[InterceptPoint]

I've been advising Freepers for some time that Keira Knightley is the designated "Next Big Star". She's very pretty but certainly not the sexiest woman in the world. She is, however, an excellent actress. Check out Pride & Prejudice and her small but terrific role in Love Actually.

[lawgirl]

Pride and Prejudice was great. And Mr Darcy was rather a hottie as well. ;-)

[King Prout]

she kicked ass in "King Arthur" - without her, that movie would not have had any pulse at all.
she did well in (a dead dog of) a movie called "Domino"
I think she does have potential to become a great actress - a respectable feat in what is admittedly a trivial profession.

as to "sexiest woman"?
she's still too much a girl to meet the requirements. give her another ten years and we'll see.