Rosamund Pike
| Rosamund Pike | |
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 Pike at the premiere of Barney's Version in January 2011 |
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| Born | Rosamund Mary Elizabeth Pike 27 January 1979 London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1998–present |
Rosamund Mary Elizabeth Pike (born 27 January 1979) is a British actress. Her film roles include villainous Bond girl Miranda Frost in Die Another Day, Jane Bennet in Pride and Prejudice, Helen in An Education, Lisa in Made in Dagenham, Miriam Grant-Panofsky in Barney's Version and Kate Sumner in Johnny English Reborn.
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[edit] Early life
Pike was born in London, England, the only child of concert musicians/opera singers Caroline (née Friend) and Julian Pike.[1] Her father is now a professor at the Birmingham Conservatoire.[2]
The family travelled across Europe until she was seven, following wherever her parents' performing career took them; as a result, she speaks fluent French and German.[2] Pike won a scholarship to Badminton School,[2] and while appearing in a production of Romeo and Juliet at the National Youth Theatre, was noticed by an agent who helped her embark upon a professional career.[2]
After being turned down by every stage school she applied to, she gained a place to read English Literature at Wadham College, Oxford.[2] While there, she studied under both Bernard O'Donoghue, the Whitbread prize-winning poet, and Robert J. C. Young, the eminent post-colonial theorist.[citation needed] She starred opposite Simon Woods in Pride and Prejudice.
After taking a year off to pursue her acting career, garnering stage experience in David Hare's Skylight, Arthur Miller's All My Sons, and several plays by Shakespeare; she achieved an Upper Second class degree in 2001.[3]
[edit] Career
Whilst at university, Pike's British television appearances include A Rather English Marriage (1998),[citation needed] Wives and Daughters (1999), and Love in a Cold Climate (2001), a miniseries 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.
On graduation, while considering work at Waterstone's bookshop due to a lack of acting opportunities,[2] she was offered the role as a Bond girl and MI6 agent assigned to aid James Bond in Die Another Day. 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 (2004) 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),[citation needed] and starred as scientist Samantha Grimm in the cinematic adaptation of the computer game Doom.[citation needed] In 2005, she appeared as Jane, the elder sister of Elizabeth (played by Keira Knightley), in Pride & Prejudice.
Pike has a role in the film adaptation of Anne Michaels' novel Fugitive Pieces. She starred as a successful attorney in the film Fracture, opposite Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling.
Her stage credits include Hitchcock Blonde by Terry Johnson (in a role requiring her to appear completely nude on stage with only a pair of high heels)[4] and Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke, both in London's West End, and Gaslight at London's Old Vic Theatre.[citation needed] Pike has said that she would be happy to do at least one play every year.[5] In 2009, she played the title character in Madame De Sade during the Donmar's West End season.[6]
She appeared in the British film Made in Dagenham and in the Canadian film Barney's Version where she plays Miriam. In 2010, she starred in a production of Hedda Gabler on UK tour.[7]
Pike has recorded voicework for a lead role in the film Jackboots on Whitehall and lent her voice to a new series of James Bond audio-books, narrating The Spy Who Loved Me.[8]
Pike plays the part of Kate Sumner in the 2011 Bond-spoof film Johnny English Reborn, playing a psychologist and English's love interest.
[edit] Personal life
While at Oxford, she had a two year relationship with actor Simon Woods.[9] She was engaged in 2007 to film director Joe Wright, but they called off the wedding in 2008.[10]
[edit] Filmography
[edit] References
- ^ Cavendish, Lucy (18 March 2009). "Rosamund Pike interview". The Daily Telegraph (London). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/4987005/Rosamund-Pike-interview.html. Retrieved 2010-05-22.
- ^ a b c d e f g Judith Woods (24 September 2010). "Rosamund Pike: From reluctant English rose to Britain's new screen queen". Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-1311882/Rosamund-Pike-From-reluctant-English-rose-Britains-new-screen-queen.html. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
- ^ "The name's Pike, Rosamund Pike". The Guardian. 13 October 2002. http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2002/oct/13/features.magazine. Retrieved 2010-11-25.
- ^ Mail on Sunday, 18 October 2009.
- ^ Bamigboye, Baz (13 September 2007). "Rosamund Pike: A theatre girl at heart". Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/columnists/article-481665/Rosamund-Pike-A-theatre-girl-heart.html. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ^ Jury, Louise (19 August 2008). "The man with the Midas touch". Evening Standard. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-23541568-details/The+man+with+the+Midas+touch/article.do. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
- ^ Bamigboye, Baz (11 September 2009). "With a little luck Keira Knightly will have sharpened up enough for My Fair Lady". Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1212702/BAZ-BAMIGBOYE-With-little-luck-Keira-Knightly-sharpened-My-Fair-Lady.html. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
- ^ "Rosamund Pike narrates 'The Spy Who Loved Me' for new Ian Fleming audiobooks". mi6.co.uk. 12 January 2011. http://www.mi6.co.uk/news/index.php?itemid=9196&t=mi6&s=news. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
- ^ Barber, Lynn (2009-05-24). "I don't sleep around, if that's what you mean ... Would you like some more cake?". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/2009/may/24/rosamund-pike-actress-interview.
- ^ Bamigboye, Baz (7 September 2007). "Rosamund Pike gets a ring from Mr Wright". Daily Mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/bazbamigboye.html?in_article_id=478895&in_page_id=1794. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
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