Rosamund Pike

 Born in 1979 in London, England, actress Rosamund Mary Elizabeth Pike is the only child of a classical violinist mom, Caroline (Friend), and a singer father, Julian Pike. Because of her parents' jobs, she spent her early childhood traveling 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 only 23 when she was cast in "Romeo and Juliet" at the National Youth Theatre. She was then noticed by an agent and was signed. Though her debut was a big-budget action film but the work that followed was primarily in smaller independent films, such as 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) in the role of one of the Bennet daughters. Following a brief period in Hollywood with Doom (2005) and Fracture (2006) Then she returned to smaller films with stellar performances in An Education (2009) as well as Made in Dagenham (2010). She was also in the lead role opposite Paul Giamatti in Barney's Version (2010).