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Rosamund Pike (born 27 January 1979) is an English actress, best known for her portrayals of Bond villainess Miranda Frost in Die Another Day and Jane Bennet in Pride and Prejudice. is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... is the 27th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... 007 redirects here. ... A typical cartoon villain. ... Miranda Frost is a fictional character in the James Bond film Die Another Day. ... For the theme song of the same movie, performed by Madonna, see Die Another Day (song). ... This article is about the 2005 film. ...

Biography

Personal life

Pike is the only child of Caroline and Julian Pike, both musical performers. She attended Badminton School in Bristol before studying English Literature at Wadham College, Oxford. While there, she became friends with Chelsea Clinton, and studied under both Bernard O'Donoghue, the Whitbread prize-winning poet, and Robert J.C. Young, the eminent post-colonial theorist. An able student, she achieved a First Class in her first year examinations (known as Moderations) and, after taking a year off to pursue her career, returned to complete her degree in 2001, gaining an Upper Second. Badminton School is an independent girls school situated in Bristol, United Kingdom. ... This article is about the English city. ... The term English literature refers to literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; Joseph Conrad was Polish, Robert Burns was Scottish, James Joyce was Irish, Dylan Thomas was Welsh, Edgar Allan Poe was American, Salman Rushdie is Indian, V.S... College name Wadham College Named after Nicholas Wadham Established 1610 Sister College Christs College Warden Sir Neil Chalmers JCR President Ben Jasper Undergraduates 460 MCR President David Patrikarakos Graduates 180 Homepage Boatclub Wadham College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England, located at the southern... Chelsea Victoria Clinton (born February 27, 1980) is the daughter and only legitimate child of former US President Bill Clinton and United States Senator Hillary Clinton. ... Bernard ODonoghue is a noted contemporary Irish poet and academic. ... The Whitbread Book Awards are among the United Kingdoms most prestigious literary awards. ... Robert JC Young, postcolonial theorist and activist, literary critic, and historian. ... Honour Moderations (or Mods) are a first set of examinations at Oxford University, normally during the first half of the degree course for some courses (e. ...

She garnered stage experience in student productions, including David Hare's Skylight, Arthur Miller's All My Sons, and several plays by Shakespeare. While appearing in a production of Romeo and Juliet at the National Youth Theatre, she was noticed by an agent who helped her embark upon a professional career. Sir David Hare (born June 5, 1947) is an English dramatist and director. ... Skylight is a play by British dramatist David Hare. ... Arthur Bob Miller (October 17, 1915 â€“ February 10, 2005) was an American playwright and essayist. ... All My Sons is the name of a 1947 play by Arthur Miller. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... Romeo and Juliet in the famous balcony scene by Ford Madox Brown For other uses, see Romeo and Juliet (disambiguation). ... The London-based National Youth Theatre or NYT is the United Kingdoms leading organisation for young people in the field of theatre. ...

She is a skilled cellist and speaks fluent German and French. She currently lives in the West End and is engaged to director Joe Wright, following a relationship with Pride and Prejudice co-star Simon Woods, whom she met at university. Pike and Wright will marry sometime in 2008.^[1] Alternate meaning: Cello web browser A cropped image to show the relative size of a cello to a human (Uncropped Version) The cello (also violoncello or cello) is a stringed instrument and part of the violin family. ... Joe Wright is a British director best known for 2005s Pride and Prejudice. ... Simon Woods is a British actor. ...

Career

Pike's British television roles appearances include A Rather English Marriage (1998), Wives and Daughters (1999), and Love in a Cold Climate (2001), a mini-series based on the Nancy Mitford novels The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate. She appeared as Sarah Beaumont in an episode of the series Foyle's War. Wives and Daughters is a BBC miniseries adapted from the novel Wives and Daughters: An Everyday Story by Victorian author Elizabeth Gaskell. ... Love in a Cold Climate is a novel by Nancy Mitford, first published in 1949. ... Nancy Mitford, 1957 The Hon. ... The Pursuit of Love is a novel by Nancy Mitford, first published in 1945. ... Love in a Cold Climate is a novel by Nancy Mitford, first published in 1949. ... Foyles War is a detective television programme created by screen-writer and author Anthony Horowitz, and commissioned by ITV after the long-running detective series Inspector Morse came to an end in 2000. ...

Pike became known to a wider audience in Die Another Day as a rogue MI-6 agent originally assigned to aid James Bond. During the film's release she appeared in the special show Bond Girls Are Forever and, shortly thereafter, the BAFTA tribute to the James Bond series. The Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), more commonly known as MI6 (originally Military Intelligence [section] 6), or Her Majestys Secret Service or just the Secret Service, is the British external security agency. ... 007 redirects here. ... Bond Girls Are Forever is a 2002 book and James Bond documentary film hosted by The Living Daylights actress Maryam dAbo. ... BAFTA Award The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organisation that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ...

Pike played Elizabeth Malet in The Libertine (2005) co-starring Johnny Depp, which won her the Best Supporting Actress award at the British Independent Film Awards. In the same year, she portrayed Rose in The Promised Land, a film about Israel, starred as scientist Samantha Grimm in the cinematic adaptation of the computer game Doom, and appeared as Jane, the elder sister of Elizabeth (played by Keira Knightley), in Pride & Prejudice. The Libertine is a movie that was released in the United Kingdom on November 25, 2005, and on March 10, 2006 in the United States. ... John Christopher Depp II[1] (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, best known for his frequent portrayals of offbeat and eccentric characters such as Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy and the titular character of Tim Burtons Edward Scissorhands. ... The British Independent Film Awards were created in 1998 to celebrate achievement in independently funded British movies. ... Doom is a 2005 science fiction horror film adaptation of the popular Doom series of video games created by Id Software. ... Keira Christina Knightley (pronounced IPA: ;[1] born 26 March 1985) is an English[2] film and television actress. ...

She has a role in the upcoming film adaptation of Anne Michaels' novel Fugitive Pieces, scheduled for release in 2007, and is recording voicework for a lead role in the forthcoming film Jackboots on Whitehall. Anne Michaels (born 1958) is a Canadian poet and novelist. ... Fugitive Pieces is a book written by Anne Michaels that won the Orange Prize for Fiction. ... Jackboots on Whitehall is a 2008 spoof war movie about the Nazis invading England, featuring the voices of well-known British actors including Richard E. Grant. ...

Pike can currently be seen in the movie Fracture, opposite Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling. The film was her first experience of shooting a movie in Los Angeles.^[2] Fracture is a 2007 legal/crime suspense film directed by Gregory Hoblit and starring Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling. ...

Recent stage credits include Hitchcock Blonde by Terry Johnson (in a role requiring her to appear nude on stage) and Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke, both in London's West End, and Gaslight at London's Old Vic Theatre. Pike has said that she would be happy to do at least one play every year.^[3] Terry Johnson (1955 - ) is a British dramatist and director working for stage, television and film. ... Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 â€“ February 25, 1983), better known by the nickname Tennessee Williams, was a major American playwright of the twentieth century who received many of the top theatrical awards for his work. ... Summer and Smoke is a play by Tennessee Williams which tells the story of a lonely, unmarried ministers daughter who is courted by a former love, a wild, undisciplined doctor. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... West End, see West End (disambiguation). ... Gas lighting (or gaslight, gas light) can refer the use of piped gas, most often either natural gas or coal gas, as a light source. ...

Roles

A Rather English Marriage is a novel by Angela Lambert, first published in 1992, and later adapted for television by Andrew Davies for the BBC. Spoiler warning: The books plot concerns two retired men who are thrown together following the deaths of their wives in the same hospital. ... Wives and Daughters is a BBC miniseries adapted from the novel Wives and Daughters: An Everyday Story by Victorian author Elizabeth Gaskell. ... Love in a Cold Climate is a novel by Nancy Mitford, first published in 1949. ... Foyles War is a detective television programme created by screen-writer and author Anthony Horowitz, and commissioned by ITV after the long-running detective series Inspector Morse came to an end in 2000. ... Series One of the ITV programme Foyles War was first aired in 2002. ... For the theme song of the same movie, performed by Madonna, see Die Another Day (song). ... Bond Girls Are Forever is a 2002 book and James Bond documentary film hosted by The Living Daylights actress Maryam dAbo. ... The Libertine is a movie that was released in the United Kingdom on November 25, 2005, and on March 10, 2006 in the United States. ... This article is about the 2005 film. ... Doom is a 2005 science fiction horror film adaptation of the popular Doom series of video games created by Id Software. ... Summer and Smoke is a play by Tennessee Williams which tells the story of a lonely, unmarried ministers daughter who is courted by a former love, a wild, undisciplined doctor. ... Fracture is a 2007 legal/crime suspense film directed by Gregory Hoblit and starring Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling. ... Fugitive Pieces is a book written by Anne Michaels that won the Orange Prize for Fiction. ... Jackboots on Whitehall is a 2008 spoof war movie about the Nazis invading England, featuring the voices of well-known British actors including Richard E. Grant. ...

Footnotes

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External links

Categories: 1979 births | English film actors | English stage actors | English television actors | Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford | Living people | People from London | Bristolians who attended the University of Oxford The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, and video games. ... Sophie Marceau (born November 17, 1966) is a popular French actress. ... The James Bond novels and films are notable for their memorably despicable villains and henchmen. ... is a Danish actor. ...

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