Keira Knightley has beauty, talent, brains – AND luck!

Hands-down, one of my very favorite actresses working today – or, truly, ever – has to be Keira Knightley. Her unique and fresh presence, exemplified by not only her dazzling and varied acting performances but also her stunning, natural beauty, should be an inspiration to other troubled starlets of Hollywood. And now we find out that Ms. Knightley isn’t just blessed by genetics, smarts and fashion savvy, but she also owes her fame to the fact that she’s charmed by good luck as well! From PR-Inside.com:

“If the first Pirates of the Caribbean film had been the failure everyone predicted that it would be, then I might not have worked again. I am a great believer in luck. I have a lucky charm bracelet. It is my grandfather’s watch chain with my grandmother’s charms, plus various additions. My agent added a sword and a boat at the start of Pirates for example.”

Gorgeous! I simply adore the fact that Ms. Knightley’s success has blossomed as a result of such a wonderfully quaint, she’s-such-a-real-person anecdote like this one, and I find it so inspiring that her agent – who, I hear, had nothing at all to do with the media placement of this item – is so kind and generous to have given her a good luck charm that will forever be linked to her most successful and publicity-friendly role.

Hollywood is truly full of dreamers and stardust. Oh how I miss it.

(Keira Knightley picture courtesy of celebrity nation.)