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Rosamund Mary Ellen Pike (born 1979) is an English actress and producer. Known for her portrayals of complex and morally ambiguous women in psychological thrillers, she is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for an and two .

Pike studied at Wadham College, Oxford, and appeared in stage productions, including Romeo and Juliet at the National Youth Theatre, before beginning her acting career. She had her breakthrough film debut as Miranda Frost in Die Another Day (2002), and had supporting roles in the period dramas Pride & Prejudice (2005), (2009) and Made in Dagenham (2010).

Pike had mainstream film appearances in Johnny English Reborn (2011), Wrath of the Titans (2012), Jack Reacher (2012) and The World's End (2013). She received acclaim for her starring role as in the psychological thriller Gone Girl (2014), which earned her nominations for the Golden Globe Award, British Academy Film Award, and Academy Award for Best Actress. Pike portrayed Ruth Williams Khama in the biopic A United Kingdom (2016) and in the war film A Private War (2018), for which she received her second Golden Globe Award nomination. She won her first Golden Globe Award for her leading performance in the dark comedy film I Care a Lot (2020), while her supporting role in the black comedy Saltburn (2023) earned her additional nominations from the Golden Globe and BAFTA Awards.

On television, Pike won a Primetime Emmy Award for her role in the comedy miniseries State of the Union (2019). In 2021, she began starring as Moiraine Damodred in the Amazon Prime Video fantasy series The Wheel of Time, and in 2024, she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series as an executive producer of the science fiction series 3 Body Problem.


Early life and education
Pike was born in 1979 in , London, the only child of opera singers Julian Pike and Caroline Friend. She attended in Bristol. While appearing as Juliet 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. After being turned down by every stage school to which she applied, she gained a place to read English literature at Wadham College, Oxford. She graduated with an Upper Second-class honours degree in 2001, having taken a year off to pursue her acting career, gaining stage experience in David Hare's Skylight, 's All My Sons, and several plays by William Shakespeare.


Career

1998–2013: Early roles and breakthrough
While she was still at Oxford, Pike acted in and directed various plays, including one by who was then a graduate student. She made appearances on British television shows, including A Rather English Marriage (1998), Wives and Daughters (1999) and the miniseries Love in a Cold Climate (2001). She appeared as Sarah Beaumont in an episode of the series Foyle's War. After graduating, she was offered a role as a and MI6 agent assigned to aid in Die Another Day, and appeared in the show Bond Girls Are Forever and, shortly afterwards, the tribute to the James Bond film series. She was the first Bond girl to have attended Oxford. Pike played Elizabeth Malet in The Libertine (2004), co-starring , which won her the British Independent Film Award for Best Supporting Actress. In the same year, she portrayed Rose in Promised Land, a film about Israel, and starred as scientist Samantha Grimm in film Doom, based upon the Doom video game series. In 2005, she appeared as Jane, the elder sister of Elizabeth (played by ), in Pride & Prejudice. Pike starred in the film adaptation of ' novel Fugitive Pieces. She starred as a successful attorney in the film Fracture, opposite and . Pike was a judge at the Costa Book Awards in 2008. Her stage credits include by Terry Johnson and Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke, both in London's West End, and at London's Old Vic Theatre. In 2009, she played the title character in Madame De Sade during the Donmar's West End season.

In 2010, she appeared in the British film Made in Dagenham and in the Canadian film Barney's Version in which she plays Miriam. That same year, she starred in a production of on a UK tour. Pike recorded voicework for a lead role in the film Jackboots on Whitehall (2010) and lent her voice to a series of James Bond audio books, narrating The Spy Who Loved Me. Also in 2010, Pike voiced the character in the BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Fleming's Goldfinger. In 2011, she played the character Kate Sumner in the Bond spoof film Johnny English Reborn, playing a psychologist and English's love interest. The film is a sequel to the 2003 film .

In 2012, she played the role of Queen Andromeda in the fantasy epic Wrath of the Titans. She replaced , who had played the role in Clash of the Titans and had dropped out due to a scheduling conflict. Taking the role in Wrath of the Titans meant she had to drop out of consideration for a role in Man of Steel. Although the film was not well received by critics, it grossed over $300 million and critics considered her performance to be one of the film's highlights. She starred as Helen Rodin, the female lead alongside in the thriller Jack Reacher, an adaptation of the novel One Shot by . The film opened to positive critical reception and grossed over $218 million. The following year she had a supporting role in The World's End (2013).


2014–present: Gone Girl and other roles
Pike starred in the -directed Gone Girl (2014), a film adaptation of 's novel of the same name. Playing opposite , Pike was cast as , a woman who goes missing on her fifth wedding anniversary. According to Fincher, Pike was his first choice for the role because he wanted someone who was not widely known, Pike having not appeared in any major leading role prior to the film's commencement, and because he found her enigmatic and could not easily read her. The film was a box office hit, earning over $356 million in global ticket sales. The movie premiered at the 52nd New York Film Festival where the film and Pike's performance both earned widespread acclaim from critics.

Richard Lawson of Vanity Fair wrote that the film is "Smartly shot, detailed ... and performed" and called Pike's portrayal "a star-makingly good performance, spellbinding in its operatic mix of tones and temperatures." of The Hollywood Reporter said that she "is powerful and commanding ... Physically and emotionally, Pike looks to have immersed herself in this profoundly calculating character, and the results are impressive." For her performance, she received numerous nominations including the Academy Award for Best Actress, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role.

From 2015, she voiced Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward in the remake of Thunderbirds Are Go produced by in conjunction with . In February 2016, she starred in the music video for "Voodoo in My Blood" by , directly inspired by the subway scene with in the film Possession (1981) directed by Andrzej Żuławski. In 2017, she took the role of The Woman in the short film The Human Voice, written and directed by Patrick Kennedy and based on the play La voix humaine by , for which she won Best Actress at the Oxford International Film Festival.

In 2018, Pike was cast as war correspondent in A Private War, directed by Matthew Heineman and based on "Marie Colvin's Private War", a Vanity Fair article by Marie Brenner. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. In 2019, she was cast in the role of Moiraine in Amazon Prime Video's adaptation of 's fantasy epic The Wheel of Time, which was released in November 2021. Her other films include the thriller The Informer and the biopic Radioactive; in the latter, she played .

In 2021, Pike starred as con artist Marla Grayson in the crime thriller I Care a Lot, directed by and co-starring , Eiza González and . Her performance received universal acclaim; David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter said "Pike brings crisp efficiency and dead-eyed amorality to a legal conservator", and ABC News journalist wrote that "Pike makes a feast of the role". At the 78th Golden Globe Awards, she won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical.

In 2021, Pike starred in and executive produced the eight episode historical fiction Edith!. The scripted podcast dramatises a period during the presidency when Wilson was incapacitated by a stroke and First Lady took the reins of power while he recovered. plays the role of President Wilson and portrays Trudy Grayson, the First Lady's best friend. In 2021, Pike narrated the audiobook of Paula Hawkins' novel, A Slow Fire Burning. She also voiced an audiobook of The Eye of the World, the first book in the Wheel of Time series. In July 2022 it was announced that she would also voice audiobook versions of The Great Hunt and The Dragon Reborn. In 2022, it was announced that Pike would star in 's second feature film, Saltburn.

Pike is an executive producer on the series 3 Body Problem based on the novel The Three-Body Problem. In November 2023 Pike began filming on by . In April 2024 it was revealed Pike had joined the cast of In the Grey by . In May 2024 it was announced Pike had joined the cast of . In September 2024 it was announced Pike would star as the lead in the series , centred on . In October Pike was cast alongside Sacha Baron Cohen in the Netflix film Ladies First by . Pike will make her National Theatre debut in summer 2025 in the play Inter Alia by .


Personal life

Relationships
While at Oxford, Pike was in a relationship for two years with . They later played the lovers and Charles Bingley in Pride & Prejudice. She then became engaged to the director of that production, ; their engagement ended in 2008.

Since December 2009, Pike has been in a relationship with businessman Robie Uniacke. The couple has two sons, who are both fluent in .In a webcast from Prague, on the Graham Norton Show (BBC1), first broadcast on 19 February 2021, Pike noted that her sons both speak Mandarin fluently. They live in Prague. In 2015, when they visited China to promote Gone Girl, Pike mentioned that Uniacke had given her a Chinese name 裴淳华 (traditional Chinese: 裴淳華, p=Péi Chúnhuá, IPA: ), and, that, being admirers of Chinese culture, they would like the media to use this as her rather than using the transliteration of her English name.


Activism
In 2015, Pike signed an open letter for which the had been collecting signatures; the letter was addressed to and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, urging them to focus on women, as they would serve as the head of the Group of Seven (G7) and the (AU), respectively, which would start to set the priorities for development funding in preparation for a United Nations (UN) summit in September 2015, which was intended to establish new development goals for the next generation.

In 2021, Pike invested in and served as creative director for the psychedelic-inspired meditation app Lumenate, which purports to guide the user into an altered state of consciousness with flashing lights.

Also in 2021, Pike became the first ambassador for Mines Advisory Group, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning NGO that assists people affected by , unexploded ordnance and small arms and light weapons.

In a 2023 interview with , Pike expressed a belief that "we're all being conned by the wellness industry" and "this idea that it's no longer enough to be healthy and we have to be 'well' is something that needs to be interrogated". She said "it's so seductive because it's in pursuit of things that people are ashamed to want" and called it "really dangerous".


Acting credits

Film
2002Die Another DayMiranda Frost
2004Promised LandRose
The Libertine
2005Pride & Prejudice
DoomDr. Samantha Grimm
2007FractureNikki Gardner
Fugitive PiecesAlex
2009Helen
Maggie Greer
Yesterday We Were in AmericaNarratorDocumentary
2010Burning PalmsDedra Davenport
Jackboots on WhitehallDaisy (voice)
Barney's VersionMiriam Grant-Panofsky
Made in DagenhamLisa Hopkins
2011The Organ Grinder's MonkeyRochelleShort film
Johnny English RebornKate Sumner
The Big YearJessica
2012Wrath of the TitansQueen Andromeda
Jack ReacherHelen Rodin
2013The Devil You KnowZoe Hughes
The World's EndSam Chamberlain
2014A Long Way DownPenny
Hector and the Search for HappinessClara
What We Did on Our HolidayAbi McLeod
Gone GirlAmy Elliott Dunne
2015Return to SenderMiranda Wells
2016A United KingdomRuth Williams Khama
2017The Man with the Iron Heart
HostilesRosalee Quaid
2018BeirutSandy Crowder
EntebbeBrigitte Kuhlmann
The Human VoiceWomanShort film
A Private War
2019The InformerErica Wilcox
Radioactive
2020I Care a LotMarla Grayson
2021Evidence of it AllNarrator (voice)Short film
2023SaltburnElspeth Catton
2025Mother
Veronika VanderbergPost-production
rowspan="3" rowspan="3"Post-production
Filming
Filming


Television
1998CeliaTelevision film
1999Wives and DaughtersLady Harriet Cumnor3 episodes
2000Trial & RetributionLucyEpisode: "Trial and Retribution IV (Part 1)"
2001Love in a Cold ClimateFanny2 episodes
2002Bond Girls Are ForeverHerselfDocumentary
Foyle's WarSarah BeaumontEpisode: "The German Woman"
2008The TowerOlivia WynnEpisode: "Pilot"
2009FreefallAnnaTelevision film
2011Women in LoveGudrun Brangwen2 episodes
2015–2020Thunderbirds Are GoLady Penelope Creighton-Ward /
Captain Ridley O'Bannon (voices)
39 episodes
2018Watership DownThe Black Rabbit of Inlé (voice)2 episodes
2019State of the UnionLouise10 episodes
2019–presentMoominvalleyMoominmamma (voice)Main cast
2019–2021Archibald's Next Big ThingNarrator (voice)
2020Thomas & FriendsDuchess (voice)Episode: "Thomas and the Royal Engine"
The Windsors: A Royal DynastyNarrator (voice)2 episodes
2021–2025The Wheel of TimeMoiraine DamodredMain cast; also producer
20243 Body Problem !Executive producer only


Stage
2002The Blonde
2006Summer and SmokeAlma Winemiller
2007Bella Manningham
2009Madame de SadeMadame de Sade
2010Hedda Gabler
2025Inter AliaJessica Parks


Music videos
+ ! Year ! Artist ! Title
2016 feat. Voodoo in My Blood


Podcasts
2021Edith!All EpisodesFirst Lady Main role; also executive producer
2023People Who Knew MeAll EpisodesConnie Prynne/Emily Morris
Mother, Neighbor, Russian SpyAll EpisodesNarrator


Video Games
+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes
2022Evidence 111Mrs. Keswille (voice)English version of a Czech video game


Audiobooks
  • Restless (novel) (2007)
  • The Magician's Apprentice (Abridged) (2009)
  • The Bolter (2009)
  • The Spy Who Loved Me (novel) (Unabridged) (2014)
  • The Hours (novel) A BBC Radio 4 Full-cast Dramatisation (Abridged) (2018)
  • Pride and Prejudice (Unabridged) (2015)
  • Sense and Sensibility (Unabridged) (2018)
  • A Slow Fire Burning (2021)
  • The Eye of the World (Unabridged) (2021)
  • The Great Hunt (Unabridged) (2022)
  • Origins of The Wheel of Time: The Legends and Mythologies that Inspired Robert Jordan (2021)
  • The Dragon Reborn (Unabridged) (2023)
  • The Shadow Rising ( Unabridged) (2024)


Accolades

See also
  • List of British actors
  • List of actors with Academy Award nominations
  • List of Academy Award winners and nominees from Great Britain
  • List of Primetime Emmy Award winners
  • List of Golden Globe winners


Notes

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