Keira Knightley Opens Up About The "Exhausting" Work Of Being A Mom And How Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Affected Her Career
A mother of two, Keira Knightley says it has been a struggle to balance work and family life. She says raising children is "undervalued" work that needs to be recognized.
She's best known for her roles in Love Actually, Atonement, and Pride and Prejudice, but Keira Knightley has worked hard to find new roles in her acting career that allow her to show her range. Her latest movie is called Boston Strangler, and it's about a true story of an investigative reporter named Loretta McLaughlin who works with a colleague to uncover who has brutally murdered 13 different women. Keira says she was drawn to the script because Loretta struggles to juggle the life of a married mom and a full-time career. "I was struck by the pressure and the individual struggles of both Loretta and her husband for their own autonomy," she told Harper's Bazaar. "One minute you’re a team, then the next you’re against each other." She also opened up about her own experience of motherhood and how her career has transformed over the years.