Keira Knightley

Keira Knightley Net Worth

Keira Knightley net worth: Keira Knightley is a London-born actress who has a net worth of $60 million dollars. Keira Knightley began acting while a child in 1995 in the film Innocent Lies, and had supporting roles in films like, Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and Coming Home. She exploded in the early 2000's with high profile roles in films like Bend It Like Beckham, Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl, Love Actually, King Arthur, Pride and Prejudice, and Atonement. She has been nominated for the Oscar, the Golden Globe, and the BAFTA Award for her film work, as well as the Laurence Olivier Award for her work on stage. In 2008, Forbes magazine named Keira Knightley the second highest-paid actress in Hollywood. She is the only non-American to have made that list. She was born in London but lived in Richmond, England for most of her life. She was diagnosed at the age of six years old with dyslexia but persevered and was successful in school and thus permitted to acquire a talent agent to pursue her acting career. She was always eager to enter the theatre and requested an agent at the age of three years old. She performed in a number of local amateur productions, including After Juliet which was written by her mother, and went on to appear in commercials and small television roles before entering her career on the big screen. In 2013, Knightly wed rocker, James Righton in a small ceremony in southern France; Righton is the keyboard player for the rock group, Klaxons.