James Righton is the husband of Keira Knightley. The couple met at a party. Having fallen in love with each other, they scheduled a wedding. The event took place in the south of France at the Knightley estate. Two years later their daughter Edie was born.
James Righton is the lead singer of the English indie rock band Klaxons. He is 32 years old. Place of birth: England, Stratford-upon-Avon. He followed in the footsteps of his father, a musician. It was dad who inspired Wrighton to create. During his school years, the musician played in several bands. After passing his exams, he left to study Spanish and politics at Cardiff State University. After graduation, he immediately moved to Madrid and began professional study of English there. In the province of Castellon in Benicassim he became friends with Simon Taylor-Davies, with whom he later formed the group Klaxons. Simon taught Righton to play the guitar. In 2006, the group signed a contract with Polydor Records. At the peak of his career, Wrighton returned to England, where he met his future wife.
James Wrighton through the eyes of an astrologer
Like all men born under the Virgo constellation, James never loses his presence of mind, believes in his own star and strives not to leave his comfort zone, using all his innate qualities, good memory and the ability to be attentive even to little things.
People around him often consider the Virgo man to be preoccupied with the material side of life, but this only seems at first glance. Possessing an attractive appearance, he can be irresistible if he wants. But since personal comfort is above all else for him, a man born under the constellation Virgo prefers to stay in the shadow of a more active partner.
Behind external calm, representatives of this zodiac symbol hide their doubts about the correctness of the decisions made. But absolutely all Virgos - both men and women - are distinguished by extreme cleanliness and a desire to improve themselves and help others improve.
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My “sixth” winter was already reluctantly retreating, leaving behind ragged furrows on the once pristine face of the earth. The snowdrifts mercilessly “settled”, losing their proud whiteness and turning into dirty lumps of ice, bashfully melting, giving birth to many cheerful streams, which, playfully whispering, ran merrily along the slopes and paths that were already beginning to turn green here and there. The days were clear, transparent and windless. The “green” smells of spring were confidently fragrant in the air and almost real warmth was spreading, causing the earth, still sleepy from winter hibernation, to awaken more and more. Once again a new life was born... I, like all children, adored spring. It seemed that we, too, like sleepy bear cubs, were crawling out of our “dens” after a long hibernation and joyfully exposing our smiling faces to the first gentle rays of the sun for a kiss. And the kind sun gladly “decorated” our children’s cheeks and noses with scatterings of freckles, evoking the warm smiles of our mothers... The days gradually became longer and on our street more and more old women came out with their benches to sit on the porch and enjoy the warm rays of the sun. I really loved our kind, quiet street. It was not very wide and not too long, as I always called it - homemade. At one end it ran into the forest, at the other, into a huge chamomile field (on the site of which much later, to my great regret, a local railway station was built). On our street, which was then still surrounded by greenery, there were only about twenty private houses. It was a “blessed” time when there were no televisions (we got our first one when I was nine years old) and people just communicated. We all knew each other well and lived as if it were one big happy family. Some were loved, some not so much... But everyone knew that if he had trouble, someone would always come to his aid, and it never happened that anyone was left out. Even the most “harmful” ones tried to help, although later, of course, one way or another, they did not forget to remember this. I am by no means trying to show the romantic idyll of the place and time in which I lived and, moreover, to reduce the significance of any “progress” that appeared. But I can never forget how warmer and cleaner people were when their souls and minds were not burdened by the alien “fog of well-being” and “mental dirt” of this same “progress”. In total, twelve boys and four girls lived on our entire street at the time; we were all of different ages and had different interests. But, despite this, there was one summer time that we all loved - the evening, when everyone got together and did something in which everyone, both older children and little ones, could participate. And it was always very difficult for our poor parents when they had to drive their “children” home, tearing them away from some (of course, always amazing!) unfinished story or game...
Star wedding
Keira Knightley and James Righton began dating in February 2011, and after two years - in May 2013 - the couple announced their upcoming marriage.
A closed wedding ceremony, to which only relatives and closest friends of the newlyweds were invited, took place on May 4, 2013 in the southern part of France - not far from the estate where the newlyweds planned to build a family nest.
As mentioned in one credible source, the newlyweds, in order to avoid attracting the attention of journalists, asked their invited guests to come in small groups and not stay in large hotels. However, despite the measures taken, photographs of the happy bride dressed in a wedding dress still spread across social networks.
The newlywed's wedding dress, according to preliminary estimates by experts, could have been created by the hands of fashion designer Karl Legerfeld (especially since Knightley is the face of this fashion house). Judging by the photo reports of journalists who entered the ceremony, the newlywed, walking arm in arm with her new husband, radiated joy, and immediately after the ceremony the couple got into an inconspicuous Renault Clio car and disappeared in an unknown direction.
Later, the Daily Mail notified its readers that the newlyweds settled in the Vaucluse department, located near Mazan, in an eight-bedroom estate surrounded by vineyards.
Pregnancy and birth of a daughter
In December 2014, it became known that Kira was pregnant. James Wrighton was very happy about this. The girl did not want to talk about the timing and gender of the unborn baby. But Kira refused to be a recluse. Until the birth, Knightley accompanied her husband to social events. During pregnancy, the actress became even more beautiful. She got rid of excessive thinness and began to choose exclusive feminine outfits.
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Two years after the wedding, Kira gave birth to a daughter in May 2020. Only when she was 3 months old did the couple introduce their baby to the world. James Wrighton named his daughter Edie. Kira did not give up her film career. Just 4 months after the birth of her daughter, another film starring the famous actress was released.
James Wrighton earns a hundred times less than his wife
The Klaxons group, in which Righton performed, as already reported in the media, ceased to exist not long ago. Keira Knightley, unlike her husband, is not slowing down - she is actively filming and getting roles in theatrical productions.
The topic of budget distribution in this family has captured the imagination of journalists for many years: the income of Knightley's company - KCK Boo, at the end of last year, amounted to eight million pounds, while James Wrighton (his income statistics were calculated in accordance with the earnings of the Galloping Faster company) for this year the same period earned only eighty-eight thousand.
Having married one of the highest paid actresses in Britain, her husband, a vocalist and musician who performed as part of the rock band Klaxons, is still in the shadow of her fame.
In August 2013, James Wrighton and Keira Knightley (the famous couple's wedding took place in May) attended the Arenal Sound music festival, held in Spain. As it turned out later, James, being a member of the Klaxons group, was among the musicians invited to the festival, and Kira came to support her husband.
Biography
James's father, a musician, inspired him to play in several bands that performed from time to time at school.[1] After his exams, he went to study politics and Spanish at Cardiff University, after which he moved to Madrid to study Spanish. While in Madrid, Wrighton attended a festival in Benicassim, where he met Simon Taylor-Davies, with whom he learned to play guitar.[2]
The Klaxons signed a contract with Polydor Records in 2006.[3]
Keira Knightley's husband was born in the year of the Gray Boar
Chinese astrologers consider one of the main characteristics of a person born under the sign of the Gray or Water Pig (James Wrighton is one of them) to have a pronounced creativity and assertive character. Righton, like many of his peers, is modest, knows when to stop and prefers to live in harmony with himself and the Universe.
A serious drawback of people born with this arrangement of heavenly bodies is considered to be the fear of doing or saying anything that could accidentally offend the feelings of another person, so they prefer to adapt to circumstances instead of showing determination and strength of character.
Keira Knightley: I love to dance, but I look like a complete fool!
Previously, both in Russia and abroad, the heroine of Tolstoy’s novel was portrayed by actresses over 30, or even over 40, but the book does not say anything about Anna’s age. Based on indirect hints, we can assume that she is somewhere around 26 - 28 - that is, about the same age as Kira is now; that is, everything is correct.
She got into the film without an audition: Knightley simply loves Wright, who has already directed her in Pride and Prejudice and Atonement, film adaptations of two wonderful British novels written by Jane Austen and Ian McEwan with an interval of almost two hundred years. Now it’s the turn of the Russian book, which is idolized in the English-speaking world (at one point, according to a Modern Library survey, it took first place in the list of the best books on earth).
Karenina is Russia's greatest literary export, the favorite novel of countless women on earth, a radiant and hopeless text that equally beautifully describes passion, pregnancy and clinical, catastrophic, train-ending depression. In Wright's version, the novel became either a musical (although there is no singing) or a ballet (although there is quite a bit of dancing). This is probably the only way it can be filmed in 2012, after all the previous ponderous film adaptations.
Knightley appears in luxurious outfits in movies, and on the red carpet, frankly speaking, he doesn’t disdain them (At the premiere of “Karenina” in Hollywood). Photo: REUTERS
Universal provided TV Program with an interview with Kira.
— Kira, how intimate is your working relationship with Joe Wright?
- Intimate, considering that we are friends, we live nearby and I see him terribly often. But this time, what was interesting: we thought that everything would be the same, completely forgetting that five years had passed since the last time we worked together. Well, that is, we shot some commercials during these five years (Wright directed Knightley in an advertisement for Coco Mademoiselle perfume. - Ed.), but it was not a movie, and now we started the film and suddenly realized that we were both very have changed. We just had to get to know each other again, and I think one of the reasons was the material and the heroin. She is such a strange creature. I had to constantly balance trying to make it relatable and relatable to other people without simplifying it. And sometimes Joe would start saying, “I hate her. I just hate it."
Kira with her boyfriend, musician James Righton. She is about to become his legal wife. Photo: SPLASH NEWS
—Have you never hated Anna yourself?
“I think it’s impossible not to hate her at times.” Sometimes you do something bad yourself, and then you think: “Lord, I can’t believe I did this.” In this sense, yes, sometimes I hate her - but this hatred never comes from misunderstanding. She is the kind of character that makes you look at yourself, at your own ideas about morality, and ask the question: are you better than her or what?
“King Arthur” is one of the films that brought Kira fame. In her combativeness, Guinevere is not inferior to either Arthur or Lancelot.
— Do you always follow your desires?
- Not always. But if I told you that I never followed their lead, it would not be true. We are all human and sometimes we can be selfish.
— Anna no longer seems like a romantic heroine to you?
— I think there are still a lot of romantic elements in this text. Love is viewed there from all possible sides; romantic love is only part of the whole. Passion, lust at first sight, or romantic love is what Anna drowns in, what demolishes her. The tragedy is that she does not see other sides of love. And when she walks away from instant love, it seems to her that everything is over, that she is lost, that she is completely alone, on her own. This is the main tragedy in the novel.
— Was it difficult for you, as an actress, to imagine yourself living in a time when people were not free to follow their hearts?
- No, it's just a matter of imagination. And then, no matter how our society changes, its rules are still there - and anyone who breaks them is instantly rejected. We are a pack, and we look in the same direction. We're just looking the other way now. I think that this feeling - when you are ostracized, when you break a rule that you didn’t even know was important - I can understand.
Anna Karenina in Joe Wright's film Feels like being in a theater. And suddenly she refuses to play the role assigned to her as an exemplary wife and mother...
“Anna lives in plain sight, like a goldfish in an aquarium, and so do you, considering how much attention journalists pay to you.” Can you draw parallels?
- Yes, of course, but anyone can do it. We humans tend to look at each other, hoping that somehow we will be brought together, cemented together. And very often we do this by causing damage to an individual person. This is one aspect. Then, she begins to feel terrible claustrophobia. And the problem is that she cannot escape this feeling - if she ends her marriage, all people will begin to judge her. And then, when this happens, she cannot leave the house, cannot make a single movement. Although he is always trying to break out of it.
— What do you think Tolstoy was trying to tell us with his story?
“I think he was emphasizing one thing morally: you can’t do what she’s doing.” He appoints her to the role of anti-heroine. If we talk about my feelings - and the feelings of most modern people - you can’t live like that. If you find yourself in a relationship like a trap, and nothing in this relationship works, you need to run away. This is a very modern feeling, but there is a catch: we just filmed Anna Karenina and couldn’t help but notice one moment. Tolstoy fell in love with his heroine while he was writing about her, began to look for excuses for her, but still he nailed her. Anna wants something very big - something that she cannot get.
— Can you give a similar example from your life?
- Ability to speak French. I tried, I worked really, really hard on it, but it never worked out. French continues to elude me.
— Wasn’t it strange to play a heroine who is trying to get out of her marriage at the very moment when you yourself are preparing for marriage? (With rock musician James Righton from the band Klaxons. - Ed.)
"Domino" is a film where Kira plays a modern desperate girl who knows how to handle nunchucks...
- No - at that moment I still didn’t know that I was preparing for it! You see, when you play, you do not use life experience, but your understanding of life. You can be very happy and play a very unhappy person, and vice versa.
— Have you learned anything about the relationship between a man and a woman that can help you in marriage?
- No. And I don't think I could find out. The book says that life goes on, and even if you learn something from one mistake, you can make another. I think her tragedy was that she did not understand what was facing her. She always wanted what was in front of her eyes. But if you get to this moment - “oh, how lovely, I want it” - this moment will not last long. It will be fleeting. This is the nature of life.
...And in “Pirates of the Caribbean” the heroine is more familiar with swords, daggers and muskets.
— Did you like putting on all these wonderful outfits?
“Of course, and I loved working with Jacqueline Durran, who I worked with on Atonement and Pride and Prejudice.” She's quirky and knows how to handle characters. She does everything based on the character, but she also works with the actor. A lot of costume designers are like, “Here, I came up with a dress design, let’s get into it.” This is normal, but Jacqueline takes all circumstances into account. Vanity is an important thing for Anna, and the more desperate she becomes, the more vain she becomes. She simply has nothing else to do. She is surrounded by death all the time: fur, bird feathers - and even diamonds are somehow very sharply cut. Everything is somehow sharpened, everything inspires anxiety.
— Was it technically difficult to play against the backdrop of Joe Wright’s extremely stylized sets?
“You use them in your work, and it was exciting to try something new without any idea how well it would turn out.” But technically it was very, very difficult. This is a highly stylized film, and I didn't want to lose the emotions of the characters. She is a very emotional woman, and I didn’t want to make her too important or too calm.
Girl with a guitar: on the set of the film “Can a Song Save Your Life?” In July 2012.
— You have starred in many serious dramas. Don't you now miss the sword swinging and kicking from films like "Pirates of the Caribbean"?
- A little. I like to act in action films, I’m currently filming one - “Jack Ryan”, which is directed by Kenneth Branagh. (This is a film adaptation of Tom Clancy’s novel about a CIA agent, and a significant part of the action takes place in Moscow. - Ed.) But I don’t do most of the stunts - just run a little. In this movie, dancing was like learning the sequence of moves for a fight scene.
— Do you like to dance in general? And if you love, then why?
— I love to dance, but I’m not very good at it. What I'm good at is jumping around joyfully while looking like a complete fool. Under what? We had a fantastic party one time - so 80's disco - and we all danced to the song Albuquerque by Prefab Sprout.
— You once said that suicide seems to you like the murder of a timid person. This is very deep...
“Someone once told me this, and I don’t think, of course, that this definition applies to all suicides.” When I was working on A Dangerous Method it came up—and then on Anna I discussed it with Joe. What was important to me: I didn’t want Anna to be a victim. Her rage at the end is enormous, and it’s as if she wants to hit Vronsky so that he feels the pain that she feels.
— What exactly is it about Anna that you find it easiest to identify with?
- Yes with everything. I think that's what's most terrifying about her. Screenwriter Tom Stoppard and Joe wanted the film to be an exploration of love. At first I didn’t really understand their idea, but when we started, I understood. I agreed with them. You perceive love as a romance, as friendship, as fantastic sex - but then they try to take a closer look at other, negative things that surround this feeling. To love as jealousy, as pain, as loneliness. This is the character Anna. At her worst, she is desperately unhappy, missing something. We all have many different sides, that's how we were created.
A shot from Star Wars: in the center is the queen (Natalie Portman), on the right is her maid of honor and double (Knightley).
- Anna abandons her son...
“It’s shocking, of course, and it’s hard to deal with.” You think and hope that you will never do something like this, but you don’t know. People think that they would never do such a thing, but here in humanity, many suddenly do things that are contrary to their own moral code.
- This is a very dramatic role. Did she make a greater impression on you than your previous roles?
- Well, I don’t think it was pleasant to communicate with me during filming. When I returned home, Anna came back there with me, and it was a great relief to finally end it all. Since from a purely technical point of view it was not easy, since the level of emotional intensity had to be maintained all the time, I was exhausted and often in a bad mood.
—Have you learned anything thanks to Anna?
- No, I wouldn’t say so. We are all imbued with ideas about love, and what destroys Anna is that she sees in front of her only the first flash, the first wave of this love. And you can’t keep this to yourself all your life. When you grow up, you understand this, and there is nothing wrong with it.
“Pride and Prejudice” - Kira played the fragile Elizabeth Bennet there. It is considered to be one of her best roles.
— What had the biggest influence on you in your youth?
— I loved Kenneth Branagh and his film Much Ado About Nothing, I learned it by heart. I was eight years old when it came out, and I watched it over and over again. It was serious - and it later made him watch Hamlet, and then films with Emma Thompson - Sense and Sensibility, Howard's End...
— Are you planning any other projects with Joe Wright?
- No, but, of course, I would still work with him!
— What inspires you now?
- Cooking! I'm currently working my way through a cookbook by Yotam Ottolenghi (British chef originally from Israel - Ed.).
— Do you like to wear cozy home clothes?
- Yes. I have a Batman jumper and when I put it on I feel like I'm five again!
Knightley's path through the centuries
Probably not a single young actress in the world has starred in so many historical films. At 27, Kira has already gone through many eras on screen and tried on about a billion dresses lovingly sewn by costume designers.
6th century: "King Arthur"
Historical action movie. Knightley plays Guinevere, the love interest of the legendary British king.
17th century: "Pirates of the Caribbean"
The most popular film with Knightley's participation is a swashbuckling adventure trilogy in which the heroine Keira, daughter of Governor Elizabeth Swann, rushes between two men, Orlando Bloom and Johnny Depp, fights a lot and sometimes drinks.
Late 18th century: Pride and Prejudice
An adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel. Kira is played by Elizabeth Bennet; this role brought her her only Oscar nomination so far.
Late 18th century: "The Duchess"
Kira as the suffering Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire, who finds herself in a situation somewhat similar to Karenina’s (unloved middle-aged husband, young lover).
19th century: "Oliver Twist"
Mini-series based on the novel by Charles Dickens (it was released in 1999, Kira is still very young there).
1900s: "A Dangerous Method"
Kira is Sabina Spielrein, a Russian Jew, a masochist who turned out to be a patient of both Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung and, with the help of these relationships, was greatly changed.
1910s: Doctor Zhivago
TV version of the novel by Boris Pasternak. Kira - Lara.
1930s and early 1940s: "Redemption"
A heartbreaking melodrama based on the novel by Ian McEwan: the loving characters Kira and James McAvoy are ruined by an idiot girl.
Early 1940s: "Forbidden Love" (or "The Edge of Love")
Keira is a brunette singer with whom the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas is in love.
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away: Star Wars. Episode I: The Phantom Menace"
Nobody remembers that she starred there, but she did: she portrayed Sabé, the maid of honor of Queen Amidala (Natalie Portman).
Biography of Keira Knightley
There is an unusual story connected with the birth of Kira in her family. The fact is that her parents, Will Knightley and Sherman McDonald, both worked as theater actors at that time and they already had a daughter. Sherman did not perform often, but wrote plays in her free time. They made a bet that if MacDonald succeeded as a playwright, he would have a second child. This is how Kira was born. Being the daughter of artists, she herself showed great interest in the profession and began acting at the age of three. By six she had her own agent, and just a year later she had her first big screen role. The girl managed to study well and attend a lot of castings. Having collected a small portfolio by the age of 11, the girl began to appear in major projects, although these were small roles. Real success came to her in the early 2000s. Since then, she has confidently climbed the career ladder, starring both in blockbusters that bring enviable income and fame, and in serious feature films that allow her to reveal her acting skills. It is worth special mentioning the social activities of the actress. Keira Knightley supports such organizations as: Amnesty International, which deals with human rights issues, WaterAid, which provides drinking water to problem areas of the Earth, and the US Library Association. Knightley also worked as the face of the Chanel brand.
The path to happiness
With Del Sinnot in the film Robin Hood's Daughter: Princess of Thieves, Keira began her acting career at the age of 6. It is not surprising that by the age of 18 she had achieved impressive success and made her debut in Hollywood. For a long time, Knightley preferred to build relationships with colleagues from the world of cinema. Her first serious romance began in 2001, when the girl was barely 16. The young actress’s chosen one was 24-year-old co-star Del Sinnot. Together they played in the adventure film Robin Hood's Daughter: Princess of Thieves, where Kira got the main role.
With Jamie Dornan
The lovers' feelings faded away after 2 years, but they managed to remain friends even after breaking up. Then the handsome Jamie Dornan, the future Christian Gray from “50 Shades of Grey,” appeared in the girl’s life. At that time, he was still building a successful modeling career and was just thinking about working in films. According to rumors, it was Kira who helped her boyfriend get his debut role in Sofia Coppola’s film “Marie Antoinette.” By sad coincidence, her relationship with Dornan also broke up after 2 years.
With Rupert Friend
Knightley's next choice was actor Rupert Friend. They met on the set of Pride and Prejudice. Kira played the main role - Elizabeth Bennet, and her new lover played George Wickham. Keira and Rupert were happy together for five years, their relationship ended in December 2010.
With future husband James Righton
The actress did not grieve for long after another breakup. Already in April 2011, journalists declassified her new novel. Knightley was photographed kissing James Righton as the pair strolled in an East London park. Kira met her future husband in the company of mutual friends. The girl admitted in an interview that they both had too much alcohol that evening, which is why she still feels a little awkward remembering that fateful meeting.
Childhood
The future Hollywood star was born in 1985 in the capital of Great Britain. Keira Knightley's mother, actress and playwright Sherman MacDonald, while raising her son Caleb, dreamed of a second child. However, her husband, Will Knightley, set a condition for his wife: the child will be born only if she manages to sell her play.
The couple entered into a kind of bet, the terms of which were very unusual. And fate turned out to be favorable to the woman: after quite a short time, her play “When I Was a Girl, I Used to Scream and Shout” was bought by one of the London theaters. And after some time, a girl was born, to whom her father decided to give the name Kira - in honor of the Russian figure skater Kira Ivanova.
Little Kira literally grew up on the stage: she often visited the theater - not only at performances, but also at rehearsals. And, perhaps, she knew for sure from childhood that she wanted to become an actress. The girl confirmed her desire at the age of three, telling her parents that she needed her own agent.
Of course, then they didn’t attach much importance to her words - what can a baby at that age understand? But the girl persistently repeated her request for several years - and as a result, her parents gave up. However, Kira was given a strict condition: she must do well at school. And the future star coped with it.
Keira Knightley's filmography begins with the film "Royal Celebration", in which she played an ordinary girl. The role was minor and did not bring her any fame. But nevertheless, the beginning of a career was made. After this, for several years, Kira starred in films and TV series - playing episodic roles, she gradually accumulated much-needed professional experience.
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The biography of the actress contains many interesting facts. So, for example, few people know that Keira Knightley starred in the famous blockbuster “Star Wars: Episode I. The Phantom Menace.” At the age of 14, Kira was surprisingly similar to the then famous actress Natalie Portman. This similarity struck the director of the film, George Lucas, and he invited Kira to play the role of Sabe.
The similarity between the girls was so striking that many viewers were sure that both roles were played by Natalie Portman. Although the film did not bring Kira fame, it attracted the attention of many producers to her.
