She appeared in a miniseries adaptation of Doctor Zhivago that first aired in 2002 to mixed reviews but high ratings. in the same month, Knightley was voted by readers of Hello. 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. Her biggest financial hit thus far, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, was released in July. Critic Richard Roeper was puzzled by both Knightley’s and McAvoy’s Academy Award snubs, stating “I thought McAvoy and Knightley were superb.” in the late spring of 2007, Knightley shot The Edge of Love with Cillian Murphy as her husband, Matthew Rhys as her childhood sweetheart, Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, and Sienna Miller as Thomas’ wife Caitlin Macnamara. in April 2009, Knightley began work on an adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s dystopian novel, Never Let Me Go with Andrew Garfield and Carey Mulligan.
Quote of the Day “It’s difficult to be in love because your expectations are so high. But I believe in love and romance very deeply. I think that as you learn more about yourself, you also learn to be more caring and vulnerable to the man you love.”- Keira Knightly on love to UK’s OK Magazine[Image via WENN.] [link]
