Keira Knightley: '12 years a Slave' star deserves the Oscar

British actress Keira Knightley supported Chiwetel Ejiofor, saying that he is the most Oscar-deserving among the nominees for the best actor Oscar, for his role in ' 12 Years a Slave'.

The rest of the nominees competing with Ejiofor are Leonardo DiCaprio for The Wolf of Wall Street, Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club, Christian Bale for American Hustle and Bruce Dern for Nebraska.

Knightley has previously worked with Ejiofor in the British romantic comedy Love Actually, in which they played a married couple.