Actress Kiera Knightley is dropping mysterious hints that she and her boyfriend may be breaking up, as she promotes her new movie “The Misanthrope.”

She’s not directly giving the full scoop, but while speaking on her similarities with the woman she portrays in the film, Keira said “Do I recognize being an extremely well-known young actress? Yes. And she’s in the middle of a world full of people who are quite a bit older than her. She’s having a problem with her boyfriend. No comment.”

Knightley, 24, previously dated Northern Irish fashion model Jamie Dornan.

The couple met while filming the movie “Pride And Prejudice.”

Knightley will make her West End debut in Martin Crimp’s version of Molière’s comedy, The Misanthrope, at the Comedy Theatre in London alongside Damian Lewis, Tara Fitzgerald, and Dominic Rowan.

Previews will begin on 7 December 2009 with a scheduled premiere date of 17 December 2009.

Kiera Knightley And Boyfriend Friend Breaking Up?