She learns swordsmanship from Will and is soon capable of defending herself against multiple opponents, fighting with two swords simultaneously. She learns seamanship quickly and finds that she has an innate talent for battle strategy. Even after becoming a pirate, Elizabeth retains her refined ways, as well as her loyalty and compassion for loved ones (including Will Turner, her father, and later, Jack Sparrow and James Norrington).Įlizabeth adapts easily to piracy, having natural leadership abilities.

Elizabeth has always been fascinated by piracy, but she is often revolted by pirates' aggressive, wild nature. Throughout the three films, she transforms from a young girl to a proper lady and finally into a courageous pirate.

Only Will Turner's affections were reciprocated, although she struggled with a subtle attraction and kiss with Sparrow, and a compassionate friendship with Norrington.

She is known to use the alias 'Elizabeth Turner', but this later becomes her married name when she weds Will Turner.Įlizabeth is the only child to Weatherby Swann, the love interest (later wife) to Will Turner, mother to Henry Turner and daughter-in-law to William “Bootstrap Bill” Turner.Įlizabeth is a spirited, intelligent, and independent-minded character whose beauty attracted Will Turner, James Norrington, Sao Feng, and Captain Jack Sparrow. She is portrayed by Keira Knightley (and as a child by Lucinda Dryzek in the prologue of The Curse of the Black Pearl). She appears in The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) and three of its sequels, Dead Man's Chest (2006), At World's End (2007) and Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017). Keira Knightley as Elizabeth Swann in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's EndĮlizabeth Turner (née Swann) is a fictional character in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series.

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