Rosamund Pike

Infobox actor
name = Rosamund Pike


caption =
birthdate = birth date and age|1979|1|27
location = London, England
yearsactive = 1998 - present
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awards = British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress/Actor
2004 "The Libertine"
Empire Award for Best Newcomer
2002 "Die Another Day"

Rosamund Pike (born 27 January 1979) is an English actress. She is perhaps best known for her portrayals of Bond villainess Miranda Frost in "Die Another Day" and Jane Bennet in "Pride and Prejudice".

Biography

Early life

Pike is the only child of Caroline and Julian Pike, both musical performers. She attended Badminton School in Bristol before studying English Literature at Wadham College, Oxford. While there, she studied under both Bernard O'Donoghue, the Whitbread prize-winning poet, and Robert J.C. Young, the eminent post-colonial theorist. An able student, she achieved a First Class in her first year examinations (known as Moderations) and, after taking a year off to pursue her career, returned to complete her degree in 2001, gaining an Upper Second.

She garnered stage experience in student productions, including David Hare's "Skylight", Arthur Miller's "All My Sons", and several plays by Shakespeare. While appearing in a production of "Romeo and Juliet" at the National Youth Theatre, she was noticed by an agent who helped her embark upon a professional career.

Career

Pike's British television roles appearances include "A Rather English Marriage" (1998), "Wives and Daughters" (1999), and "Love in a Cold Climate" (2001), a mini-series based on the Nancy Mitford novels "The Pursuit of Love" and "Love in a Cold Climate". She appeared as "Sarah Beaumont" in an episode of the series "Foyle's War.

Pike became known to a wider audience in "Die Another Day" as a rogue MI-6 agent originally assigned to aid James Bond. During the film's release she appeared in the special show "Bond Girls Are Forever" and, shortly thereafter, the BAFTA tribute to the "James Bond" series.

Pike played Elizabeth Malet in "The Libertine" (2005) co-starring Johnny Depp, which won her the Best Supporting Actress award at the British Independent Film Awards. In the same year, she portrayed Rose in "The Promised Land" (a film about Israel), starred as scientist Samantha Grimm in the cinematic adaptation of the computer game "Doom", and appeared as Jane, the elder sister of Elizabeth (played by Keira Knightley), in "Pride & Prejudice".

She has a role in the film adaptation of Anne Michaels' novel "Fugitive Pieces", and is recording voicework for a lead role in the forthcoming film "Jackboots on Whitehall".

Pike also starred in the movie "Fracture", opposite Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling. The film was her first experience of shooting a movie in Los Angeles. [Citation | last=Lee | first=Michael J. | title= A Radio Free Entertainment Exclusive Interview | url=http://movies.radiofree.com/interviews/fracture_rosamund_pike.shtml | access-date=2007-04-01]

Her stage credits include "Hitchcock Blonde" by Terry Johnson (in a role requiring her to appear nude on stage) and Tennessee Williams' "Summer and Smoke", both in London's West End, and "Gaslight" at London's Old Vic Theatre. Pike has said that she would be happy to do at least one play every year. [Bamigboye, Baz. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/columnists/article-481665/Rosamund-Pike-A-theatre-girl-heart.html Rosamund Pike: A theatre girl at heart] , "Daily Mail", September 13, 2007. Accessed June 7, 2008.] She will next appear in the Donmar's West End season [http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23541568-details/The+man+with+the+Midas+touch/article.do] .

Personal life

She is a skilled cellist and speaks fluent German and French. She currently lives in the West End. While at Oxford she started a relationship with Simon Woods. She was engaged in 2007 to director Joe Wright, but they called off the wedding they had been planning to hold in 2008. [Bamigboye, Baz. [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/bazbamigboye.html?in_article_id=478895&in_page_id=1794 Rosamund Pike gets a ring from Mr Wright] , "Daily Mail", September 7, 2007. Accessed June 7, 2008.]

Roles

Footnotes

External links

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* [http://rosamund.fan-sites.org Rosamund Pike Online] Rosamund Pike Online
* [http://www.RosamundPike.co.uk RosamundPike.co.uk] Rosamund Pike Fansite
* [http://www.doyoulikemenow.com Do You Like Me Now?] Rosamund Pike in The Libertine
* [http://www.rosamundpikeweb.com RosamundPikeWeb.com] Rosamund Pike Web.com
* [http://www.rosamundpike.co.uk Rosamund Pike fansite]
* [http://www.tccandler.com/talent_file_rosamund_pike.htm Rosamund Pike fansite #2]
* [http://www.close-upfilm.com/features/Interviews/rosamund_pike.html The Ethics of Playing the Unethical] interview with Rosamund Pike by Peter Fraser, Close-Up Film