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Rosamund Pike

Acting

Born January 27, 1979 · Hammersmith, London, England, UK

Also known as Rosamund Mary Ellen Pike

Biography

Rosamund Mary Ellen Pike (born January 27, 1979) is a British actress. She has received various accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award. Pike began her acting career by appearing in stage productions such as Romeo and Juliet, alongside Paul Ready, and Gas Light. After her screen debut in the television film A Rather English Marriage (1998) and television roles in Wives and Daughters (1999) and Love in a Cold Climate (2001), she received international recognition for her film debut as Bond girl Miranda Frost in Die Another Day (2002), for which she received the Empire Award for Best Newcomer. Following her breakthrough, she won the BIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress for The Libertine (2004) and portrayed Jane Bennet in Pride & Prejudice (2005). Pike had film appearances in the sci-fi film Doom (2005), the crime-mystery thriller film Fracture (2007), the drama film Fugitive Pieces (2007), the coming-of-age drama An Education (2009), for which she was nominated for the London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Supporting Actress of the Year, and sci-fi comedy The World's End (2013). She also received British Independent Film Award nominations for An Education and Made in Dagenham (2010), and was nominated for a Genie Award for Barney's Version (2010). Her other films include the spy action comedy Johnny English Reborn (2011), the epic action-adventure fantasy Wrath of the Titans (2012), and the action thriller Jack Reacher (2012). In 2014, her performance in the psychological thriller Gone Girl was met with widespread critical acclaim, winning the Saturn Award for Best Actress and receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Pike received further acclaim for her starring role as Ruth Williams Khama in the biographical drama A United Kingdom (2016) and for portraying the journalist Marie Colvin in the biographical war drama A Private War (2018), for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. Pike won a Primetime Emmy Award for her role in State of the Union in 2019. She won a Golden Globe Award for her performance in I Care a Lot (2020). She has also starred in the Amazon Original series The Wheel of Time (2021–present).

Awards & recognition

  • Laurence Olivier AwardBest Actress · 2026
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series · 2019
  • Audie AwardBest Female Narrator
  • Academy AwardBest Actress · 2015 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

Pride & Prejudice

2005as Jane Bennet

Gone Girl

2014as Amy Dunne

Love in a Cold Climate

as Fanny

Foyle's War

2002as Sarah Beaumont

The Wheel of Time

2021as Moiraine Damodred

Atonement

2007Thanks

3 Body Problem

2024Executive Producer

Fracture

2007as Nikki Gardner

Everything or Nothing

2012as Self

The Graham Norton Show

2007as Self

The Windsors: Inside the Royal Dynasty

as Narrator

Saltburn

2023as Elspeth Catton

Barney's Version

2010as Miriam Grant-Panofsky

Watership Down

2018as The Black Rabbit of Inlé (voice)

Hostiles

2017as Rosalee Quaid

An Education

2009as Helen

A Private War

2018as Marie Colvin

The World's End

2013as Sam Chamberlain

A United Kingdom

2016as Ruth Williams-Khama

Hector and the Search for Happiness

2014as Clara

What We Did on Our Holiday

2014as Abi McLeod

Jack Reacher

2012as Helen Rodin

Made in Dagenham

2010as Lisa Hopkins

In the Grey

2026as Bobby Sheen

I Care a Lot

2020as Marla Grayson

Radioactive

2019as Marie Curie

The Man with the Iron Heart

2017as Lina von Osten

Now You See Me: Now You Don't

2025as Veronika Vanderberg

The Informer

2019as Wilcox

The Kelly Clarkson Show

2019as Self

Beirut

2018as Sandy Crowder

Thunderbirds Are Go

2015as Lady Penelope (voice)

A Long Way Down

2014as Penny Chambers

Johnny English Reborn

2011as Kate

Fugitive Pieces

2007as Alex

Hallow Road

2025as Maddie/The Kind Woman (voice)

Archibald's Next Big Thing

2019as Narrator (voice)

Return to Sender

2015as Miranda Wells

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015as Self

Surrogates

2009as Maggie Greer

Ladies First

2026as Alex Fox

The Big Year

2011as Jessica

Die Another Day

2002as Miranda Frost

Archibald's Next Big Thing Is Here!

as Narrator (voice)

7 Days in Entebbe

2018as Brigitte Kuhlmann

The Libertine

2004as Elizabeth Malet

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

2014as Self

Wrath of the Titans

2012as Andromeda

Late Night with Seth Meyers

2014as Self

Burning Palms

2010as Dedra Davenport