The incredible bearded woman: Keira Knightley gets blown away on set

With her razor-sharp cheekbones and pouty lips, Keira Knightley is the last person you'd describe as manly.

But spotted filming her new movie in Somerset yesterday, it looked like the actress was auditioning to become a Victorian circus freak.

A strong gust of wind blew the 24-year-old's long locks across her famous features, making her look like she had grown a beard.



Blown away: Keira Knightley looks like a bearded woman after an unfortunate gust of wind covers her famous features

Keira is currently in the Victorian seaside town of Clevedon filming her upcoming movie Never Let Me Go, adapted from Kazuo Ishiguro's best-selling novel.

Dressed in school uniform, Keira spent the day shooting scenes on a Grade I listed pier as she was watched by hundreds of curious locals.



In the film, Keira plays Kathy H, a woman who tells the story of her childhood at boarding school and unusual life.

It is a tale of a dystopian Britain, where humans are cloned to provide donor organs for transplants.



Friends reunited: Keira chats to co-star Carey Mulligan - who played Kitty Bennett in Pride and Prejudice - in-between takes

Kathy and her few classmates have no contact with the outside world and later find out they are being raised as donors.

The film, directed by Mark Romanek also stars Charlotte Rampling, Andrea Riseborough and Carey Mulligan - who played Keira's on-screen sister Kitty Bennett in Pride & Prejudice.

As well as Never Let Me Go, Keira has a string of films lined up, including London Boulevard, My Fair Lady and The Beautiful And The Damned.



The actress recently admitted how hard it was for her to balance her relationship with Young Victoria actor Rupert Friend and her busy career.

Youthful: Keira plays a pupil at an isolated boarding school in the movie



She told the Australian edition of Marie Claire: 'It's hard to have a relationship when you're working so much. But then you have to think, "What is actually important in life? Is career your only thing?"

'If it is, then it's easy, but if it isn't that's sad, because there's going to come a day when you're left lonely. It's a difficult balance.

'I think you've got to strive for balance. It's the striving that counts.

'If you're someone like me, who has always been very driven, to suddenly step back and decide, "Well, love is the only thing", then you need to build up your relationships.'