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Rosamund Pike (born 27 January 1979) is
an English actress, best known for her portrayals of
Bond villainess Miranda Frost in Die Another Day (2002)
and Jane Bennet in Pride and Prejudice (2005).
Biography: 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.
To be deceived by actress Rosamund Pike's seemingly
fragile beauty and theatrical background may indeed be a
fatal mistake, especially if your name is James Bond.
As the mysterious Miranda Frost, Pike proved a fierce
fencing competitor to the screen's most beloved spy in
her feature debut Die Another Day (2002).
Though English television viewers may be familiar with
Pike for her numerous small-screen roles during the
millennial crossover, stateside filmgoers were
blind-sided by her role as a Bond girl in the
super-spy's 20th outing. Pike, born in London, England,
in January 1979, is the child of professional opera
singers.
As a student studying English literature at Oxford, the
bookish Pike began to discover her passion for theater
and would subsequently appear in many of the school's
plays.
After refining her talents on-stage, the burgeoning
actress would abandon her field of study upon graduation
to appear in a series of BBC productions.
Making her television debut in 1998 with A Rather
English Marriage, Pike soon began accepting a steady
stream of roles consisting mostly of period dramas
before making the journey stateside as a prospective
Bond girl.
Though admittedly intimidated by appearing alongside
such luminaries as Pierce Brosnan, Judi Dench, and Halle
Berry in her mainstream debut, the confident actress
seemed well fit for her role in one of the
longest-running celluloid franchises in cinematic
history.
Though Pike raised a few eyebrows by remaining
relatively silent during the press conference for Die
Another Day, the actress' decision to let her well-known
co-stars do most of the talking indicated that she is a
smart actress who chooses her words, as well as her
roles, with careful consideration.
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.
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.
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. She will next work on a production of
Gaslight at London's Old Vic Theatre.
She is a skilled cellist and speaks fluent German and
French. She currently lives in the West End and is
dating director Joe Wright, following a relationship
with Pride and Prejudice co-star Simon Woods, whom she
met at university. |
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