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Pike (born 27 January 1979) is an English actress. She is perhaps
best known for her portrayals of Bond villainess Miranda Frost in
Die Another Day and Jane Bennet in Pride and Prejudice. Pike's
British television roles appearances include A Rather English
Marriage (1998), Wives and Daughters (1999), and Love in a Cold
Climate (2001), a mini-series based on the Nancy Mitford novels
The Pursuit of Love and Love in a Cold Climate. She appeared as
Sarah Beaumont in an episode of the series Foyle's War. Pike
became known to a wider audience in Die Another Day as a rogue
MI-6 agent originally assigned to aid James Bond. During the
film's release she appeared in the special show Bond Girls Are
Forever and, shortly thereafter, the BAFTA tribute to the James
Bond series. Recent stage credits include Hitchcock Blonde by
Terry Johnson (in a role requiring her to appear nude on stage)
and Tennessee Williams' Summer and Smoke, both in London's West
End, and Gaslight at London's Old Vic Theatre. Pike has said that
she would be happy to do at least one play every year ... more
