Rosamund Pike

Born on January 27, 1979 in London, England, actress Rosamund Mary Elizabeth Pike is the only child of a classical violinist mother, Caroline (Friend), and an opera singer father, Julian Pike. Due to her parents' work, she spent her early childhood traveling around Europe. Pike attended Badminton School in Bristol, England and began acting at the National Youth Theatre. While appearing in a National Youth Theatre production of "Romeo and Juliet", she was first spotted and signed by an agent, although she continued her education at Wadham College, Oxford, where she read English Literature, eventually graduating with an upper second class honors degree.Pike appeared in a number of UK television series, including _Wives and Daughters (1999)_ (qv), before scoring an auspicious feature film debut as the glacial beauty "Miranda Frost" in the James Bond film, _Die Another Day (2002)_ (qv); when the film was released, she was only 23. Though her debut was a big-budget action film, the film work that followed was primarily in smaller, independent films, including _Promised Land (2004)_ (qv), _The Libertine (2004)_ (qv), (for which she won the Best Supporting Actress award at The British Independent Film 'Awards' (qv)), and _Pride & Prejudice (2005)_ (qv), as one of the Bennet daughters. A brief foray into Hollywood film followed with the action flick, _Doom (2005)_ (qv), and the thriller, _Fracture (2007)_ (qv), but she returned to smaller films with exceptional performances in three films: _An Education (2009)_ (qv), _Made in Dagenham (2010)_ (qv), and the lead opposite 'Paul Giamatti' (qv) in _Barney's Version (2010)_ (qv).As she continued her stage work in England, Pike appeared in the spy spoof, _Johnny English Reborn (2011)_ (qv), and inhabited the role of "Andromeda" in the sci-fi epic, _Wrath of the Titans (2012)_ (qv). She returned to action films with the female lead opposite 'Tom Cruise' (qv) in _Jack Reacher (2012)_ (qv).Pike entered into a relationship with a mathematical researcher named 'Robie Uniacke' (qv) in 2009. She gave birth to their first son, named Solo, in May 2012. She returned to acting and landed the coveted title role in _Gone Girl (2014)_ (qv). The film became a critical and box-office hit, with Pike earning the film's sole Academy Award nomination as Best Actress. She also earned nominations as Best Actress from Screen Actor's Guild, Golden Globes, and BAFTA. She gave birth to her second son with Uniacke in December 2014.::Anonymous