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Actress Keira Knightley Engaged

Reporter: Associated Press

May 25, 2012

Keira Knightley, the glamorous star of "Pirates of the Caribbean," is engaged to marry musician James Righton, her publicist said Friday.

Publicist Sara Keene said the couple were not releasing any
details of the proposal, and did not have any comment on wedding
plans.

Righton is a keyboard player for the rock group Klaxons. He and
Knightley, 27, have been dating since early last year. Previously,
Knightley dated actor Rupert Friend for several years.

Knightley first won notice for her role as a soccer-playing
teenager in "Bend It Like Beckham."

She went on to star in the first three "Pirates of the
Caribbean" movies and was nominated for an Oscar in 2006 for her
role as Elizabeth Bennet in an adaptation of Jane Austen's "Pride
and Prejudice."