Keira Knightley revealed that she's been wearing wigs for years

Keira Knightley has playeda pirate, a bounty hunter, an iconic Jane Austen heroine, a tragic Russian aristocrat, a duchess, and a soccer player to name just a few of her famous roles.And so, to play such a diverse array of characters, Knightley would often dye herhair to whatever color was required for the role. But in doing so, the 31-year-old actressrevealed to InStyle UKthather hair started falling out."I have dyed my hair virtually every color imaginable for different films. It got so bad that my hair literally began to fall out of my head," Knightleysaid.The Oscar nominated actress revealed that, instead of continuing to damage her hair, she's been using wigs for the past five years for her roles which she said is the "greatest thing that's ever happened" to her hair.Since then, Knightley's natural hair has been recovering. Yet,since giving birth to her first daughter, Edie, one year ago, she's found that her hair's actually become thicker than ever."I have naturally crazy, curly hair, and since Ive had the baby its become 10 times thicker. So now Ive been finding quite a lot of dreadlocks," Knightley said.Read more about Knightley's beauty secrets here.Join the conversation about this storyNOW WATCH: Here's why the Olympic diving pool turned green
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