Unschooled Keira Driven to Prove Her Smarts

Star has 'chip on shoulder' after she skipped university
By Kate Rockwood,  Newser Staff
Posted Aug 3, 2008 8:06 PM CDT
Unschooled Keira Driven to Prove Her Smarts
Diagnosed with dyslexia at 6, Knightley dropped out of school at 17 to pursue her acting career.   (Getty Images)

Oscar nominations? Check. Intelligent, literary roles? Check. College education? Not so much. “I am completely uneducated,” Keira Knightley told the Daily Telegraph, which “leaves you with a slight chip on your shoulder.” To battle intellectual insecurity, the Atonement star, who is dyslexic and dropped out of school at 17, says she reads voraciously.
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