Rosamund Pike

Born in 1979 in London, England, actress Rosamund Mary Elizabeth Pike was the sole child of a classically trained violinist's mother, Caroline (Friend), and a opera singer father, Julian Pike. The actress spent her youth traveling around Europe because of her parents' work. Pike attended Bristol's Badminton School and started acting at the National Youth Theatre. Pike was only 23 when she appeared in "Romeo and Juliet" at the National Youth Theatre. She was then spotted by an agent and was signed. Although her first film was a huge-budget action film, her film performance was mostly in smaller independent films , such as 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 feature film. A brief excursion into Hollywood film was followed by the action-packed film Doom (2005), and the thriller Fracture (2007), but she returned to her smaller-scale films with exceptional performances in three films: An Education (2009) and Made in Dagenham (2010), and the lead opposite Paul Giamatti in Barney's Version (2010).As she continued her stage work in England, Pike appeared in the spy spoof, Johnny English Reborn (2011) and also played the role of "Andromeda" in the epic sci-fi thriller, Wrath of the Titans (2012). Pike made a return to action movies as the lead actress alongside Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher (2012).