Rosamund Pike

Born in London in 1979, Rosamund Elizabeth Pike is an actor. She is the only child to a classical violinist mom Caroline (Friend) and an opera singer father Julian Pike. They worked hard for their families and she travelled extensively throughout Europe in her early years. Pike attended Badminton School in Bristol, England and began acting at the National Youth Theatre. As a performer in the National Youth Theatre production of "Romeo and Juliet", she was first spotted and signed by an agent, although she continued her education in Wadham College, Oxford, where she took classes in English Literature, eventually graduating with an upper second grade with an honors degree.Pike was a part of a variety of UK television shows that included Wives and Daughters (1999) and then made her feature film debut as the glacial beauty "Miranda Frost" in the James Bond film, Die Another Day (2002); when the film debuted, she was only 23. Though her debut was a major-budget action feature but the film work that followed was primarily in smaller independent films such as Promised Land (2004), The Libertine (2004), (for which she was awarded the Best Supporting Actress award at The British Independent Film Awards) as well as Pride & Prejudice (2005) as one of the Bennet daughters. A brief excursion into Hollywood film was followed by the action-packed film Doom (2005) and the suspenseful Fracture (2007) however, she returned to films with smaller budgets featuring outstanding performances in three films: An Education (2009), Made in Dagenham (2010), and the lead opposite Paul Giamatti in Barney's Version (2010).As she continued her stage work in England, Pike appeared in the spy spoof Johnny English Reborn (2011) as well as portrayed the role of "Andromeda" in the epic sci-fi thriller, Wrath of the Titans (2012). She was back in action films with her female lead in the film Jack Reacher (2012). Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher (2012).