Rosamund Pike

She grew up in London, the only daughter of two professional opera singers. Her formative years were spent on the European continent and at 16, she was accepted into the celebrated National Youth Theatre, where she spent three summers, culminating in her playing her first lead role in Romeo and Juliet when she was 18. It was that performance which brought her to the attention of agent Dallas Smith who spent the next few years closely guiding her career. She went on to Oxford where she was to study English Literature at Wadham College, while continuing to act.

Pike made her feature film debut in A Rather English Marriage starring Tom Courtenay and Albert Finney. She was then cast as Lady Harriet in the BBC’s lavish production of Wives and Daughters, opposite such distinguished actors such as Michael Gambon, Francesca Annis and Bill Patterson. The following summer was spent filming Love in a Cold Climate, an adaptation of the Nancy Mitford books. The extraordinary cast list included Alan Bates, Sheila Gish, Celia Imrie, John Standing and Anthony Andrews. Returning to Oxford for the final three terms she took the role of Kyra in David Hare’s Skylight.

Rosamund’s next incarnation was as Miranda Frost, MI6 agent, ice maiden, champion fencer and a true match for James Bond in the last Bond movie Die Another Day.

After Bond, Rosamund returned to theatre, as “The Blonde” in award-winning director Terry Johnson’s highly-acclaimed Hitchcock Blonde at the Royal Court Theatre in London. In early 2004, she took the lead role in Amos Gitai’s documentary-style thriller, Promised Land Hotel in which she plays a journalist who uncovers a human trafficking ring in the Gaza Strip, alongside co-star Anne Parillaud.

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