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03
May 2006
Keira
Knightley Is New Face Of
Chanel
British
actress Keira
Knightley
has been named as the
new face of Chanel's
Coco Mademoiselle
perfume.
The
Oscar-nominated star
follows in the footsteps
of model
Kate
Moss,
actress Nicole Kidman
and singer Vanessa
Paradis in fronting a
Chanel scent
campaign.
A
Chanel spokeswoman said:
"Keira's elegance,
beauty and modernity are
but a few of the
qualities that parallel
the iconic faces
featured in the
legendary Chanel
fragrance campaigns,
including Mademoiselle
Chanel as the first face
of No 5 in 1937,
followed by Catherine
Deneuve and most
recently Nicole
Kidman.
She
continued: "Other faces
include Vanessa Paradis
for Coco, Kate Moss for
Coco Mademoiselle and
Anna Mouglalis for
Allure
Sensuelle.
Chanel
artistic director
Jacques Helleu added:
"Keira Knightley is a
bright, young actress
who has already made her
mark in a diverse
portfolio of films,
including her
Oscar-nominated
performance in Pride And
Prejudice.
Keira
Knightley, 21, secured
her first high-profile
film role in 1999 as
Sabe, Decoy Queen to
Natalie
Portman's
Queen Amidala in Star
Wars: Episode 1 - The
Phantom
Menace.
Three
years later she shot to
fame as tomboy
footballer Jules Paxton
in Bend It Like Beckham,
and followed the smash
hit with parts in Love
Actually and Pirates Of
The Caribbean: The Curse
Of The Black
Pearl.
Keira
Knightley received her
first Best Actress Oscar
nomination this year for
her role as Elizabeth
Bennett in Pride And
Prejudice, but lost out
to Walk The Line's Reese
Witherspoon.
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