Rosamund Pike
Born in
London, England in 1979, Rosamund Mary Elizabeth Pike was the sole child of
Caroline (Friend), an accomplished classical violinist mother as well as Julian
Pike, an opera singer father. Because of her parents' jobs, she spent her childhood
touring around Europe. Pike attended Bristol's Badminton School and started
acting at the National Youth Theatre. When she was in a National Youth Theatre
production of "Romeo and Juliet", she was first spotted and accepted
by an agent. However, she continued her studies at Wadham College, Oxford,
where she took classes in English Literature, eventually graduating with an
upper-second class distinction degree.Pike has appeared in a variety of UK
television series, including Wives and Daughters (1999) and then made her movie
debut as the glacial beauty "Miranda Frost" in the James Bond film,
Die Another Day (2002); when the film was released it was released at just 23.
While her film debut was a high-budget action movie The film work that followed
was primarily in smaller independent films like Promised Land (2004), The
Libertine (2004), (for which she received the Best Supporting Actress award at
The British Independent Film Awards) as well as Pride & Prejudice
(2005), as one of the Bennet daughters. After a brief stint in Hollywood, Doom
(2005) and Fracture (2006) followed. She returned to film with impressive
performances in three smaller films. She was also in Johnny English Reborn
(2011) as well as the sci-fi thriller Wrath of the Titans (2012). Pike returned
to action movies as the female lead alongside Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher
(2012).
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