Keira Knightley

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Keira linked to Fitzgerald biopic

Actress Keira Knightley is in talks to play the wife of novelist F Scott Fitzgerald in a new biopic, according to reports.

In the director's chair: Saul Dibb

Culture: The director of The Duchess talks about Keira Knightley and period dramas

Knightley stars at Duchess launch

Actress Keira Knightley joins fellow stars on the red carpet as The Duchess receives its world premiere in London.

'Not about Diana'

Why Keira Knightley won't talk about the late princess

The Duchess

Starring: Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes Review: The trailer makes this costume drama look like a dude's nightmare, all hotness buried in yards of lace and crinoline. But in telling the true (enough) 18th-century story of young Georgiana, the handful who got stuck marrying the haughty, unfaithful Duke of Devonshire (Ralph Fiennes), the filmmakers plugged in a live wire. That would be Keira Knightley, an actress with a gift for bringing humor and heat to period pieces (Atonement, Pride and Prejudice). Based on Amanda Foreman's biography of the Duchess, the film, directed perfunctorily by Saul Dibb, underlines every parallel it can find between Georgiana and Princess Diana, starting with the Duke's affair with Bess Foster (Hayley Atwell). Knightley meets every challenge of the role as the Duchess becomes a devoted mother, an infamous... Rating: 3 Stars

Fly-catching

Life & style: Hadley Freeman answers your queries. This week - can Keira Knightley actually close her mouth properly?

Keira Knightley is highest earning British Hollywood star on Forbes list

Keira second highest earning actress in Hollywood and only Brit in top 20.