Rosamund Pike

Rosamund Pike is an English actress who portrays Moiraine Damodred on Prime Video's The Wheel of Time. She also serves as a producer for the show.IGN Africa. Amazon's Wheel of Time Casts Rosamund Pike as Moiraine, Confirms Brandon Sanderson Involvement June 19, 2019.
On June 19, 2019, it was announced that Pike was cast as Moiraine.Simultaneous announcements on official social media:
* Wheel of time's Instagram: Please welcome Rosamund Pike to the Wheel of Time family. Say hello to Moiraine. #WoTWednesday June 19, 2019.
* Rosamund Pike's Instagram: Aes Sedai in training.... June 19, 2019.
* Rafe Judkins' Instagram: Rosamund Pike is Moiraine. That is all. #wheeloftime June 19, 2019.
Pike has narrated the first three books in The Wheel of Time book series. For the first book, The Eye of the World, Pike won the Audie Award for Best Female Narrator.
== General overview ==
=== Personal ===
Born on January 27, 1979 in London, England, actress Rosamund Mary Elizabeth Pike is the only child of a classical violinist mother, Caroline (Friend), and an opera singer father, Julian Pike. Due to her parents' work, she spent her early childhood traveling around Europe. Pike attended Badminton School in Bristol, England and began acting at the National Youth Theatre. While appearing in a National Youth Theatre production of "Romeo and Juliet", she was first spotted and signed by an agent, although she continued her education at Wadham College, Oxford, where she read English Literature, eventually graduating with an upper second class honors degree.
Prior to portraying Moiraine, Pike was best known for portraying Amy Elliott Dunne in Gone Girl (2014), Helen in Jack Reacher (2012), Jane Bennett in Pride and Prejudice (2005), and Bond girl Miranda Frost in Die Another Day (2002). In 2021, Rosamund Pike won her first Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her critically acclaimed role as the ruthless carer Marla Grayson in I Care A Lot. 
Pike is in a long-term relationship with businessman Robie Uniacke, and the couple have two sons together.
=== 2021 Golden Globe Award ===
Rosamund Pike was filming the first season of The Wheel of Time at the time of the 2021 Academy Awards ceremony, so the Academy contacted showrunner Rafe Judkins's office to see where they should send Pike's Golden Globe award. Without informing Pike, Judkins had the award sent to their office in Prague. During the filming of a scene for episode 107 The Dark Along the Ways, actor Daniel Henney pulled the Golden Globe out of his character's bag and presented it to Pike.
Judkins described it in his 2022 interview with Dragonmount when asked about any fun stories from filming:
=== Audiobook narration ===
Rosamund Pike has narrated several of The Wheel of Time audiobooks, and she has won two Audie Awards for her work.
On October 21, 2021, it was first announced that Pike would narrate the audiobook for The Eye of the World, the first book in The Wheel of Time series.Tor Books on Twitter: October 21, 2021. She was subsequently nominated for an Audie Award, which are awards for achievements in spoken word such as audiobook narration and audiodrama performances. On March 28, 2023, Rosamund Pike won the Audie for Best Female Narrator for The Eye of the World.Audio Publishers Association, 2023 Audie Awards. Retrieved March 5, 2024.Macmillan Audio celebrated Pike's win on Twitter on March 28, 2023. In 2024, Pike again won an Audie Award for her narration of the third book, The Dragon Reborn, in the Fantasy category.Audio Publishers Association, 2024 Audie Awards® Winners. Retrieved March 5, 2024.Macmillan Audio celebrated Pike's Audie win on Twitter on March 4, 2024.
==Credits==
* The Wheel of Time TV series
** Season 1 - Moiraine Damodred, producer
** Season 2 - Moiraine Damodred, co-executive producer
** Season 3 - Moiraine Damodred, co-executive producer
* The Wheel of Time - Explained
** 101. "What is an Aes Sedai?" - narrator
** 104. What is the Dragon? - narrator
* The Wheel of Time book series
** Book 1 , 2021 re-release - audiobook narrator (Audie Award winner)
** Book 2 , 2022 re-release - audiobook narrator
** Book 3 , 2023 re-release - audiobook narrator (Audie Award winner)
* Events
** London premiere, November 15, 2021
** CCXP on December 6, 2021 - panelist
** The Prime Experience: The Wheel of Time FYC on May 16, 2022 - panelist
== Quotes ==
On March 17, 2021, Pike stated the following on Instagram with the release of the first-look video of Moiraine:
On October 29, 2021, IGN released an interview with the cast that was done in 2019. Pike said the following on Moiraine:
==Gallery==
=== Season 1 ===
Rosamund Pike reading.jpg|Image released with Pike's casting announcement, June 2019
Rosamund Pike with book.jpg|Image released with Pike's casting announcement, June 2019
Season 1 cast photo.jpg|Cast photo, September 12, 2019
S1 BTS Whitfield Henney Pike.jpg|Salli Richardson Whitfield, Daniel Henney, and Pike; season 1 behind the scenes
S1 BTS Pike Whitfield Madden Robbins.jpg|Pike, Salli Richardson Whitfield, Madeleine Madden, and Zoë Robins; season 1 behind the scenes
=== London 2021 premiere ===
Images from the season 1 premiere in London on November 15, 2021.
Rosamund Pike London Premiere Nov 15 2021.jpg|London premiere, November 15, 2021
London premiere main cast Nov 15 2021.jpg|Pike with the main cast for the London premiere on November 15, 2021
London premiere main cast 2 Nov 15 2021.jpg|Pike with the main cast for the London premiere on November 15, 2021
Rosamund Pike London Premiere Nov 15 2021 (1).jpg|London premiere, November 15, 2021
Rosamund Pike London Premiere Nov 15 2021 (2).jpg|London premiere, November 15, 2021
Rosamund Pike London Premiere Nov 15 2021 (3).jpg|London premiere, November 15, 2021
Rosamund Pike London Premiere Nov 15 2021 (4).jpg|London premiere, November 15, 2021
Rosamund Pike London Premiere Nov 15 2021 (5).jpg|London premiere, November 15, 2021
Rosamund Pike London Premiere Nov 15 2021 (6).jpg|London premiere, November 15, 2021
=== Prime Experience FYC 2022 ===
Images from The Prime Experience: The Wheel of Time FYC held in Los Angeles, California on May 16, 2022.
FYC 2022 Rosamund Pike 2.jpg |The Prime Experience red carpet, Rosamund Pike, May 16, 2022
FYC 2022 Rosamund Pike 3.jpg |The Prime Experience red carpet, Rosamund Pike, May 16, 2022
FYC 2022 Daniel and Rosamund.jpg |The Prime Experience red carpet, Daniel Henney and Rosamund Pike, May 16, 2022
FYC 2022 Daniel and Rosamund hug.jpg |The Prime Experience red carpet, Daniel Henney and Rosamund Pike, May 16, 2022
FYC 2022 panel Rosamund Pike.jpg |The Prime Experience panel, Rosamund Pike, May 16, 2022
FYC 2022 panel Rosamund Pike 2.jpg |The Prime Experience panel, Rosamund Pike, May 16, 2022
FYC 2022 Rosamund Pike.jpg |The Prime Experience red carpet, Rosamund Pike, May 16, 2022
FYC 2022 Daniel and Rosamund 2.jpg |The Prime Experience red carpet, Daniel Henney and Rosamund Pike, May 16, 2022
FYC 2022 group.jpg |The Prime Experience red carpet, Group, May 16, 2022
FYC 2022 group 2.jpg |The Prime Experience red carpet, Group, May 16, 2022
FYC 2022 group 3.jpg |The Prime Experience red carpet, Group, May 16, 2022
FYC 2022 group 4.jpg |The Prime Experience red carpet, Group, May 16, 2022
FYC 2022 group 6.jpg |The Prime Experience red carpet, Group, May 16, 2022
FYC 2022 panel full.jpg |The Prime Experience panel, group, May 16, 2022
FYC 2022 panel full 2.jpg |The Prime Experience panel, group, May 16, 2022
FYC 2022 panel 2.jpg |The Prime Experience panel, Rosamund Pike, Rafe Judkins, and moderator Patrick Gomez, May 16, 2022
FYC 2022 panel Daniel and Rosamund.jpg |The Prime Experience panel, Daniel Henney and Rosamund Pike, May 16, 2022
FYC 2022 panel Daniel and Rosamund 2.jpg |The Prime Experience panel, Daniel Henney and Rosamund Pike, May 16, 2022
FYC 2022 panel Daniel Rosamund Rafe.jpg |The Prime Experience panel, Daniel Henney, Rosamund Pike, and Rafe Judkins, May 16, 2022
=== Season 2 ===
Season 2 BTS Instagram hassan ngt 2022-05-04.jpg|Season 2 behind the scenes with Hassan (presumed actor), May 4, 2022
=== Video ===
Amazon's The Wheel of Time- Who Are Moiraine and Rand? - IGN First|October 29, 2021
== Trivia ==
*Pike believes she would join the Blue Ajah if she were an Aes Sedai.Rosamund Pike. Live Q&A with Rosamund Pike. November 19, 2021.
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Category:Main cast
Category:Season 1 cast
Category:Season 2 cast
Category:Crew
Category:Season 3 cast
Category:Producers