Rosamund Pike
Born in London in 1979, Rosamund Elizabeth Pike is an actor. She is the only child of a classically trained violinist mom Caroline (Friend) as well as an opera singer father Julian Pike. Due to her parents' job, she spent much of her childhood travelling around Europe. Pike attended Bristol's Badminton School and started acting at the National Youth Theatre. Pike first appeared in the National Youth Theatre production "Romeo and Juliet". She was then signed by an agent after being discovered. Pike also began acting at the National Youth Theatre. Although her first film was a huge-budget action movie, her film work was mainly in smaller independent movies like Promised Land (2004) and The Libertine (2004). She was awarded the Best Supporting Actress Award at The British Independent Film Awards for this film. Pride & Prejudice (2005) was her first feature film. A brief appearance in Hollywood film followed with the action movie, Doom (2005), and the suspenseful