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Elizabeth stands 5'7".
Elizabeth was 20 years old in The Curse of the Black Pearl and is between 21-22 in Dead Man's Chest. She settled in Port Royal at age 12.

The beautiful Elizabeth is the somewhat rebellious and pirate-obsessed daughter of Governor Weatherby Swann. She is portrayed from the get-go to be in love with the character of Will Turner, a blacksmith and implied childhood friend. Elizabeth is played by actress Keira Knightley and the younger Elizabeth (seen in flashbacks) is played by Lucinda Dryzek. Knightley accurately sums up this character with the words, "She's some kind of modern girl stuck in the world of the 18th century." Elizabeth, in essence, has the capacity to act with the propriety and breeding of a noble lady, or with the wit and will of a pirate wench. Elizabeth often desires more independence than would normally be given to a woman of her rank during the 18th century.

Elizabeth Swann has a dream of when she first met Will Turner. He was rescued from a ship sunk by pirates when 12-year-old Elizabeth first arrived in Port Royal with her father, Governor Weatherby Swann. Elizabeth harbors strong feelings for Will, who is now a blacksmith's apprentice. He is in love with her, but because she's of a higher social class, he knows they can never be together. Elizabeth receives a marriage proposal from Commodore James Norrington, a good and honorable Royal Navy officer. She is not in love with him, however, and delays giving an answer. The independent-minded Elizabeth secretly yearns for freedom and to escape her restrictive life. Since childhood, she has been fascinated by pirates and life at sea. Meanwhile, pirate Captain Jack Sparrow arrives in Port Royal intent on commandeering a ship. He spots the Royal Navy vessel, HMS Interceptor and plots to steal her. While he attempts to con the two marines guarding the ship, Elizabeth, who is attending a ceremony for the Commodore, faints and falls off the rampart and into the bay. Sparrow saves her, but he is captured and jailed for piracy.

That night, the Black Pearl, a pirate ship under the command of Captain Barbossa, raids Port Royal, and Elizabeth is taken captive. Because she possesses an Aztec coin, and claims her surname is Turner to protect her identity, the pirates mistakenly believe she is the last person they need for a ritual to free them from an ancient curse that has turned them into the living dead. Actually, the young Elizabeth took the coin from Will Turner when he was rescued from the shipwreck. She feared he’d be arrested as a pirate. It was Will's sea merchant father who sent him the coin, and Will came to the Caribbean to search for him after his mother died.

To rescue Elizabeth, Will enlists the aid of Captain Jack Sparrow, who agrees to help if Will frees him from jail. Will is suspicious of Sparrow's motives, but helps him escape. Will is unaware that Jack is the former captain of the Black Pearl and that Barbossa and the crew mutinied and marooned him on a tiny island, although he escaped after three days. It was following the mutiny that the Black Pearl's crew fell under the curse after stealing gold coins from an ancient Aztec chest. Now Sparrow wants the Black Pearl back. With Will's help, Sparrow commandeers the Interceptor and heads for the pirate port of Tortuga to enlist a crew. Along the way, Jack tells an incredulous Will that he is the son of the pirate Bootstrap Bill Turner, the only member of the Black Pearl who stood up for Jack during the mutiny. He was bound to a cannon and thrown overboard by the treacherous Barbossa and his shipmates. Jack fails to mention that the coin and the blood of Bootstrap’s only child are needed to break the curse.

On Tortuga, Jack finds his old friend, Gibbs, who helps him recruit a crew. They set sail for Isla de Muerta, a secret island not found on any map. Jack knows Barbossa will go there to break the curse. In hot pursuit is Commodore Norrington aboard his command ship, the Dauntless. The Interceptor reaches the island. Will and Jack row ashore and sneak inside the cave where the ritual is in progress. Barbossa flies into a rage when he discovers that Elizabeth is not Bootstrap’s child, and they are still under the curse. Will rescues Elizabeth, who has the coin, but distrusting the eccentric pirate, he betrays Sparrow, leaving him unconscious in the cave. Will and Elizabeth escape to the Interceptor. Will tells Gibbs that Jack fell behind, and they set sail. With Jack as his prisoner, Barbossa gives chase and soon overtakes the Interceptor. A full-scale sea battle ensues, and the Interceptor is sunk. Will, Elizabeth, and the crew are taken prisoner aboard the Black Pearl. To barter for Elizabeth’s and the crew’s freedom, Will reveals his true identity to Barbossa. However, Elizabeth and Jack are marooned on the same tiny island Barbossa previously stranded Jack.

Learning that Jack is not the heroic escape artist he's reputed to be, Elizabeth takes her fate into her own hands and tricks Sparrow into getting drunk and passing out. She burns the remaining cache of rum left on the island by smugglers. The huge smoke signal is spotted by Norrington, and the pair is rescued. Aboard the Dauntless, Elizabeth tries to convince her father and would-be-suitor to rescue Will, but they refuse. To save Will, Elizabeth accepts Norrington's marriage proposal, telling him that capturing the Black Pearl would be his engagement present to her. She says nothing about the curse as Norrington sets sail for Isla de Muerta.

On Isla de Muerta, Barbossa is about to sacrifice Will. As Norrington and his men prepare an ambush outside, Jack enters the cave and interrupts the ritual. He informs Barbossa that the Royal Navy is waiting outside and persuades him to form an alliance. He also convinces Barbossa to delay breaking the curse until after they’ve defeated the Royal Navy. Will reviles Sparrow for his treachery, although Jack's true allegiance is still unknown. He secretly steals a coin from the Aztec chest. To defeat the immortal Barbossa, he needs to be under the curse. While Barbossa's crew marches off to battle the Navy, Jack attacks Barbossa. Will fights the remaining pirates, helped by Elizabeth who slipped away from the Dauntless. She also freed Jack’s crew from the Pearl’s brig, and having control of the ship, they set sail. Jack and Will offer their blood and return the last two coins to the chest. The curse is broken. As Barbossa reverts to mortal form, Jack shoots him, and he dies. The remaining now-mortal pirates are defeated. Will, Elizabeth, and Jack are rescued, although Jack is later sentenced to hang for piracy.

At Jack's execution in Port Royal, Will heroically saves him from the noose, but they are quickly captured. Both Norrington and Governor Swann are reluctant, however, to arrest Will or continue with Jack's execution. Meanwhile Jack escapes by falling off the rampart into the sea. The Black Pearl sails into view, and Jack is hauled aboard. He is captain once again. When Norrington realizes it is Will who Elizabeth truly loves, he graciously concedes her hand to Turner, preferring she be happy with another than be unhappy with him. Good man that he is, Norrington allows the Black Pearl one day's head start before giving chase. (A deleted scene shows Norrington questioning Elizabeth's motive behind her sudden decision to accept his proposal. It's also revealed that his first name is James.)

Captain Jack Sparrow escapes from a prison fortress that he has infiltrated to obtain a drawing of a key. It is unknown what the key unlocks or even where it’s located, but back aboard the Black Pearl, Jack convinces his crew it will lead to untold riches. But to Jack’s dismay, he's unable use his compass. The needle erratically spins back-and-forth.

In Port Royal, it is Elizabeth Swann's and Will Turner's wedding day. But Will is missing, and Elizabeth fears she's been jilted at the altar. She soon learns something more sinister is amiss. Both she and Will are arrested by Lord Cutler Beckett of the East India Trading Company for aiding Jack Sparrow’s escape (at the end of The Curse of the Black Pearl). There is also a warrant for former Commodore James Norrington, who resigned his commission after failing to capture Jack Sparrow and whose current whereabouts is unknown. The punishment for all is death.

Beckett has a Letter of Marque signed by the king, and he offers Will and Elizabeth clemency if Will can obtain Sparrow's compass and recruit him as a privateer for the East India Trading Company. He reveals there is a past history between him and Sparrow but says only that each has left his mark upon the other. While Elizabeth languishes in jail, Will frantically searches for Jack. He locates him and his crew captive on a cannibal-inhabited island. Jack sought refuge there after receiving a visit from his former shipmate, Bootstrap Bill Turner, who is now a member of Captain Davy Jones' ghost ship, the Flying Dutchman. The immortal Davy Jones rules the ocean realms, and he has sent Jack a message—it is time to settle their debt. Thirteen years before, Sparrow struck a bargain with Jones to raise the Black Pearl from the sea floor and make Jack her captain. In exchange, Jack would serve aboard Jones' ship for 100 years. Sparrow now bears the ‘black spot’ on his palm—a mark the debt is due.

Will, Jack and the crew escape the cannibals and set sail on the Black Pearl. Jack agrees to give Will his compass if he helps him find the key. Jack travels upriver to see Tia Dalma, a voodoo priestess. She says the compass does not work because Jack does not know what it is he truly wants. The key unlocks a chest containing the heart of Davy Jones. A woman broke Jones’ heart, and he cut it out to stop the pain. The chest is buried in a secret location, and Davy Jones has the key. Whoever possesses the heart controls the seas. Jack sets off to search for the Flying Dutchman, although it is Davy Jones who finds them. Jack betrays Will by offering him to Davy Jones to settle his debt. Will is taken captive aboard the Flying Dutchman, but Jones refuses to accept him alone as payment. He demands another 99 souls within three days to settle their debt or else Sparrow will be taken by him or face the Kraken.

Knowing that Cutler Beckett has no intention of pardoning either Will or Elizabeth, Governor Swann attempts to smuggle his daughter to England. As they arrive at the dock, their carriage is stopped by Beckett’s henchman, but Elizabeth escapes. She makes for Beckett's house, and holding him at gunpoint, demands he sign and seal the Letter of Marque. She learns Beckett wants Sparrow’s compass not because it points to Isla de Muerta, but to whatever someone most desires. What Beckett desires is the heart of Davy Jones. Elizabeth takes the Letter of Marque, and disguised as a cabin boy, stows away on a merchant vessel. Using her discarded wedding dress as the ghost of a virgin bride searching for her lost love, she tricks the crew into sailing to Tortuga. There she searches for Will, but instead finds a desperate Jack Sparrow vainly attempting to recruit 99 men to meet his payment to Davy Jones. Only four have been recruited, but a fifth applies—James Norrington. The former commodore has descended into a rum-soaked fit of despair, aimlessly wandering the Caribbean. Elizabeth takes pity on him, and they join the Black Pearl’s crew. Sparrow has Elizabeth use the compass, telling her that if she desires to finds the chest, it will save Will. The compass works, and Jack finally has a heading.

Aboard the Flying Dutchman, Will is reunited with his long-lost his father, Bootstrap Bill Turner. Bootstrap helps Will find the key and escape in a longboat. Will vows he will free his father. A passing ship rescues Will, but Davy Jones calls forth the Kraken, and the ship is destroyed. Will survives and stows away back onboard the Flying Dutchman, which is headed for Isla Cruces, where the chest is buried. The Black Pearl is also racing to the island, but Jack is distracted by his feelings towards Elizabeth; it is she the compass points to. He even suggests marriage, which Elizabeth curtly declines, but she is also conflicted. She loves Will but is disconcerted that when she holds the the compass, it now points to Jack. She confides to Norrington that she trusts Jack, but he questions her feelings and asks her to consider just how Will was captured by Davy Jones. Norrington has also overheard Elizabeth discussing Cutler Beckett and the Letter of Marque and sets his own plan in motion.

Jack, Elizabeth, and Norrington arrive at Isla Cruces and find the buried chest. Will also arrives and is reunited with Elizabeth. They open the chest and find Jones’ beating heart, but a conflict immediately erupts: Will wants to stab the heart to kill Davy Jones and free his father. Jack fears if Jones is dead, the kraken will continue hunting him. Norrington wants to present the heart and the Letter of Marque to Cutler Becket to gain clemency and restore his career. A three-way sword fight erupts, but Davy Jones’ men arrive and give chase. Jack hides the heart in a jar of dirt that Tia Dalma gave him, but Norrington finds it and secretly stuffs it into his coat. He grabs the now empty chest to lead off Jones’ crew while the others escape back to the ship. He has also stolen the Letter of Marque.

The Black Pearl outruns the Flying Dutchman, but Davy Jones summons the kraken. The crew temporarily fights off the monster, but knowing it will soon return, Jack gives the order to abandon ship. Realizing the kraken is only after Jack, Elizabeth distracts him with a passionate kiss while handcuffing him to the mast. Racked with guilt over her duplicity, she climbs into the longboat, telling the others Jack chose to stay behind. Unknown to Elizabeth, Will witnessed the kiss. The kraken returns, and Jack, who has slipped out of the handcuff, heroically meets it in battle, but the ship is pulled under the sea. Meanwhile, Norrington has survived and arrives in Port Royal. He presents Davy Jones' heart and the Letter of Marque to Cutler Beckett, who now rules the seas.

Will, Elizabeth and the grieving crew make their way back to Tia Dalma’s. She asks if they are willing to travel to the world's end and beyond to bring Jack back. They all agree, but she says they will need a captain who knows those waters.

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