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February 2006
Keira Knightley
v Dame Judi Dench
Veteran
actress Dame Judi Dench and up-and-coming
star Keira
Knightley
are competing against each for the best
actress Oscar.
They are
among a handful of British stars
shortlisted for Oscars, including best
supporting actress nominee Rachel
Weisz.
Dame
Judi has been shortlisted for her
performance in Mrs
Henderson
Presents
while Knightley is nominated for
Pride
And
Prejudice.
But how do the two actresses
compare?
KEIRA
KNIGHTLEY
Age: 20,
born in Teddington, west London, on 26
March 1985
Training:
Turned down an offer to attend London
Academy of Music and Drama, attending
local state school
Acting
debut: Playing Natasha Jordan in TV drama
A Village Affair in 1994
Best-known
roles: Football player Jules in 2002's
Bend
It Like
Beckham,
Elizabeth Swann in 2003's Pirates
Of The
Caribbean,
Lara Antipova in 2002 TV mini-series
Dr
Zhivago
On-screen
persona: Deceptively tough waif
Off-screen
persona: Fashion-conscious party
girl
Awards:
Named British newcomer of 2003 by London
Critics Circle for Bend
It Like
Beckham,
and took the British Independent Film
Awards entertainment personality prize in
2005
Oscar
nomination for: Playing heroine Elizabeth
Bennet in Joe Wright's version of Jane
Austen's classic romance Pride
And Prejudice
Oscar
form: This is her first
nomination
Oscar
odds: 25/1 at William
Hill
Other
nominations: Nominated for a
Broadcast
Film Critics
Association
best actress award, and was shortlisted
for a Golden Globe but failed to
win
Reaction
to Oscar nomination: "I'm very happy
everyone liked it as much as they did. I
was terrified of taking on such a
well-known character - to the point where
I didn't want to do it. But my agent
persuaded me and I'm very glad she
did."
Typical
quote: Discussing actor father Will
Knightley, she said: "As a child I fell in
love with the whole environment of acting
and wanted to be a part of it. I think
that's very boring of me, because I never
really rebelled."
DAME
JUDI DENCH
Age: 71,
born in York on 9 December 1934
Training: Attended
the Central School of Speech and Drama
before joining Royal
Shakespeare Company
Acting
debut: Played Ophelia in the Old Vic
production of Hamlet in 1957
Best-known
roles: Queen Elizabeth I in 1998's
Shakespeare
in Love,
Queen Victoria in 1997's Mrs
Brown
and middle-aged partners in TV sitcoms
A
Fine
Romance
and As
Time Goes By
On-screen
persona: Strong-willed but
soft-centred
Off-screen
persona: National institution
Awards:
Won the best supporting actress Oscar in
1999 for Shakespeare
in Love,
and Bafta
awards in 1966 for Four in the Morning and
in 2002 for Iris
Oscar
nomination for: Playing widowed theatre
owner Laura Henderson in wartime
comedy-drama Mrs
Henderson Presents
Oscar
form: This is her fifth nomination, having
won best supporting Oscar for
Shakespeare
in Love
in 1999 and being shortlisted for
Mrs
Brown
in 1997, Iris
in 1998 and Chocolat
in 2000
Oscar
odds: 33/1 at William
Hill
Other
nominations: Shortlisted for a best
actress award from Bafta, but lost out at
the Golden
Globes
and British
Independent Film Awards
Reaction
to Oscar nomination: "I'm so happy to be
nominated for something I loved filming
every single day."
Typical
quote: "I think people are used to seeing
me on TV sitting in the corner of their
rooms. I don't think I'm a very
frightening person. I don't think I'm a
very grand person."
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