English Actress Rosamund Pike turns 46, on January 27. From black comedies to psychological thrillers, she has acted in numerous English films and has won several awards for her performance. Here are some of her popular films. (Compiled by Aradhana George)
A period drama set in the Regency era, the film is an adaptation of Jane Austen’s timeless classic of the same name. Love sprouts in unlikely places, transcending the boundaries of class, as long as pride and prejudice are out of the way.
The suspense-filled crime thriller is a book adaptation and follows the story of Nick and his wife, Amy (Rosamund Pike), who vanishes on the fifth anniversary of their ‘crumbling’ marriage, except, nobody knows that it was falling apart till she goes missing and her husband becomes the prime suspect of the case—unless he can prove he is innocent. Pike received several nominations for her role in the film.
A random killing of five people leads to the arrest of an ex-US army sniper. Ex-U.S. Army Military Police Corps Jack Reacher gets involved in the case when the accused man’s defence lawyer, Helen Rodin (Rosamund Pike), enlists him to help her investigate. The deeper he gets into the case, the more he realizes that things don’t add up, and he soon discovers a darker force behind the murder.
In this sci-fi dark comedy, five friends are set to mark their twenty-year reunion by finishing the pub crawl they could never accomplish—and reach the final pub, ‘The World’s End’. They cross paths with the girl they had admired in school, Sam (Rosamund Pike), who joins them and later begins a relationship with Steven. The day turns awry as they find themselves fighting robots to save the human race in what seems like, literally, the end of the world.
The sequel to ‘Johnny English’ is an action comedy directed by Oliver Parker. Johnny English spends five years hiding in a monastery after failing the Mozambique mission. He returns when MI-7 calls him back to undertake a task only he can accomplish—eliminate the Chinese Premier. Kate Sumner (Rosamund Pike), who develops a fondness for him, helps him with her psychological expertise.