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Celebrity Icon Kiera Knightley exhibits beauty and youth with a chic updo and flattering pleated Erdem mini. (Photo Credit: WireImage/Jon Furniss)

Keira Knightley, a young British actress, is the third-youngest performer ever nominated for an Academy Award. She began her career as a child actress, and came to international prominence in 2003, after co-starring in the films Bend It Like Beckham and Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy. She has also appeared in several Hollywood films and earned an Academy Award nomination for her role as Elizabeth Bennet in Joe Wright’s 2005 adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.

As of 2008, Forbes claims Knightley to be the second highest paid actress in Hollywood (behind Cameron Diaz), having reportedly earned $32 Million in 2007, making her the only non-American person on the list of highest paid actors or actresses.