Keira Knightley has made a name for herself playing esteemed literary heroines, from Tolstoy's Anna Karenina to Austen's Elizabeth Bennet. In fact, the British actress has a flair for making period drama feel utterly contemporary and has racked up two Academy Award nominations along the way. Her latest role sees her embody the turn-of-the century trailblazer "Colette", in a new biopic of the French avant-garde author.
