In 2018, "Colette" was premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. In an interview with "Variety" to promote the film, Knightley criticised the way women are portrayed in films set in the modern day, stating, "I don't really do films set in the modern day because the female characters nearly always get raped. I always find something distasteful in the way women are portrayed, whereas I've always found very inspiring characters offered to me in historical pieces". Knightley was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to drama and charity. The same year, she played the Sugar Plum Fairy in Disney's adaptation of "The Nutcracker", titled "The Nutcracker and the Four Realms", directed by Lasse Hallström and Joe Johnston. The film received generally negative reviews.