Keira Knightley

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Keira Knightley (March 26, 1985–) played Queen Amidala's (Natalie Portman) handmaiden Sabé in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace at the age of twelve during August 1997 at Leavesden Film Studio's, England. The completed film was released two years later in the Summer of 1999 when Knightley was 14 years old. Keira Knightley is credited in the films end credits as Kiera Knightley, the actress's birth-name.

Knightley was chosen to play Queen Amidala's decoy in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace because of her close resemblance to Natalie Portman, who played the Queen. Many people (including their mothers) had trouble telling them apart during the filming of The Phantom Menace.

Knightley's voice was dubbed-over with Natalie Portman's voice after filming, Natalie recorded both the Amidala and Sabé voices in post-production.

She was interviewed for the article Appearing Knightley (and the Women of Star Wars), published in Star Wars Insider #75 (2005)

Knightley was nominated for an Academy Award in 2005 for her role in Pride and Prejudice. She is well known for her role as Elizabeth Swann in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.

[edit] Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2009	My Fair Lady	Eliza Dolittle	Announced
2009	King Lear	Cordelia	Announced
2008	The Duchess	Georgiana Cavendish
2008	The Edge of Love	Vera Phillips
2007	Silk	Hélène Joncour
2007	Atonement	Cecilia Tallis
2007	Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End	Elizabeth Swann
2006	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Elizabeth Swann
2005	Domino	Domino Harvey
2005	Pride & Prejudice	Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bennet
2005	The Jacket	Jackie Price
2005	Stories of Lost Souls	Leah
2004	King Arthur	Guinevere
2003	Love Actually	Juliet
2003	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Elizabeth Swann
2002	Doctor Zhivago	Lara Antipova
2002	New Year's Eve	Leah
2002	Pure	Louise
2002	Thunderpants	Music School Student	Uncredited
2002	Bend It Like Beckham	Juliette "Jules" Paxton
2001	The Hole	Frances "Frankie" Almond Smith
2001	Deflation	Jogger
1999	Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace	Sabé
1995	Innocent Lies	Young Celia
1994	A Village Affair	Natasha Jordan

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[edit] External links

• Keira Knightley on Wikipedia
• Keira Knightley at the Internet Movie Database