Rosamund Pike

Rosamund Pike (January 27, 1979) is a British [actor|actress]] born in London, England.

Pike was born into a musical family and studied English Literature at Oxford (Wadham College). She started acting very early, and during her college years appeared in various student productions (David Hare's Skylight, Arthur Miller's All My Sons, and several plays by Shakespeare). Before graduating from Oxford, she played Fanny in the remake of Love in a Cold Climate (2001), a BBC mini-series based on two Nancy Mitford novels (The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate). Pike became known to a wider audience with her role as "Bond girl" Miranda Frost in Die Another Day (2002).

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Pike became known to a wider audience with her role as "Bond girl" Miranda Frost in Die Another Day (2002). Golden Globe: (nominee) The Lost Prince (2005). Before graduating from Oxford, she played Fanny in the remake of Love in a Cold Climate (2001), a BBC mini-series based on two Nancy Mitford novels (The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate). Golden Globe: (nominee) The Big Brass Ring (2000). Pike was born into a musical family and studied English Literature at Oxford (Wadham College). She started acting very early, and during her college years appeared in various student productions (David Hare's Skylight, Arthur Miller's All My Sons, and several plays by Shakespeare). Golden Globe: (nominee) Merlin (1999). Rosamund Pike (January 27, 1979) is a British [actor|actress]] born in London, England. Golden Globe: (winner) Fatherland (1995).

Golden Globe: (nominee) Tom & Viv (1995). Golden Globe: (nominee) Damage (1993). Golden Globe: (winner) Enchanted April (1993). BAFTA: (nominee) The Lost Prince (2004).

BAFTA: (nominee) A Dance to the Music of Time (1998). BAFTA: (nominee) Tom & Viv (1994). BAFTA: (nominee) The Crying Game (1993). BAFTA: (winner) Damage (1993).

BAFTA: (nominee) After Pilkington (1988). Academy Award: (nominee) Tom & Viv (1995). Academy Award: (nominee) Damage (1993). She resides in London with her two cats, a dog and an axolotl.

She has also signed on to appear as Rita Skeeter, the venimous Daily Prophet journalist in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, to be released in November 2005. Richardson starred as Queen Rosalind of Denmark in the Julia Stiles vehicle, The Prince and Me, and as the Boxkeeper Madame Giry in the long-awaited Phantom of the Opera movie, starring Gerard Butler and Emmy Rossum. She refuses to discuss her private life in interviews, and takes both leading and supporting roles. Two Academy Award nominations for Damage and Tom & Viv have not not altered the actress's modesty.

As well as a number of high profile supporting roles in the cinema, including Vanessa Bell in The Hours, Lady Van Tassel in Sleepy Hollow and Toosie in The Apostle, she has also won acclaim for performances in The Crying Game and Enchanted April, winning a Golden Globe for the latter. Ives (1998) and Queen Mary in The Lost Prince (2003). Other television roles include the bitchy Pamela Flitton in A Dance to the Music of Time (1997), Miss Gilchrist in St. Richardson is perhaps best known for her role as the naughty school girl version of Queen Elizabeth I, aka, Queenie in the cult British comedy Blackadder.

Her performance in that film won her much praise, and within a year, she had been cast by Steven Spielberg to appear in his Second World War drama, Empire of the Sun (1987). Three years later, she made her big screen debut as platinum blonde nightclub hostess Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in the United Kingdom in Mike Newell's critically acclaimed biographical drama, Dance with a Stranger. In 1981, she made her stage debut in Moving at the Queen's Theatre in London. After deciding not to become a vet because of her squeamishness, the young Richardson enrolled at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, alongside Daniel Day-Lewis.

Born to a middle-class family, Richardson showed a desire to step into the character she was playing, indicating that she would go on to be thought of as one of Britain's best, if sorely underrated, actresses. British actress Miranda Richardson was born on 3 March 1958, in Southport, Lancashire, the second daughter of William and Marian Richardson. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) Rita Skeeter. The Phantom of the Opera (2004) Madame Giry.

Churchill: The Hollywood Years (2004) Eva Braun. The Prince and Me (2004) Queen Rosalind. The Lost Prince (2003) (TV) Queen Mary. The Hours (2001) Vanessa Bell.

Chicken Run (2000) Mrs Tweedy. Get Carter (2000) Gloria Carter. Sleepy Hollow (1999) Lady Mary Van Tassel. The Big Brass Ring (1999) Dinah Pellarin.

St. Ives (1998) Miss Gilchrist. The Apostle (1997) Toosie. Saint-Ex (1997) Consuelo. The Designated Mourner (1997) Judy.

Kansas City (1996) Carolyn Stilton. The Evening Star (1996) Patsy Carpenter. The Night and the Moment (1994) Julie. Fatherland (1994) Charlie Maguire.

Tom & Viv (1994) Vivienne Haigh-Wood. Century (1993) Clara. Enchanted April (1992) Ruth Arbuthnot. Damage (1992) Ingrid Fleming.

The Crying Game (1992) Jude O'Hara. Old Times (1990) Anna. Twisted Obsession (1990) Marilyn. The Fool (1990) Columbine/Rosalind/Ophelia.

The Bachelor (1990) Frederica. Ball Trap on the Cote Sauvage (1989) Early Bird. Empire of the Sun (1987) Mrs Victor. Eat the Rich (1987) DHSS Blonde.

The Death of the Heart (1986) Daphne Heccomb. After Pilkington (1986) Penny. Blackadder (1985) (TV) Queen Elizabeth I. The Innocent (1985) Mary Turner.

Underworld (1985) Oriel. Dance with a Stranger (1985) Ruth Ellis.