Rosamund Pike Movies and Career Information

Rosamund Mary E. Pike (born 27 January 1979) is an English actress. Her film roles include villainous Bond girl Miranda Frost in Die Another Day; Jane Bennet in Pride and Prejudice; Maggie Greer in Surrogates and Helen in An Education. Pike was born in London, England, the only child of concert musicians/opera singers Caroline and Julian Pike; Her father is now a professor at the Birmingham Conservatoire. The family travelled across Europe until she was aged 7, following where ever her parents performing career took them; as a result she speaks fluent French and German. Pike won a scholarship to Badminton School, 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. After being turned down to every stage school she applied to, she gained a place to read English Literature at Wadham College, Oxford. While there, she studied under both Bernard O'Donoghue, the Whitbread prize-winning poet, and Robert J.C. Young, the eminent post-colonial theorist; her friends included Chelsea Clinton. During her time a Oxford Pike was also in a two-year relationship with Simon Woods, whom she was