Keira Knightley reveals her daughter has been diagnosed with dyslexia after sharing her own struggles with the condition By Laura Fox For Mailonline and Richard Eden for the Daily Mail Published: 09:06 BST, 7 August 2024 | Updated: 09:07 BST, 7 August 2024 e-mail View comments Keira Knightley , who has struggled with dyslexia since the age of six, has revealed that her daughter has also been diagnosed with the condition. Talking about how she memorises her lines, the actress, 39, says: 'I still find sight-reading really hard. 'It really bounces [the text] but basically I record it and listen to it, and listen to it, and that's how I learn it.
'But now we have a dyslexic kid and she's doing the same thing, and her memory is absolutely amazing.' Keira has two daughters – Edie, eight, and Delilah, four – with her husband, former Klaxons singer James Righton, 40, and shared insight into the condition, which causes difficulties with reading, writing and spelling . Keira Knightley , who has struggled with dyslexia since the age of six, has revealed that her daughter has also been diagnosed with the condition Speaking on Ruthie's Table 4 podcast, the couple did not specify which child had been diagnosed with the condition, but did say of their daughter: 'She'll look at books and would have memorised the book and it's amazing.
' Keira previously revealed that she has backtracked on her vow to 'ban' her eldest daughter Edie from watching fairytales due to their lack of feminist mes.