Only daughter of the marriage formed by the musicians Caroline Y Julian PikeHe traveled with his parents throughout Europe until he was 7 years old, so he is fluent in French and German.
He won a scholarship at the prestigious Badminton school, and while working on a play of “Romeo and Juliet”At the National Youth Theater, she was discovered by an agent who helped her develop her career professionally.
He studied English Literature at the Wadham College, at Oxford, and around this time he had a relationship with Simon Woods, with whom he would work later in “Pride and prejudice”.
He made his debut before the cameras in 1998, when he participated in the telefilm “A Rather English Marriage”, And since then he has developed a successful career, both in film and on TV.
On the big screen, his credits include appearances in films such as “Die another day”, A film by the famous agent 007 starring Pierce brosnan Y Halle berry, “The promised land“,”Pride and prejudice”, Romantic drama in which he worked with Keira Knightley, Donald sutherland, Matthew macfadyen and your ex partner, Simon Woods, “Perfect Crime – Fracture“, with Anthony Hopkins Y Ryan gosling, “An education“,”The substitutes“,”Made in Dagenham” Y “The world according to Barney“, among other.
On television, he had a regular role on the series “Wives and Daughters“, Where he played Lady Harriet Cumnor in 1999, and subsequently had brief appearances on other English TV shows such as “Trial & Retribution“,”Love in a Cold Climate“,”Foyle’s war” Y “Women in love”.
He also worked on some movies shot especially for this format.
Among his next projects we can mention the tapes “The Big Year“,”Johnny English Reborn” Y “The Sea”, Scheduled for release in 2011; Y “Wrath of the Titans”, Which will hit the screens in 2012.