Keira Knightley began acting as a child and had several supporting roles such as in "Everest", but became famous after landing which role?
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Everest (2015 film) Everest is a 2015 British-American biographical adventure film directed and co-produced by Baltasar Kormákur, co-produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Nicky Kentish Barnes, Tyler Thompson and Brian Oliver and written by William Nicholson and Simon Beaufoy, adapted from Beck Weathers' memoir "Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest" (2000). It stars an ensemble cast of Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, Sam Worthington, Keira Knightley, Emily Watson, and Jake Gyllenhaal. It is based on the real events of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, and focuses on the survival attempts of two expedition groups, one led by Rob Hall (Clarke) and the other by Scott Fischer (Gyllenhaal).
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Keira Knightley Keira Christina Knightley ( ; born 26 March 1985) is an English actress. She began acting as a child on television and made her film debut in 1995. After having worked in supporting roles in various films, Knightley gained recognition with the comedy-drama "Bend It Like Beckham" in 2002. She achieved international fame after landing the role of Elizabeth Swann in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" film series. One of the highest-paid actresses of Hollywood, Knightley has won an Empire Award, and has garnered multiple nominations for the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award.
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Patty Duke Anna Marie "Patty" Duke (December 14, 1946March 29, 2016) was an American actress, appearing on stage, film, and television. She first became known as a teen star, winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress at age 16 for her role as Helen Keller in "The Miracle Worker" (1962), a role which she had originated on Broadway. The following year she was given her own show, "The Patty Duke Show," in which she portrayed "identical cousins". She later progressed to more mature roles such as that of Neely O'Hara in the film "Valley of the Dolls" (1967). Over the course of her career, she received ten Emmy Award nominations and three Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Duke also served as president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1985 to 1988.
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Heidi (1968 film) Heidi is a 1968 NBC made-for-TV film version of the 1880 novel of the same name by Johanna Spyri which debuted on November 17, 1968. It starred actress Jennifer Edwards, stepdaughter of Julie Andrews and daughter of Blake Edwards, in the title role, alongside Maximilian Schell, Jean Simmons, and Michael Redgrave. The score was composed by John Williams. The film was sponsored by Timex.
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Mayuri Kyatari Mayuri Kyatari is an Indian film actress and model. Kyatari began her career in the Kannada soap opera "Ashwini Nakshatra". She became very famous and a household name through the same until she debuted in the Kannada movie "Krishna Leela".
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Leigh Christian Leigh Christian (born October 25, 1945) is an American actress best known for her guest starring roles on many major television series during the 1970s and 1980s including "The Rockford Files", "Hawaii Five-O", "The Six Million Dollar Man", "Knight Rider", "Starsky and Hutch", "The Ghost Busters", amongst others.
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Amanda Donohoe Amanda Donohoe (born 29 June 1962) is an English actress. She had a four-year relationship with popstar Adam Ant and appeared in the music videos for the Adam and the Ants singles "Antmusic" (1980) and "Stand and Deliver" (1981). For her role as C.J. Lamb on the NBC drama series "L.A. Law" (1990–92), she won the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress (TV) in 1992. Other television roles include playing Natasha Wylde on the British soap opera "Emmerdale" (2009–10). On stage, she starred as Yelena in "Uncle Vanya" (New York 1995), Mrs. Robinson in "The Graduate" (London 2001) and in the title role of "Hedda Gabler" (Manchester 2001). Her film appearances include "Castaway" (1986), "The Lair of the White Worm" (1988), "The Madness of King George" (1994) and "Liar, Liar" (1997).
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Everest (1998 film) Everest is a 70mm American documentary film, from MacGillivray Freeman Films, about the struggles involved in climbing Mount Everest, the highest mountain peak on Earth, located in the Himalayan region of Nepal. It was released to IMAX theaters in March 1998 and became the highest-grossing film made in the IMAX format.
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Everesting Everesting is an activity in which cyclists ascend and descend a given hill multiple times, in order to have cumulatively climbed 8848 meters (the elevation of Mt. Everest).
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Malin Åkerman Malin Maria Åkerman (] , ; born May 12, 1978) is a Swedish Canadian actress, model and singer. She became known for making appearances in several Canadian productions. In the early 2000s, she had many television and film parts, including "The Utopian Society" (2003) and "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle" (2004). Following a supporting role on the comedy series "The Comeback" (2005), Åkerman gained her first starring roles in the feature films "The Heartbreak Kid" (2007) and "27 Dresses" (2008).
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Scarlett Johansson Scarlett Johansson ( ; born November 22, 1984) is an American actress, model, and singer. She made her film debut in the fantasy comedy "North" (1994). Johansson subsequently starred in "Manny & Lo" (1996), and garnered further acclaim and prominence with roles in "The Horse Whisperer" (1998) and "Ghost World" (2001). She shifted to adult roles with her performances in "Girl with a Pearl Earring" (2003) and "Lost in Translation" (2003), for which she won a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role.
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Rebekah Robertson Rebekah Sarah Robertson (born 4 July 1967 in Surrey, England) is an Australian actor and activist who has appeared on television and on stage. In 2012, Robertson founded the first parent led peer support group and information hub for transgender kids and their families in Australia, Transcend. She now advocates for transgender kids and has won numerous awards for her work.
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Anna Karenina (2012 film) Anna Karenina is a 2012 British historical romance film directed by Joe Wright. Adapted by Tom Stoppard from Leo Tolstoy's 1877 novel of the same name, the film depicts the tragedy of Russian aristocrat and socialite Anna Karenina, wife of senior statesman Alexei Karenin, and her affair with the affluent officer Count Vronsky which leads to her ultimate demise. Keira Knightley stars in the lead role as Karenina, marking her third collaboration with Wright following both "Pride & Prejudice" (2005) and "Atonement" (2007), while Jude Law and Aaron Taylor-Johnson appear as Karenin and Vronsky, respectively. Matthew Macfadyen, Kelly Macdonald, Domhnall Gleeson and Alicia Vikander appear in key supporting roles.
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Downhill (1927 film) Downhill is a 1927 British silent drama film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Ivor Novello, Robin Irvine, and Isabel Jeans, and based on the play "Down Hill" by Novello and Constance Collier. The film was made by Gainsborough Pictures at their Islington studios. The film is Hitchcock's fifth film as director. The American alternative title for this film was When Boys Leave Home.
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Skip Homeier George Vincent Homeier (October 5, 1930 – June 25, 2017), known professionally as Skip Homeier, was an American actor who started his career at the age of eleven and became a child star.
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Karan Kapoor Karan Kapoor (born 18 January 1962) is a former Indian film actor and model of British and Indian descent. He is the son of Indian Bollywood International Actor Shashi Kapoor and his India settled (late) British Actress Jennifer Kendal. His paternal grandfather was Prithviraj Kapoor and his paternal uncles are Raj Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor. His elder brother Kunal Kapoor and sister Sanjana Kapoor have also acted in some films but like him they were not very successful. His maternal grandparents, Geoffrey Kendal and Laura Kendal, were actors who toured India and Asia with their theatre group, Shakespeareana, performing Shakespeare and Shaw. The Merchant Ivory film, "Shakespeare Wallah", was loosely based on the family, which starred his father and his aunt, actress Felicity Kendal. Karan later moved towards photography and decided to be a part of this profession though he worked as an actor too.
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After the Waterfall After the Waterfall is a 2010 New Zealand drama film based on Stephen Blanchard's novel "The Paraffin Child". The film was the first starring role in a feature film for Antony Starr, known for his roles in "Outrageous Fortune" and was the first feature film directed by Simone Horrocks. It was released theatrically in New Zealand on 4 November 2010.
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King Kong (actor) King Kong (born as Shankar) is an Indian film actor and comedian, who has appeared in Tamil language films in supporting roles. A clip from the film, "Adhisaya Piravi" (1990, directed by Dallas Raines of Los Angeles weather fame), which features King Kong dancing has become a viral internet video titled Little Superstar.
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Laurence Naismith Laurence Naismith (born Lawrence Johnson; 14 December 19085 June 1992) was an English actor. He made numerous film and television appearances, including starring roles in the musical films "Scrooge" (1970) and the children's ghost film "The Amazing Mr Blunden" (1972). He also had memorable rôles as Captain Edward Smith of the RMS Titanic in "A Night to Remember" (1958) and the First Sea Lord in "Sink the Bismarck!" (1960).
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Kimberly Cullum Kimberly Cullum (born November 29, 1981) is an American former child actress who had many film and television roles during the 1990s.
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Barbara Everest Barbara Everest (19 June 1890 – 9 February 1968) was a British stage and film actress. She was born in Southfields, Surrey, and made her screen debut in the 1916 film "The Man Without a Soul".
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George Knightley George Knightley is a principal character depicted by Jane Austen in her novel "Emma", written in 1815. He is a landowner and gentleman farmer, though one (as the author slily informs us) "having little spare money". A lifetime friend of Emma's, though nearly seventeen years older than she, he enjoys correcting Emma, as Emma observes in chapter 1.