Keira Knightley inspires those with Dyslexia

Quick Facts about Kiera Knightley · Full Name: Keira Christina Knightley · Current Job: Actress, model · Born: March 26, 1985, Teddington, London, United Kingdom ... Menu Home UnderstandWhatisDyslexia?SymptomsandSignsCausesTypesSpecialEducationLaw(US)PhonemesFastFactsResearchGlossary PlanTestingProgramsthatWorkOrton-GillinghamAssistiveTech FindTeachingResourcesTutorsSchoolsDecodingDyslexia OtherInformationParentGuidesDRWBlogSuccessfulDyslexicsDysgraphiaDyscalculiaDyspraxiaAboutUsContactUs SuccessfulDyslexics:KeiraKnightley QuickFactsaboutKieraKnightley FullName:  KeiraChristinaKnightleyCurrentJob:Actress, modelBorn:March26, 1985,Teddington,London,UnitedKingdomSecrettoOvercoming Dyslexia:Hermother'ssupportandinsistencethatshebeabletoread EmmaThompson'sscreenplayforSenseandSensibility.Hobbies:Collecting shoes.MovieHistory  Biography KeiraKnightleywasbornintheSouthLondonsuburbofTeddington,daughter ofactorWillKnightleyandactress/playwrightSharmanMacdonald.Bytheageof threeshealreadyknewshewantedtoactandbysixhadanagentofherown. AttheageofsevenitwasdiscoveredthatKeirahadseveredifficultiesin readingandwriting.Sheremembersexcruciatingexperiencesofbeingcalled stupidbymanykidsatherschoolandanauditionwhereshecouldn'treadher lines. HermotherwasworkingwithactressandscreenwriterEmmaThompsonatthe time.WantingtohelpKeirareadandknowingshedesperatelywantedtobean actress,shechallengedherdaughterbypromisingactingclassesduringsummer holidays,butonlyontheconditionshebeabletoreadThompson'sscreenplay forthenovelSenseandSensibility.Thislitamotivationalfirethathelped herovercomeherdyslexia KnightleyDiscussesherDyslexia KnightleyhadasupportingroleasQueenAmildala'sdecoyinStarWars EpisodeI:ThePhantomMenace,butherbreakoutroleinBenditLikeBeckham openedthedoortoplayingElizabethSwannintheblockbusterPiratesofthe Caribbeanseriesoffilms.Later,shehasnominatedforanAcademyAwardforherrole asElizabethBennetinPrideandPrejudice(2005). Todaysheistheonlynon-Americanonthelistofhighest-paidactresses. KnightleygavebirthtoababygirlinMayof2015withhusbandJamesRighton,givingthesuccessfuldyslexicmoretojugglethaneverbefore. Quotes “Iwas–am–dyslexicandthewayshegotmeoverit wastosay:‘IfEmmaThompsoncouldn’tread,she’dmake-------sureshe'dget overit,soyouhavetostartreading,becausethat’swhatEmmaThompsonwould do” “Iamaslowreader.Ialwayslovedwords,whichisastrange thinggiventhatIcouldn'tactuallyreadthem” "MyupbringingiswhyIamthepersonI amtoday.Ihaveverywiseparents" ReturntothetopofKieraKnightley Home › FamousPeoplewithDyslexia › KeiraKnightley New!CommentsShareyourthoughtsorideas!Leaveusacommentintheboxbelow.YoucanpostitatthissiteonlyoronFacebooktoo,it'suptoyou. Photo:TonyShek,retouch:Patrol110(http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonyshek/234330445/)[CC-BY-2.0(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)],viaWikimediaCommons Stayuptodate,subscribetoournewsletter:TheOasis Email FirstName(optional) Subscribe Copyright2013-2020©byMichaelBates,Dyslexia-Reading-Well.com.AllRightsReserved | PrivacyPolicy&Disclaimer