Sharman Macdonald and daughter Keira KnightleyImagine:

You, an aspiring playwright, want another baby. Your husband, concerned about the family’s already challenging financial state, makes a deal with you: write a play and sell it, and he’ll work with you on that second child.

You do, and he makes good on his offer. You have a daughter. Alongside your playwriting career, you raise this girl who grows into an Academy Award-nominated actress, and later stars in a film based on a screenplay you’ve written.

This happened to Sharman Macdonald, playwright and mother of Keira Knightley. An inspiring account of her mom. playwright. story is here, and the trailer for The Edge of Love is below.

 

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