Actor / Director Profile

English actress Rosamund Pike is the only child of a classical violinist mother and an opera singer father. Her parent's work meant she spent her early childhood travelling around Europe, and can speak fluent German and French as a result. Pike attended Badminton School in Bristol, England and began acting at the National Youth Theatre. It was whilst appearing in a National Youth Theatre production of Romeo and Juliet that she was first spotted and signed by an agent. Alongside acting, she continued her education at Wadham College, Oxford where she read English Literature, eventually graduating with an upper second class honors degree. Pike was only 21 years old when her big break came and she was cast as glacial beauty Miranda Frost in the James Bond film, Die Another Day (2002). Other highlights include roles in The Libertine (2004) (for which she won Best Supporting Actress at The British Independent Film Awards) , An Education (2009) and Barney's Version (2010).