Rosamund Pike
Born: 1979-01-27 in Hammersmith, London, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2025
- Now You See Me: Now You Don't as Veronika Vanderberg
- Hallow Road as Maddie
- National Theatre Live: Inter Alia as Jessica Parks
2024
- 3 Body Problem ... (Executive Producer)
2023
- Saltburn as Elspeth Catton
2021
- The Wheel of Time as Moiraine Damodred
- I Care a Lot as Marla Grayson
- Archibald's Next Big Thing Is Here as Narrator (voice)
2020
- Radioactive as Marie Curie
- The Windsors: Inside the Royal Dynasty as Narrator
2019
- Moominvalley as Moominmamma (voice)
- The Informer as Wilcox
- Archibald's Next Big Thing as Narrator (voice)
- State of the Union as Louise
2018
- 7 Days in Entebbe as Brigitte Kuhlmann
- A Private War as Marie Colvin
- Beirut as Sandy Crowder
- Watership Down as The Black Rabbit of Inlé (voice)
- The Human Voice as Woman
2017
- Hostiles as Rosalee Quaid
- The Man with the Iron Heart as Lina von Osten
2016
- A United Kingdom as Ruth Williams-Khama
2015
- The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- Return to Sender as Miranda Wells
- Thunderbirds Are Go! as Lady Penelope (voice)
- Reggie & Thunderbirds: No Strings Attached
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Gone Girl as Amy Dunne
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Off Camera with Sam Jones as Self
- A Long Way Down as Penny Chambers
- What We Did on Our Holiday as Abi McLeod
- Hector and the Search for Happiness as Clara
2013
- The Last Leg as Self
- The World's End as Sam Chamberlain
- Jack Reacher: When the Man Comes Around as Self
- The Devil You Know as Zoe Hughes
- Completing the Golden Mile: The Making of The World's End as Self
2012
- Jack Reacher as Helen Rodin
- Wrath of the Titans as Andromeda
- Everything or Nothing as Self
2011
- Johnny English Reborn as Kate
- The Big Year as Jessica
- Women in Love as Gudrun Brangwen
- The Organ Grinder's Monkey as Rochelle (voice)
2010
- Burning Palms as Dedra Davenport
- Barney's Version as Miriam Grant-Panofsky
- Jackboots on Whitehall as Daisy (voice)
- Made in Dagenham as Lisa Hopkins
2009
- Surrogates as Maggie Greer
- Freefall as Anna
- An Education as Helen
2008
- Fugitive Pieces as Alex
- The Tower as Olivia Wynn
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Fracture as Nikki Gardner
- Atonement ... (Thanks)
2006
- The One Show as Self
2005
- Pride & Prejudice as Jane Bennet
- Doom as Samantha Grimm
2004
- The Libertine as Elizabeth Malet
- Promised Land as Rose
2002
- Foyle's War as Sarah Beaumont
- Die Another Day as Miranda Frost
- Die Another Day: From Script to Screen as Self
- Shaken and Stirred on Ice as Self
2001
- Love in a Cold Climate as Fanny
1999
- Wives and Daughters as Lady Harriet Cumnor
1998
- A Rather English Marriage as Celia
1992
- Morgenmagazin as Self
- HBO First Look as Self
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee