Rosamund Pike
Born in London in 1979, Rosamund Elizabeth Pike is an actress. She was the sole child of a classical violinist mother Caroline (Friend) and an opera singer father Julian Pike. Due to her parents' jobs, she spent her early childhood traveling around Europe. Pike was born in Bristol and attended Badminton School. She then began her acting career at the National Youth Theatre. When she was in a National Youth Theatre production of "Romeo and Juliet", she was first noticed and signed by an agent, although she continued her studies at Wadham College, Oxford, where she took classes in English Literature, eventually graduating with an upper-second class honors degree.Pike has appeared in a variety of UK TV shows such as Wives and Daughters (1999) prior to making her feature film debut as the stunning beauty "Miranda Frost" in the James Bond film, Die Another Day (2002); at the time the film premiered it was released at just 23. While her debut film was a big-budget act...