Rosamund Pike
Born in London, England in 1979, Rosamund Mary Elizabeth Pike was the sole child of Caroline (Friend) who was the classical violinist's mother as well as Julian Pike, an opera musician dad. Because of their work, she spent in her early years traveling throughout Europe. Pike was born in Bristol and went to Badminton School. She then began acting in the National Youth Theatre. While appearing in a National Youth Theatre production of "Romeo and Juliet", she was first spotted and was signed by an agent. However, she continued her education at Wadham College, Oxford, where she took classes in English Literature, eventually graduating with an upper second grade distinction degree.Pike appeared in a number of UK TV shows such as Wives and Daughters (1999) and then made her movie debut as the glacial beauty "Miranda Frost" in the James Bond film, Die Another Day (2002); when the film was released in 2002, she was only 23 years old. While her film debut was a high-budg...