Keira Knightley's breakthrough came with 2002's Bend It Like Beckham. She previously appeared in Pure, The Hole and as Natalie Portman's decoy in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. Knightley has earned multiple nominations including two Oscars, two Baftas and four Golden Globes for roles such as Pride and Prejudice, The Imitation Game and Atonement. She missed several major franchise roles including parts in Casino Royale, Superman Returns and The Dark Knight Rises. Joe Wright initially hesitated to cast her for being "too pretty" but later worked with her. She was made an OBE in 2018, supports West Ham, and wrote and illustrated a children's book, I Love You Just the Same.
Keira Knightley's big break arrived in 2002's Bend It Like Beckham, Gurinder Chadha's comedy-drama about female footballers, which put her into the premier league. Before that, she'd had smaller parts in the 2002 gritty British drama Pure, about a mother with a heroin addiction, and the 2001 thriller The Hole, set in an eerie abandoned nuclear fallout shelter. Before that, she'd played Natalie Portman's decoy in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace.
Since those days, Knightley has earned two Oscar, two Bafta and four Golden Globe nominations, for Pride and Prejudice, The Imitation Game, Atonement and the TV series Black Doves. She was nearly cast as Bond girl Vesper Lynd in 2006's Casino Royale (Eva Green was thought to be more age appropriate). She also nearly played Lois Lane in 2006's Superman Returns instead of Kate Bosworth, and Catwoman in 2012's The Dark Knight Rises instead of Anne Hathaway.
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