Colin Firth and the BBC class of '95 voted best Pride and Prejudice cast (RADIO TIMES)

RadioTimes.com poll names Firth and Jennifer Ehle, from the TV adaptation of Jane Austen's 200-year-old novel, the ultimate Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet

Ellie Walker-Arnott
1:05 PM, 28 January 2013

In honour of the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, we asked RadioTimes.com readers to take part in our poll to decide the ultimate cast from TV and film adaptations of the beloved literary romance.

We wondered if the votes might provide a new pairing of Mr Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet, or perhaps match one Mr Bennet with another Mrs B. But as it turned out, you thought the BBC's 1995 TV series, adapted by Andrew Davies, had already ticked almost all the boxes!

Aside from the role of Jane Bennet – which saw Rosamund Pike from the 2005 movie version pip 1995's Susannah Harker to the post with an impressive 50% of the vote – readers opted for the 1995 cast members in all of the categories. So we think it's fair to pronounce the TV mini-series the best ever Pride and Prejudice adaptation.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ROSAMUND PIKE!

Rosamund Pike

Rosamund Mary Elizabeth Pike is an English actress. She first came to international attention when she played Bond girl Miranda Frost in Die Another Day.

 January 28, 1979 (age 33), London

Height: 5' 9" (1.74 m)

Partner: Robie Uniacke

Children: Solo Uniacke

Parents: Caroline Friend, Julian Pike

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Colin Firth, Matthew Macfadyen: What is the ultimate Pride and Prejudice cast? From Colin Firth and Keira Knightley to Laurence Olivier and Alison Steadman, which actors would you hand pick for the ultimate Pride and Prejudice screen adaptation? Vote now...

Ellie Walker-Arnott
3:12 PM, 25 January 2013

Jane Austen's sunniest novel Pride and Prejudice celebrates its 200th anniversary on Monday. And it's got us thinking...

The iconic love story has sparked numerous adaptations, from the classic Laurence Olivier version to the 2005 romantic blockbuster starring Keira Knightly and Rosamund Pike. (It even inspired Helen Fielding to pen Bridget Jones's Diary...) But if you could hand pick actors from across the best-loved film and TV adaptations to make an ultimate cast of characters, who would you choose?

Do you firmly believe no other Darcy could beat Colin Firth emerging from that lake in a wet shirt? Is Keira Knightley's pouty performance in the 2005 your favourite Lizzie Bennet? Maybe Alison Steadman's shrieking Mrs Bennet strikes you as the best? Or perhaps bare-chested Johnny Wickham in the upbeat Bollywood adaptation Bride and Prejudice is your favourite?

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Rosamund Pike: Fashion is mad (BELFAST TELEGRAPH WOMAN)

Tuesday Jan 22 2013

Rosamund Pike loves the "insane" nature of the fashion industry.

The British actress marvelled at the lavishness of the Dior Haute Couture show which she sat front row at in Paris yesterday.

Rosamund gushed about the over-the-top decor and amount of thought that goes into organising a catwalk show, which is all over in a matter of minutes.

"That's what I think is so great about fashion: when people have the budget and the imagination to really create a set that's just ephemeral and just for one day," Rosamund gushed to WWD. "It's insane and it doesn't happen in any other industry."

Rosamund wore a chic black shift dress, grey coat and bare legs to the event, which took place in the capital's Tuileries gardens. The show itself was conducted inside a mirrored box that contained a lush garden themed set, which fellow front rower Jessica Alba was relieved about.

"I love being warm and surrounded by so much greenery," she enthused about being away from the cold.

READ MORE: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/woman/fashion-beauty/rosamund-pike-fashion-is-mad-16264436.html

Jack Reacher Star Rosamund Pike Is The New Face Of LK BennettStar's English charm got her the gig

BY AMY EVERETT ON JANUARY 12, 2013

Rosamund Pike's classic looks are earning her a string of jobs at the moment, from her role as a gorgeous defence attorney in 'Jack Reacher' to her new modelling contract with LK Bennett.

The British actress, labelled 'captivating' by the clothing company, will be modelling LK Bennett's forthcoming spring/summer 2013 collection. The pictures are amazing, with the star's flowing blonde locks and pretty features offsetting the English charm of the brand perfectly.

LK Bennett explained why they chose her as ambassador for the brand's latest collection, citing her 'English charm and celebrated career'.

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No-one's looking at you Tom! Leggy Rosamund Pike steals Cruise's spotlight in white mini-dress at Jack Reacher photocall By FEHINTOLA BETIKU and CHLOE THOMAS (MAIL ON LINE)

Leaving Tom in the shade: Rosamund Pike (centre) wowed in white on Wednesday at the Jack Reacher photocall in Tokyo

In Tom Cruise's latest movie Jack Reacher she takes on the role of the leading lady as defense attorney Helen Rodin.

And on Wednesday as Rosamund Pike took to photocall for the Christopher McQuarrie film in Toyko she managed to upstage Cruise.

Wearing a short white pleated mini-dress, Rosamund, 33, left her co-star Tom, 50, in the shade as she commanded the attention in the auditorium with her leggy showing.

Standing with her Cruise on her right and and director McQuarrie on her left, Rosamund beamed as she cut a glamorous figure in front of the cameras.

With her shoulder length straight blonde hair styled in a side parting, Pike's sleeveless high neckline number did well to put her enviable pins on display.

Keeping her make-up light, a pair of black leopard print stilettos completed the mother-of-one's understated yet striking guise.

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Rosamund Pike, Tom Cruise’s latest co-star, is a classically trained Brit skilled in blockbusters Films like 'Jack Reacher' expand opportunities, says star of 'Made in Dagenham' and 'Pride and Prejudice' (NY DAILY NEWS)

BY MIKE HAMMER / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS PUBLISHED: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2012, 6:00 AM UPDATED: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 2012, 6:00 AM

British actress Rosamund Pike has quietly become the woman who gives blockbusters their brains.

The beauty who co-stars with Tom Cruise in “Jack Reacher,” which opened last Friday, has previously busted chops as a sexy villainess in the 2002 James Bond flick “Die Another Day” and faced off against the Rock in “Doom.”

Earlier this year, she enticed the ancient world as Andromeda in the myth-merizing action sequel “Wrath of the Titans.”

“I’ve had tremendous opportunities to work with some wonderful people on projects that have given me a huge spotlight,” she says of her ass-kicking résumé — after training that would seemingly lean more Streep than Stallone. “It’s been great fun, and gives me the freedom.”

Pike, a classically trained, London-bred daughter of concert musicians and opera performers, performed with Britain’s National Youth Theatre as a teen. She built a solid Shakespearean background even before leaving high school.

“I’ve loved doing those action films,” says Pike, 33. “They’ve provided me with great experiences and opportunity.

“But I would argue actually that ‘Jack Reacher’ is not a classic action film ... and a lot of that has to do with the way Tom approaches it.”


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Rosamund Pike: It was startling to meet Jack Reacher co-star Tom Cruise (METRO)

Sitting on a plush grey sofa, her posture so perfect you’d think she’d set it with a protractor, Rosamund Pike is talking about that dreaded life-work balance that we Brits are so bad at. ‘They say that when we talk about balance, we mean no balance at all,’ she says, in those deliciously sculpted tones of hers. ‘When the French talk about “équilibre”, as they call it, they actually mean they achieve it. We British mums apparently never achieve balance. We talk about life-work balance – it generally means something we’re not really succeeding at. We work too hard and life goes down the pan.’

The Hammersmith-born daughter of two opera singers, who rose to fame a decade ago in the James Bond film Die Another Day as the ice-cold Miranda Frost, is out to prove otherwise. We meet just a few months after the 33-year-old Pike gave birth to her first child, a son named Solo. In the midst of shooting Simon Pegg comedy The World’s End, she’s also dealing with the aftermath of a burglary at her mews house in West Kensington. And she’s relocating to a new place with her partner, businessman Robie Uniacke, who it turns out has just sold her TV on eBay without telling her.

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Rosamund Pike sheds ice-queen shackles with meatier role in 'Jack Reacher' (SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST)

Rosamund Pike has shed her ice-queen imageto star opposite Tom Cruise in their action-packed new film, writes James Mottram

You might think the daughter of two opera singers, who holds a degree in English from Oxford University, and once counted Chelsea Clinton as a friend might be a little, well, unapproachable. It hardly helps that in the case of Rosamund Pike, she rose to fame as the icy Miranda Frost in 2002's James Bond film Die Another Day, a role she played rather too well. All of a sudden she was the English rose with thorns, aloof and standoffish. Or as she explains it: "Suddenly, my personality was usurped by Miranda Frost's hostility and cool."

In fact, the 33-year-old Pike is a rather warm soul who has a way of making you feel, if only for half an hour, like an old friend. When we meet at London's Soho Hotel, Pike curled up on a cream sofa, wearing a cream blouse, spiky heeled boots and black leggings, we talk about all manner of things - the merits of iPads, the redemption of tennis player Andy Murray, boozy Saturday nights out in the suburbs, her (not entirely serious) plans for a daytime TV chat show with Pierce Brosnan, her improving American accent and the "horrendous burglary" she endured a few weeks back.

This is a particularly hectic time for Pike: she's just started shooting The World's End, a comedy about an epic pub crawl from Shaun of the Dead's Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright. She's in the midst of moving house with her partner, Robie Uniacke, a businessman. They're also contending with parenthood. Pike gave birth in May to a boy they named Solo.

For all this, Pike presents a serene façade. "I'm much more chaotic than people realise," she says in her cut-glass accent. "People think I'm incredibly calm. It makes me laugh. They say things like, 'You've got this wonderful air of calm about you.' I take the compliment, because the reality is so far removed."

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