Keira Knightley Reveals Daughter's Health Diagnosis in New Update
Keira Knightley is opening up about a trait she shares with one of her young daughters.
The English actress, who was diagnosed with dyslexia around the age of six, recently opened up about one of her own children being diagnosed with the same condition, which affects the way one's brain processes written language.
The mom of two daughters–Edie, 9, and Delilah, 4, both of whom she shares with her husband of 11 years, James Righton–discussed how her own battle with dyslexia affected her acting career during a new episode of Ruthie's Table 4 podcast on Monday, Aug. 5, where she revealed, "We have a dyslexic kid."
"Her memory is absolutely amazing," Knightley, 39, continued, while Righton, 40, chimed in to say, "She'll look at books. She'll have memorized the book, basically—it's amazing."
Knightley also used memorization to her advantage, especially when it came to knowing her lines. The Pride and Prejudiced actress explained during the podcast interview that her parents motivated her to keep her grades up by allowing her to act, which she wanted to do from "the age of three."
"It was always, if you read, if your grades go up, you're allowed to keep on acting," she remembered her parents telling her. "And it worked."
While Knightley admitted that she still finds sight-reading "really hard," she has practically mastered the art of memorization.
"I basically, I record it and listen to it and listen to it and listen to it, and that's how I learn it," the Pirates of the Caribbean alum said while noting that her daughter is now "doing the same thing."
