The Pride and Prejudice star accepted £3,000 damages from the Daily Mail over suggestions that she had an eating disorder and bore responsibility for the death of an anorexic teenager. Although she did not attend the settlement at London’s High Court, she chose to match the £3,000 and donate it to Beat, the eating disorder charity.

Away from the courts, Keira’s on-screen exploits are also contributing to her current Hotlist success. The online anticipation surrounding the release of the final part of the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy, in which she reprises her role as Elizabeth Swann, also played a part as searches for Miss Knightley increased by 55%.

Keira looks set to remain one of your most searches for stars throughout the summer following Hollywood reports that Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End looks set to eclipse the box office bounty yielded by this year’s blockbuster hits Spider-Man 3 and Shrek the Third.

And regardless of its critical reception, the film’s commercial success is all but assured thanks to the swaggering presence of Johnny Depp and the promise of Rolling Stones guitar hero Keith Richards’ cameo as Depp’s father in addition to Keira’s own swashbuckling performance.