In 2008, Keira Knightley played the title role in which film?
Keira Knightley prior to being told by Maybury to sing live. Knightley initially felt embarrassed while singing live: "I was shaking like a leaf", but eventually went through with the plan. Upon release, the film became a moderate critical and commercial success. Knightley's performance and singing abilities were praised by such film citics as Ray Bennett who wrote; "the film belongs to the women, with Knightley going from strength to strength (and showing she can sing!)". Knightley then starred as the 18th-century English aristocrat Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire in Saul Dibb's widely praised period drama "The Duchess" (2008), based on the
Keira Knightley For her performance, Knightley received her second Academy Award nomination, for Best Supporting Actress. Though Lady Jean Forde, who worked with Clarke and Turing at that time felt Knightley was "too beautiful" to play Clarke and said: "She [Clarke] was nothing like Keira". Knightley's sole release of 2015 was as part of the ensemble cast in the biographical disaster film "Everest". The film was based on the 1996 Mount Everest disaster with Knightley portraying mountaineer Rob Hall's wife. "Everest" opened to mixed review from critics. In October 2015, Knightley made her Broadway debut playing the title role in Helen Edmundson's