Rosamund Pike
Born in
London, England in 1979, Rosamund Mary Elizabeth Pike was the only child of
Caroline (Friend) Pike, an accomplished classical violinist mother and Julian
Pike, an opera singer dad. She spent her childhood travelling around Europe because
of her parents' work. Pike was a student at Bristol's Badminton School and
started acting at the National Youth Theatre. Pike was just 23 years old when
she made her debut in "Romeo and Juliet" at the National Youth
Theatre. She was then noticed by an agent and signed. While her debut film was
a big-budget action film, her involvement was mostly in smaller independent
movies like Promised Land (2004) and The Libertine (2004). She was awarded the
Best Supporting Actress Award at The British Independent Film Awards for the
film. Pride & Prejudice (2005) was her first film. Following the action
movie, Doom (2006) and the thriller Fracture (2007), Pike was briefly a part of
Hollywood film. But, she returned to smaller film with exceptional performances
in three films: An Education (2008) Then, she starred in Made in Dagenham
(2010) and the lead role opposite 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). Alongside Tom Cruise as her female lead in Jack Reacher (2012),
she made a return to action-movies.
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