Becoming ... Keira Knightley

Watch the Pirates of the Caribbean star's rise from budding actress to bonafide star. By Lucy Maher

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YOUNG AMBITIONS

Knightley, who was interested in acting but struggled with dyslexia as a child, learned to read at 6 after her mother promised she could get an agent if she did so. By summer's end, Knightley (pictured at 8) had scored an agent, and a year later, a role in the British TV movie Royal Celebration.