Rosamund Pike
Born in
London, England in 1979, Rosamund Mary Elizabeth Pike was the sole child of
Caroline (Friend), the classical violinist's mother as well as Julian Pike, an
opera father of a singer. Due to her parents' job, she spent much of in her early
years traveling throughout Europe. Pike was born in Bristol and attended
Badminton School. She then began her acting career at the National Youth
Theatre. Pike first appeared in a National Youth Theatre production "Romeo
and Juliet". She was signed by an agent after she was noticed. Pike also
began acting at the National Youth Theatre. While her debut film was a
high-budget action movie, her film performances were mostly in smaller
independent films such as Promised Land (2004) and The Libertine (2004). The
Libertine won her the Best Supporting Actress Award at The British Independent
Film Awards for the film. Pride & Prejudice (2005) was her first film.
Following the action film Doom (2006) and the action thriller Fracture (2007),
Pike attempted a brief stint in Hollywood film. However, she returned to
smaller films with extraordinary performance in three films: An Education
(2008), Dagenham (2010), and Dagenham (2010) and the lead role with Paul
Giamatti in Barney's Version (2010). In 2012, Pike portrayed the role of
Andromeda in the sci-fi epic Wrath of the Titans (2012). She returned to
action-oriented films with the female lead opposite Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher
(2012).
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