Keira Knightley looked effortlessly chic in a flowing white and black gown at the Chanel Cruise 2025 fashion show in Como, Italy on Tuesday.

The American actress, 40, turned heads as she arrived at the luxury five-star Villa D’Este for the annual show.

Keira looked out of this world in the very elegant maxi dress, adorned with black bow motifs and a pearl belt.

The beauty has been married to her husband James Righton since 2013, and they are parents to two children, Edie, nine and Delilah, five. 

Elsewhere at the catwalk, French model and music producer Caroline de Maigret, 50, showcased her age-defying looks in black tailored trousers and a cream blouse. 

Meanwhile, French-Romanian actress Anamaria Vartolomei, 26, couldn’t contain her laughter as she shielded her face from the sun.

Keira Knightley looked effortlessly chic in a flowing white and black gown at the Chanel Cruise 2025 fashion show in Como, Italy on Tuesday

The American actress led the stars arriving at the luxury five-star Villa D’Este for the annual show

Italian actress Gaia Girace, 21, looked chic in a black pleated leather skirt and miniature Chanel handbag. 

Actress Selene Caramazza put on a very leggy display and flashed her torso in a stylish black co-ord. 

Keira’s Italian outing comes after she spoke about her mixed feelings surrounding her role in Pirates of the Caribbean films while promoting her Netflix series Black Doves.  

In an interview with The Times, the two-time Oscar nominee said the franchise ‘was making and breaking’ her at the same time. 

‘I was seen as s*** because of them,’ she explained, ‘and yet because they did so well, I was given the opportunity to do the films that I ended up getting Oscar nominations for.’ 

Keira said they were ‘the most successful films I’ll ever be a part of, and they were the reason that I was taken down publicly. So they’re a very confused place in my head.’

The 2003 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl helped launch Keira’s career into the stratosphere, but it came with a cost.

The action adventure starring Orlando Bloom, Jeffrey Rush and Johnny Depp made more than $654 million worldwide according to Box Office Mojo.

Keira looked out of this world in the very elegant maxi dress, adorned with black bow motifs and a pearl belt

French model and music producer Caroline de Maigret, 50, showcased her age-defying looks in black tailored trousers and a cream blouse

French-Romanian actress Anamaria Vartolomei (L), 26, couldn’t contain her laughter, while Italian actress Gaia Girace (R), 21, looked chic in a black pleated leather skirt

Actress Selene Caramazza put on a very leggy display and flashed her torso in a stylish black co-ord

Models present a creation by French fashion house Chanel as part of their Cruise 2025/26 collection show

Guests had a gorgeous view of the sea as they watched the fashion show

A model sports a pink swimsuit and matching jacket as she walks the runway

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The film received average reviews from critics, but audiences disagreed and showed their approval in box office ticket sales. 

Keira and Orlando starred in two more films in the franchise, 2006’s ᴅᴇᴀᴅ Man’s Chest and 2007’s At World’s End. 

Both were panned by critics, but were big winners at the box office, with ᴅᴇᴀᴅ Man’s Chest earning more than $1 billion and At World’s End coming in close with more than $961 million. 

The attention from the film resulted in a lot of attention on Keira appearance, including her thinness and she was accused in the media of having an eating disorder. 

She also revealed in 2018 she had been treated for post-traumatic stress.

‘In that classic trauma way I don’t remember it,’ she told the outlet.

Netflix has also announced it has renewed Black Doves for a second season after the first of the thriller series became a hit with fans – and royalty.

It was an instant hit, flying to the top of the charts as viewers dubbed it a ‘Christmas series’ and it even made it to Kensington Palace.

Whilst handing out Christmas presents to children and families at a party for 1st Battalion Mercian Regiment in Wiltshire, Prince William revealed he and Princess Catherine have been sitting down to watch Black Doves.