Rosamund Pike
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| Rosamund Pike | |
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| Born | January 27 1979 Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London, England, UK |
| Years active | 1998-present |
Rosamund Pike (born 27 January 1979) is an English actress, best known for her portrayals of Bond villainess Miranda Frost in Die Another Day and Jane Bennet in Pride and Prejudice.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Personal 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 became friends with Chelsea Clinton, and 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.
She is a skilled cellist and speaks fluent German and French. She currently lives in the West End and is engaged to director Joe Wright, following a relationship with Pride and Prejudice co-star Simon Woods, whom she met at university. Pike and Wright will marry sometime in 2008.[1]
[edit] 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 upcoming film adaptation of Anne Michaels' novel Fugitive Pieces, scheduled for release in 2007, and is recording voicework for a lead role in the forthcoming film Jackboots on Whitehall.
Pike can currently be seen in the movie Fracture, opposite Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling. The film was her first experience of shooting a movie in Los Angeles.[2]
Recent 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.[3]
[edit] Roles
- Celia in A Rather English Marriage (1998 TV film)
- Lady Harriet Cumnor in Wives and Daughters (1999 miniseries)
- Lucy in Trial & Retribution IV (2000 TV film)
- Fanny in Love in a Cold Climate (2001 miniseries)
- Sarah Beaumont in Foyle's War: “The German Woman” (2002 TV episode)
- Miranda Frost in Die Another Day (2002)
- Herself in Bond Girls Are Forever (2002 TV documentary)
- The Blonde in Hitchcock Blonde (2003 play)
- Rose in Promised Land (2004)
- Elizabeth Malet in The Libertine (2004)
- Jane Bennet in Pride & Prejudice (2005)
- Samantha Grimm in Doom (2005)
- Zoe Hughes in Devil You Know (2006)
- Alma Winemiller in Summer and Smoke (2006 play)
- Nikki Gardner in Fracture (2007)
- Alex in Fugitive Pieces (2007)
- Daisy (voice) in Jackboots on Whitehall (2008)
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ BAMIGBOYE, Baz (August 31, 2007) Rosamund Pike gets a ring from Mr Wright, Daily Mail
- ^ Lee, Michael J., A Radio Free Entertainment Exclusive Interview, <http://movies.radiofree.com/interviews/fracture_rosamund_pike.shtml>. Retrieved on 2007-04-01
- ^ BAMIGBOYE, Baz Rosamund Pike: A theatre girl at heart, The Daily Mail (13 September 2007)
[edit] External links
- Rosamund Pike at the Internet Movie Database
- RosamundPike.co.uk Rosamund Pike Fansite
- Do You Like Me Now? Rosamund Pike in The Libertine
- Rosamund Pike fansite
- Rosamund Pike fansite #2
- The Ethics of Playing the Unethical interview with Rosamund Pike by Peter Fraser, Close-Up Film
| Preceded by Sophie Marceau | Official James Bond villain actor 2002 | Succeeded by Mads Mikkelsen |
