# Poll: Keira Knightley, beautiful? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 30, 2009, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-keira-knightley-beautiful/515720 "2009-10-30T14:38:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TurtleFace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TurtleFace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TurtleFace)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2016, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-keira-knightley-beautiful/515720/41 "2016-04-23T04:48:03Z")
I personally think that Keira Knightley is the most adorable, sexy and stunningly beautiful woman I’ve ever seen. I totally love her! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d26b3c/32.png) [@Johnny\_Angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Angel)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2016, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-keira-knightley-beautiful/515720/42 "2016-04-23T05:28:17Z")
> [@Bernard\_Marx](#): > > She’s definitely not ugly, but there’s just something a bit weird-looking about her mouth and cheekbones. I think she looks a bit like an Identikit picture - all the elements are right, but somehow they just don’t work together. I think she’s quite pretty. But… [What the hell is this?](http://www.mypagecover.com/cover/138243/keira-knightley-pirates-of-the-caribbean-wet.html) Why is her skin vacuformed into the underside of her jaw? Is that normal? I’ve never seen skin wrap around the inner side of the jawbone. And then you can’t unsee how weird her jaw looks right next to her neck, like she’s got a huge hollow skull tottering atop a way-too-small neck and you know her chin is concave underneath. But, like I said, very lovely. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2016, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-keira-knightley-beautiful/515720/43 "2016-04-23T05:33:12Z")
Beautiful. Does not need a cheeseburger. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Ace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6bbea6/32.png) [@Johnny\_Ace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ace)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2016, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-keira-knightley-beautiful/515720/44 "2016-04-23T06:20:12Z")
Eh she’s alright if you’re into the Twiggy type. I gave her the middle option. She has unique looks, but not really my cup of tea. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2016, 7:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-keira-knightley-beautiful/515720/45 "2016-04-23T07:59:41Z")
Keira Knightley with a few pounds/curves on her might look like [Sophia Myles](https://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=A0LEVibaKhtXesoAGK4PxQt.?p=Sophia+Myles&fr=yhs-adk-adk_sbnt&fr2=piv-web&hspart=adk&hsimp=yhs-adk_sbnt&type=appfocus7_ra_ff). I wouldn’t kick either one of them out of my hot tub. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-keira-knightley-beautiful/515720/46 "2016-04-23T14:03:21Z")
> [@Johnny\_Ace](#): > > Eh she’s alright if you’re into the Twiggy type. I gave her the middle option. She has unique looks, but not really my cup of tea. Same here. The few shots of her without makeup that I’ve seen show her to be quite ordinary looking. Nothing wrong with that, but naturally beautiful she ain’t. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2016, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-keira-knightley-beautiful/515720/47 "2016-04-23T16:14:55Z")
A link in the OP would have been helpful, but I found her on the Internet, and she’s as close to perfect as I’ll ever need. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2016, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-keira-knightley-beautiful/515720/48 "2016-04-23T16:30:31Z")
She’s incredibly beautiful, very talented, and she takes risks in her career that show she has guts. I’d make her any damn cheeseburger she was in the mood for… or a salad instead. I might have to be careful not arranging the food in a smiley face when it’s served though. I mean, what if her dietary restriction was “never eating anything with a face”? ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-keira-knightley-beautiful/515720/49 "2016-04-23T16:51:48Z")
She comes across in interviews as crude and foul-mouthed. She has an eating disorder, no matter who says what. And I don’t think she’s beautiful. However, I don’t really care one way or another as I haven’t seen her in any movies. I don’t ‘hate’ her or anything, she’s just that walking skeleton that gets a lot of good movie roles. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-keira-knightley-beautiful/515720/50 "2016-04-23T17:03:35Z")
I think Kiera Knightley’s face is hideously ugly. Well, maybe not that bad, but she is NOT beautiful or even pretty. Her face is grotesquely misshapen, particularly her lantern jaw. Thanks for asking. I’ve been wanting to get this off my chest. I’ve never noticed her body. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-keira-knightley-beautiful/515720/51 "2016-04-23T17:57:25Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I think Kiera Knightley’s face is hideously ugly. Well, maybe not that bad, but she is NOT beautiful or even pretty. Her face is grotesquely misshapen, particularly her lantern jaw. Thanks for asking. I’ve been wanting to get this off my chest. > > I’ve never noticed her body. ^What I hesitated to say in a fandom thread. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2016, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-keira-knightley-beautiful/515720/52 "2016-04-23T18:52:14Z")
Beautiful and I do not think she needs a piece of cake, or a cheeseburger, or a strawberry milkshake. I do think she’s a mannered Janey-one-note actress, though. So there’s that. ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2016, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-keira-knightley-beautiful/515720/53 "2016-04-23T19:44:23Z")
Not what I’m into. I wouldn’t fix my mouth to call her ugly, but I’m not attracted to women who look like her; I don’t even kick it with dudes who are attracted to women who look like her. That said, I will stipulate that she would probably be considered attractive, according to most objective criteria. ---
**Author:** ![davida03801](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2016, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-keira-knightley-beautiful/515720/54 "2016-04-23T21:41:04Z")
Who ? i had to do a Google, and oh yeah that one. In one of the recent Jane Austin films I liked a while ago. As for beauty…shrugs. ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2016, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-keira-knightley-beautiful/515720/55 "2016-04-23T22:02:48Z")
Are we talking about the actress who starred in _Pride & Prejudice_ or the one who starred in _Pride & Prejudice & Zombies_? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2016, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-keira-knightley-beautiful/515720/56 "2016-04-23T22:48:55Z")
Interviewer David Poland to Keira: “You look a little worn out today.” Benedict Cumberbatch: “That’s not a nice thing to say to one of the most beautiful women on the planet” Keira: “Yeah, fuck you!” I’ll take Benedict’s word for it. ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2016, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-keira-knightley-beautiful/515720/57 "2016-04-23T22:58:45Z")
Wait a second, take Benedict’s word for it? Am I thinking of somebody else named Benedict Cumberbatch? Since when is that freaky looking dude an authority on beauty? ---
**Author:** ![campp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@campp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/campp)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-keira-knightley-beautiful/515720/58 "2016-04-24T00:14:07Z")
Same here, I had to Google who she was. Also, shrug. ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2016, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-keira-knightley-beautiful/515720/59 "2016-04-24T01:17:39Z")
She’s very pretty, but too thin for my taste. Nothing wrong with her deciding how fat she wants to be but as a light-hearted poll she can have a couple of baconcheeseburgers. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2016, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-keira-knightley-beautiful/515720/60 "2016-04-24T04:33:11Z")
I’m a big fan and think she’s quite beautiful, but I have seen her looking IMHO too thin in some photos. So yes, I suppose a cheeseburger or two would not go amiss. But of course it’s her body and if she’s happy with it, that’s that. Here she is looking particularly fetching, I’d say: [http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsK/30803-26902.jpg](http://www.wearysloth.com/Gallery/ActorsK/30803-26902.jpg) [http://www.imagozone.com/var/albums/filme/Pride%20Prejudice/Keira%20Knightley%20ma%2061.jpg?m=1293074034](http://www.imagozone.com/var/albums/filme/Pride%20Prejudice/Keira%20Knightley%20ma%2061.jpg?m=1293074034) [![](http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Keira-in-Pride-and-Prejudice-keira-knightley-571077_1280_554.jpg) ](http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Keira-in-Pride-and-Prejudice-keira-knightley-571077_1280_554.jpg) [![](http://iberosphere.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/silk.jpg) ](http://iberosphere.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/silk.jpg) [![](http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Keira-keira-knightley-112608_1024_768.jpg) ](http://images.fanpop.com/images/image_uploads/Keira-keira-knightley-112608_1024_768.jpg) [![](https://www.prettydesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Keira-Knightley-Hair-Short-Shaggy-Hairstyle1.jpg) ](https://www.prettydesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Keira-Knightley-Hair-Short-Shaggy-Hairstyle1.jpg) As for criticisms of her acting, I defy you to watch her in any combination of _Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, Domino, A Dangerous Method_ and _Begin Again_, and tell me she’s a one-note actress. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-keira-knightley-beautiful/515720.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-keira-knightley-beautiful/515720.md?page=4)