Rosamund Pike Net Worth

Rosamund Pike's Quotes

• Filming Pride & Prejudice (2005) was a joy and made for one of my happiest summers ever. "It could well be that the story brings out the best in people - and it sounds so cheesy, but we really did behave like a family. The girls playing the younger sisters had never been on a film set before and wanted to socialize all the time, so we picnicked, hung out in a beautiful country house and went swimming naked in a lake. It was idyllic.
• I don't think RADA wanted me, actually. When I was at Oxford I had a boyfriend at Central [School of Speech and Drama] and it looked like the most fantastic life, but I think not going makes you more free. Nothing can teach you what it's like to work on a film set, and the best education there can be for an actor is to walk up the street and observe human nature.
• When you're dressed up like Miranda Frost [from Die Another Day (2002)], people assume you have a similar character, but I was 21 and quaking inside.
• I think you can make a choice with that kind of thing. You can certainly keep a low public profile if you want to. Ideally, I'd like to be living in upstate New York, in a house that I could renovate and fill with books and clothes, while being offered the kind of parts that are currently going to Kate Winslet and Nicole Kidman.
• I think it's OK to play to your strengths, and if I have a quality of Englishness that people like, I won't hide that. I'm probably not going to play a junkie and that's OK because there are other people who will do it better. A view that's been held for a long time is that the best way to prove oneself as an actor is to play the grittiest roles out there. I don't agree with that.

Interesting Facts about Rosamund Pike

1. Plays the piano and cello.
2. Can also speak French and German.
3. Went to school in Bristol, England, UK.
4. Graduated with a 2:1 (upper second class degree = 2nd Honors = Magna Cum Laude) in English Literature from Oxford University's Wadham College.
5. Went to the same school as famous Irish writer Iris Murdoch.
6. An only child, her parents are Julian and Caroline Pike. Julian is a professional opera singer, whilst Caroline is a concert violinist.
7. She was friends with Chelsea Clinton while at Wadham College, Oxford. Not only are they both the same height (5' 9"), they are both fluent in German, and they are both only children.
8. Won the Award for Best Debut at the 2003 Empire Awards for her performance as Miranda Frost in Die Another Day (2002).
9. The age difference between her and Halle Berry in Die Another Day (2002) - 12 years and 5 months - is the greatest age difference between two Bond girls in one film since Alison Doody and Grace Jones - a difference of 18 years - in A View to a Kill (1985).
10. Was engaged to Joe Wright, having met when he directed her on the set of Pride & Prejudice (2005), after he proposed to her on Lake Como in Italy (September 2007-June 2008).
11. Beat out Saffron Burrows, Alicia Silverstone, and Sophie Ellis-Bextor for her role in Die Another Day (2002).
12. Gave birth to her first child at age 33, a son named Solo Uniacke on 6 May 2012. The child's father is her long-term boyfriend, Robie Uniacke.
13. Was 5 months pregnant with her son Solo when she completed filming on Jack Reacher (2012).
14. She got the part in Gone Girl (2014) beating out Natalie Portman, Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt, Abbie Cornish, Olivia Wilde, Julianne Hough, and the film's producer Reese Witherspoon all of whom either auditioned or were considered for the part.
15. Turned down the role of Rita Skeeter on Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) in order to star in Pride & Prejudice (2005). The role went to Miranda Richardson.
16. She played two different characters in the James Bond franchise: Miranda Frost in Die Another Day (2002) and Pussy Galore in BBC4's 2010 radio adaptation of "Goldfinger". Die Another Day co-star Toby Stephens played James Bond in the BBC radio series.
17. David Fincher had her undergo a rigorous boxing training with welterweight champion Holly Lawson for her role in Gone Girl (2014).
18. Has been in a long-term relationship with Robie Uniacke since December 2009. They have two sons together.
19. Returned to work 4 months after giving birth to her son Solo to begin filming The World's End (2013).
20. Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 35, a son Atom Uniacke at home on December 2, 2014. Child's father is her long-term boyfriend, Robie Uniacke.