This was followed by small parts in the British crime series The Bill (1984), an exiled German princess in The Treasure Seekers (1998) and a much more substantial role as the young "Judith Dunbar" in Giles Foster's adaptation of Rosamunde Pilcher's novel Coming Home (1998), alongside Peter O'Toole, Penelope Keith and Joanna Lumley. Her first multi-scene performance came in A Village Affair (1995), an adaptation of the lesbian love story by Joanna Trollope. Instead, she worked incredibly hard, encouraged by her family, until the problem had been overcome by her early teens. She was not officially dyslexic as she never sat the formal tests required of the British Dyslexia Association. It was discovered at an early age that Keira had severe difficulties in reading and writing. She was granted one at the age of six and performed in her first TV role as "Little Girl" in Screen One: Royal Celebration (1993), aged seven. Brought up immersed in the acting profession from both sides - writing and performing - it is little wonder that the young Keira asked for her own agent at the age of three. Her father is English, while her Scottish-born mother is of Scottish and Welsh origin. An older brother, Caleb Knightley, was born in 1979. She is the daughter of actor Will Knightley and actress turned playwright Sharman Macdonald. Keira Christina Knightley was born Main the South West Greater London suburb of Richmond.
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