Rosamund Pike

In 1979, in London, England, actress Rosamund Mary Elizabeth Pike was the only child of a classically trained violinist's mother, Caroline (Friend), as well as an opera father of a singer, Julian Pike. Due to their work, she spent her childhood touring around Europe. Pike was born in Bristol and went to Badminton School. She then began her acting career at the National Youth Theatre. Pike was just 23 when she was cast in "Romeo and Juliet" at the National Youth Theatre. She was then recognized by an agent and signed. Although it was a large-budget action film The film subsequent work was mostly in smaller independent films like Promised Land (2004), The Libertine (2004), (for which she won the Best Supporting Actress award at The British Independent Film Awards), and Pride & Prejudice (2005), as one of the Bennet daughters. A brief appearance in Hollywood film followed with the action movie, Doom (2005) as well as the thriller Fracture (2007) However, she returned to films with smaller budgets with exceptional performance in three movies: An Education (2009) and Dagenham (2010), and An Education. Dagenham (2010) as well as the lead role opposite Paul Giamatti in Barney's Version (2010).As she continued her acting career in England, Pike appeared in the spy spoof Johnny English Reborn (2011) and played the character of "Andromeda" in the epic sci-fi thriller, Wrath of the Titans (2012). She returned to action-oriented films featuring a female lead with Tom Cruise in Jack Reacher (2012).