10 (At The Time) Unknown Actors Who Were In The Star Wars Prequels

10. Keira Knightley (Sabé The Handmaiden)

Keira Knightley Star Wars Four years before her international breakthrough with "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl", the fourteen year old British actress Keira Knightley (at this time credited as 'Kiera Knightley') stood firmly at the side of Natalie Portman in "Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace". An important part of the film's plot was Queen Amidala's (Portman) constant wardrobe-change and camouflage. On a secret mission on the planet Tatooine, Amidala would go under cover as the handmaiden Padmé (which in fact was her real identity, all along). In order to keep thing stable in her exiled court, Amidala would order her most loyal handmaiden Sabé to impersonate her. Because of the uncanny facial resemblance between Knightley and Portman and due to the heavy use of make-up, even the usually observant Jedi Knights Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi were fooled by this deception. The young Knightley is featured in a number of scenes in the film, but always in make-up, which might make it a little difficult to spot her.
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