Rosamund Pike Quote

Rosamund Mary Ellen Pike (born 1979) is a British actress. Pike studied at Wadham College, Oxford and began her acting career by appearing in stage productions including Romeo and Juliet at the National Youth Theatre. She had her breakthrough for her film debut as Bond girl Miranda Frost in Die Another Day (2002), and had supporting roles in the period dramas The Libertine (2004), Pride & Prejudice (2005), An Education (2009) and Made in Dagenham (2010).
In the next decade, Pike had mainstream film appearances in Johnny English Reborn (2011), The Big Year (2011), Wrath of the Titans (2012), Jack Reacher (2012) and The World's End (2013). Her starring role as Amy Dunne in the psychological thriller Gone Girl (2014) earned her nominations for the BAFTA, Golden Globe and Academy Award for Best Actress. Pike then portrayed Ruth Williams Khama in the biopic A United Kingdom (2016) and Marie Colvin in the war film A Private War (2018).
Pike won a Primetime Emmy Award for her role in the comedy miniseries State of the Union (2019) and a Golden Globe for her leading performance in the black comedy film I Care a Lot (2020). In 2021, she began starring as Moiraine Damodred in the Amazon Prime Video fantasy series The Wheel of Time. She received further BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations for her supporting role in the black comedy film Saltburn (2023).