	Association	Category	Work	Result
2002	Empire Awards	Best Newcomer	The Hole	Nominated
2003	London Film Critics Circle	Best Newcomer	Bend It Like Beckham	Won
2003	Online Film Critics Society	Best Breakthrough Performance	Bend It Like Beckham	Won
2004	Irish Film & Television Awards	Best International Actress	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl & King Arthur	Won
2004	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Chemistry	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Won
2004		Choice Movie Liplock	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Won
2004	Empire Awards	Best British Actress	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Nominated
2004	MTV Movie Awards	Best Breakthrough Performance - Female	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Nominated
2004	Saturn Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Nominated
2004	Visual Effects Society Awards	Outstanding Performance by a Male or Female Actor in an Effects Film	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Nominated
2004	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	Best Ensemble	Love Actually	Won
2005	Empire Awards	Best British Actress	King Arthur	Nominated
2005	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actress - Action Adventure/Thriller	King Arthur	Nominated
2006	Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association	Best Actress	Pride & Prejudice	Won
2006	National Society of Film Critics	Best Actress	Pride & Prejudice	Won
2006	Academy Awards	Best Actress	Pride & Prejudice	Nominated
2006	Chicago Film Critics Association	Best Actress	Pride & Prejudice	Nominated
2006	Critics' Choice Movie Awards	Best Actress	Pride & Prejudice	Nominated
2006	Empire Awards	Best Actress	Pride & Prejudice	Nominated
2006	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	Pride & Prejudice	Nominated
2006	London Film Critics' Circle	British Actress of the Year	Pride & Prejudice	Nominated
2006	Online Film Critics Society	Best Actress	Pride & Prejudice	Nominated
2006	Satellite Awards	Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy	Pride & Prejudice	Nominated
2006	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actress - Drama/Action Adventure	Pride & Prejudice	Nominated
2006	Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	Best Actress	Pride & Prejudice	Nominated
2006	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Hissy Fit	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Won
2006		Choice Movie Liplock	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Won
2006		Choice Movie Scream	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Won
2006		Choice Movie Actress - Drama/Action Adventure	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Nominated
2007	People's Choice Awards	Favorite On-Screen Match-Up	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Won
2007	Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Female Movie Star	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Nominated
2007	Empire Awards	Best Actress	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Nominated
2007	MTV Movie Awards	Best Performance	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Nominated
2007	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Female Action Star	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Won
2007	Teen Choice Awards	Choice Movie Actress - Action Adventure	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Won
2008	Kids' Choice Awards	Favorite Movie Actress	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Nominated
2008	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Female Movie Star	The Duchess	Nominated
2008	British Independent Film Awards	Best Performance by an Actress in a British Independent Film	The Duchess	Nominated
2010		Best Supporting Actress	Never Let Me Go	Nominated
2010	Saturn Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Never Let Me Go	Nominated
2010		Best Supporting Actress	A Dangerous Method	Nominated
2010	Evening Standard Theatre Awards	Natasha Richardson Award for Best Actress	A Dangerous Method	Nominated
2012	Satellite Awards	Best Actress - Motion Picture	Anna Karenina	Nominated
2013	People's Choice Awards	Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress	Anna Karenina	Nominated
2014	Hollywood Film Awards	Best Supporting Actress	The Imitation Game	Won
2014	Academy Awards	Best Supporting Actress	The Imitation Game	Nominated
2014	AACTA International Awards	Best Supporting Actress	The Imitation Game	Nominated
2014	BAFTA Awards	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	The Imitation Game	Nominated
2014	BIFA Awards	Actress in a British Independent Film	The Imitation Game	Nominated
2014	Critics' Choice Movie Awards	Best Acting Ensemble	The Imitation Game	Nominated
2014		Best Supporting Actress	The Imitation Game	Nominated
2014	Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association	Best Supporting Actress	The Imitation Game	Nominated
2014	Empire Awards	Best Actress	The Imitation Game	Nominated
2014	Golden Globe Awards	Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture	The Imitation Game	Nominated
2014	Houston Film Critics Society	Best Supporting Actress	The Imitation Game	Nominated
2014	London Film Critics Circle	British Actress of the Year	The Imitation Game	Nominated
2014	San Diego Film Critics Society	Best Ensemble	The Imitation Game	Nominated
2014		Best Supporting Actress	The Imitation Game	Nominated
2014	Satellite Awards	Best Supporting Actress - Motion Picture	The Imitation Game	Nominated
2014	Screen Actors Guild	Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture'	The Imitation Game	Nominated
2014		Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role	The Imitation Game	Nominated

Charities

Keira Knightley supports the following charitable cause: Dyslexia.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]