English actress Keira Knightley poses nude for artist

English actress Keira Knightley has reportedly stripped off to pose naked for an acclaimed artist.

The Pirates of the Caribbean actress, who bared all to film a bath scene with Sienna Miller in their 2008 movie The Edge of Love, has allegedly been shedding her clothes during sessions at London's Halcyon Gallery for Mitch Griffiths, reports heraldsun.com.au.

"It's considered a great honour to be painted by Mitch. He is a highly respected nude painter and is painting a number of subjects for an exhibition next year. He is delighted Keira agreed to take part," said a source.

Keira Knightley boobs nicknamed 'little poached eggs'

Keira Knightley was left red-faced after the director of her new movie described her boobs as “little poached eggs”.

The ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ actress shed her clothes for John Maybury’s ‘The Edge Of Love’.

But the 51-year-old filmmaker gave the nickname to Keira’s breasts during the film’s DVD commentary.

“I’m sure Keira will be far from happy,” the Daily Star quoted an insider as saying.

Keira Knightley to stun fans with her sex scene

Hollywood actress Keira Knightley, who dazed all by leaving nothing to imagination after stripping naked for her role in Domino, is going to stun fans even further with the upcoming Blu-ray release of the film.

The Edge Of Love actress has gone topless for a saucy outdoor sex scene in Domino and the Blu-ray release will show her kinky exploits in even finer detail.

Domino is based on the true story of a young woman, who ditches her uneventful life to become a bounty hunter, reports the Sun. The flick garnered only mixed reviews when it was first released.

Meanwhile, Knightley and Colin Farrell have signed on to star in a crime drama titled London Boulevard.

Emma slams skinny stars

"Harry Potter" star Emma Watson has slammed skinny stars as she finds their shape ugly.

According to thesun.co.uk , Emma said she doesn't want to look like ultra thin stars such as the Olsen twins or Keira Knightley.

The 18-year-old said: "I don't think it's very pretty to be really, really, skinny. It's not inspirational at all for me. I'm lucky and I'm this size naturally. I don't diet and I don't aspire to be super skinny. I just don't think it's very pretty."

She said she enjoys food too much and can never be too thin.

She added: "Even if I wanted to be that skinny, I love food and I love cooking and I love sitting down and having nice meals, so it just wouldn't be possible for me."

Celbrity Charity Auction - Keira Knightley

Celbrity Charity Auction - Keira Knightley

Keira Knightley Thrives on Bad Reviews

Keira Knightley thrives on bad reviews as they make her work harder.

The star of new movie Atonement admits she can't help checking out her bad press - but tries to use it to improve her performances.

She says: "I seem to have a homing device in me that leads me to absolutely every bad review that I've ever received.

"If I'm sitting in a hairdresser I'll pick up the one thing that has horrific stuff about me in it.

"Which in one sense is incredibly difficult, but in the other constantly makes me go, 'Get better! Get better! Get better!"

The actress also agreed with recent criticism of her debut performance in bend it like Beckham. The star claimed that her performance was bad on every level.

However the actress has recieved nothing but praise for her performance in Atonement, which opened Venice film Festival, with many critics labelling her as an Oscar contender.

Knightley wins damages over weight slur

Keira Knightley, star of the Pirates of the Caribbean film trilogy, won £3000 ($NZ8188) in libel damages over a newspaper slur that suggested she was excessively thin.

The Daily Mail had run a story with a picture of her in a bikini, headlined: "If Pictures Like This One of Keira Carried a Health Warning, My Darling Daughter Might Have Lived".

"The article could be interpreted to have asserted that the claimant bore personal responsibility for causing the tragic death of Sophie Mazurek, a 19-year-old, who battled with anorexia," Knightley's lawyer Simon Smith told the High Court.

The 22-year-old actress had been embarrassed by the "entirely false" and "deeply offensive" suggestions.

He added the story could be taken to mean that the actress had set out to lose an excessive amount of weight by failing to eat properly and by over-exercising inappropriately because she wanted to become unnaturally thin.

Three days earlier the paper had published an article under the headline "It's Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Keira Knightley" in which it referred to her denial that she suffered from anorexia.

Smith told the judge, Justice David Eady, that Knightley accepted that she had undergone weight training for roles in action films and that this had involved muscle toning which did alter physical appearance.

However, he said her weight had never fluctuated more than a few pounds through her adult life, and remained at an acceptable level which took into account age, gender and height.

"The claimant is not a fitness fanatic, as she considers it more important and has spoken of her opinion of the need to be healthy and happy," he said.

"The claimant found the suggestions all the more offensive as she has freely admitted publicly in the past that a member of her family suffered from anorexia and she is well aware of the devastating effects eating disorders can have."

Kate Wilson, lawyer for the paper's publishers Associated Newspapers, said they apologised for the distress and embarrassment caused by the article and accepted that the actress bore no responsibility for Mazurek's death.

Knightley's mother, Sharman Macdonald, who was in court, said afterwards that her daughter was adding another 3,000 pounds to the award and donating the money to a charity called BEAT which helps people with eating and mental disorders.

Keira Knightley wants bigger breasts

Pirates of the Caribbean star Keira Knightley isn't happy with her modest bust and wishes she had an ample cleavage like The Matrix Reloaded actress Monica Bellucci.

She told television show GMTV: "I would love to have tits! I would love to have Monica Bellucci's figure. But I'm never going to get it. I'm naturally who I am."

Despite wanting bigger breasts, Keira, 22, has ruled out having plastic surgery to boost her assets.

She added: "Surgery is far too frightening. I couldn't."

Although she yearns for a larger chest, Keira insists she is happy with her slim figure and admits she regularly exercises and eats healthily to keep fit.

The actress also hit out at society's current obsession with weight and insists women should be happy about themselves whatever their shape or size.

She explained: "I do like to keep fit, only because I like to be able to run around and do things. But I think it would be great if we saw a wider range of women of all ages, of all shapes and sizes in the media."