Rosamund Mary Ellen Pike (born 27 January 1979) is an English actress. Her first screen credit was in 1998 for the television film A Rather English Marriage and she came to attention when she was cast at age 21 as Bond girl Miranda Frost in Die Another Day (2002). She won the BIFA Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2004 for The Libertine; and also received BIFA nominations for her performances as Helen in An Education (2009), and Lisa in Made in Dagenham (2010).

Other film appearances include Jane Bennet in Pride & Prejudice (2005), Fracture (2007), Barney's Version (2010), and Gone Girl (2014). Her performance as Amy Elliott-Dunne in Gone Girl was met with critical acclaim, for which she received numerous award nominations, including nominations for the Golden Globe, SAG, BAFTA and the Academy Award for Best Actress.

On television, Pike played the role of Gudrun Brangwen in Women in Love in 2011. On stage she has performed in the West End in several productions, including Hitchcock Blonde in 2003, Summer and Smoke in 2006, Gas Light in 2007, and Hedda Gabler in 2010.

Biography

While at Oxford, Pike was in a relationship with fellow student and actor Simon Woods that lasted two years. Despite the break-up, the two later played lovers Jane Bennet and Charles Bingley in Pride & Prejudice. In 2007, Pike was engaged to film director Joe Wright, but he called off the wedding in 2008. Since December 2009, she has been in a relationship with Robie Uniacke, a mathematical researcher. They have two sons, Solo (born 6 May 2012) and Atom (born 2 December 2014).

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