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=== 2014–present: ''Gone Girl'' and other roles === Pike starred in the [[David Fincher]]-directed [[Thriller film|psychological thriller]] ''[[Gone Girl (film)|Gone Girl]]'' (2014), a film adaptation of [[Gillian Flynn]]'s [[Gone Girl (novel)|novel of the same name]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kfvs12.com/story/23414551/gone-girl-starts-filming-in-cape-girardeau |title= 'Gone Girl' starts filming in Cape Girardeau |website=kfvs12.com |date=12 September 2013 |access-date=5 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310083237/http://www.kfvs12.com/story/23414551/gone-girl-starts-filming-in-cape-girardeau |archive-date=10 March 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> Playing opposite [[Ben Affleck]], Pike was cast as [[Amy Dunne]], a woman who goes missing on her fifth wedding anniversary. According to Fincher, Pike was his first choice for the role because he wanted someone who was not widely known, Pike having not appeared in any major leading role prior to the film's commencement, and because he found her enigmatic and couldn't easily read her.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mottram|first= James|title=Gone Girl film director David Fincher on his potential Oscar contender|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/gone-girl-director-david-fincher-on-his-potential-oscar-contender-9765839.html|access-date=19 October 2014|work= The Independent |date=30 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007075341/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/gone-girl-director-david-fincher-on-his-potential-oscar-contender-9765839.html|archive-date=7 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://guru.bafta.org/david-fincher-a-life-in-pictures |title=David Fincher: A Life in Pictures |website= guru.bafta.org| publisher= [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]] |date=19 September 2014 |access-date=17 August 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150905121936/http://guru.bafta.org/david-fincher-a-life-in-pictures |archive-date=5 September 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The film was a box office hit, earning over $356 million in global ticket sales.<ref>{{cite web|title=Gone Girl (2014)|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=gonegirl.htm|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=19 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161018105243/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=gonegirl.htm|archive-date=18 October 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The movie premiered at the [[2014 New York Film Festival|52nd New York Film Festival]] where the film and Pike's performance both earned widespread acclaim from critics.<ref>{{cite web|title=GONE GIRL (2014)|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gone_girl/?search=gon%20girl|website=Rotten Tomatoes|access-date=19 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141031205847/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gone_girl/?search=gon%20girl|archive-date=31 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Gone Girl Premiere at the 52nd New York Film Festival P1070631 (15370477672).jpg|thumb|Pike and actor [[Ben Affleck]] attending the premiere of ''[[Gone Girl (film)|Gone Girl]]'' at the [[New York Film Festival|52nd New York Film Festival]] in October 2014]] [[Richard Lawson (writer)|Richard Lawson]] of ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'' wrote that the film is "Smartly shot, detailed ... and performed" and called Pike's portrayal "a star-makingly good performance, spellbinding in its operatic mix of tones and temperatures."<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Lawson|first=Richard|title= Gone Girl, Fall's Most Anticipated Thriller, Doesn't Disappoint|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/vf-hollywood/2014/09/gone-girl-review|access-date=19 October 2014|magazine=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]|date=1 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141014025659/http://www.vanityfair.com/vf-hollywood/2014/09/gone-girl-review|archive-date=14 October 2014|url-status= live}}</ref> [[Todd McCarthy]] of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' said that she "is powerful and commanding ... Physically and emotionally, Pike looks to have immersed herself in this profoundly calculating character, and the results are impressive." For her performance, she received numerous nominations including the [[Academy Award for Best Actress]], the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role]], the [[Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress]], the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama]] and the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role|Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Actress in a Leading Role]]. From 2015, she voiced [[Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward]] in the remake of ''[[Thunderbirds Are Go (TV series)|Thunderbirds Are Go]]'' produced by [[ITV Studios|ITV]] in conjunction with [[Weta Workshop]]. In February 2016, she starred in the music video for "[[Voodoo in My Blood]]" by [[Massive Attack]], directly inspired by the subway scene with [[Isabelle Adjani]] in the movie ''[[Possession (1981 film)|Possession]]'' (1981) directed by [[Andrzej Żuławski]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/massive-attack-recruit-rosamund-pike-for-haunting-new-video-20160223|title=Massive Attack Recruit Rosamund Pike for Haunting New Video|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|date=23 February 2016|access-date=24 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160224041310/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/massive-attack-recruit-rosamund-pike-for-haunting-new-video-20160223|archive-date=24 February 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, she took the role of The Woman in the short film ''[[The Human Voice]]'', written and directed by [[Patrick Kennedy (actor)|Patrick Kennedy]] and based on the play ''[[La voix humaine]]'' by [[Jean Cocteau]], for which she won Best Actress at the [[Oxford International Film Festival]]. In 2018, Pike was cast as war correspondent [[Marie Colvin]] in ''[[A Private War]]'', directed by Matthew Heineman and based on "Marie Colvin's Private War", a ''Vanity Fair'' article by Marie Brenner. She was nominated for a [[Golden Globe Award]] and [[Satellite Award]] for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. In 2019, she was cast in the role of Moiraine in [[Amazon Prime Video]]'s [[The Wheel of Time (TV series)|adaptation]] of [[Robert Jordan]]'s fantasy epic ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/06/rosamund-pike-the-wheel-of-time-tv-adaptation-amazon-1202634993/| title=Rosamund Pike To Star In 'The Wheel Of Time' TV Adaptation At Amazon|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=19 June 2019|access-date=19 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623231136/https://deadline.com/2019/06/rosamund-pike-the-wheel-of-time-tv-adaptation-amazon-1202634993/|archive-date=23 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> which was released in November 2021. Her other films include the thriller ''[[The Informer (2019 film)|The Informer]]'' and the biopic ''[[Radioactive (film)|Radioactive]]''; in the latter, she played [[Marie Curie]]. In 2021, Pike starred as con artist Marla Grayson in the crime thriller ''[[I Care a Lot]]'', directed by [[J Blakeson]] and co-starring [[Peter Dinklage]], [[Eiza González]] and [[Dianne Wiest]]. Her performance received universal acclaim; David Rooney of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' said "Pike brings crisp efficiency and dead-eyed amorality to a legal conservator",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/i-care-a-lot-film-review-tiff-2020|title='I Care a Lot': Film Review {{!}} TIFF 2020|date=12 September 2020|first=David|last=Rooney|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=19 February 2021|archive-date=18 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918152256/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/i-care-a-lot-film-review-tiff-2020|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] journalist [[Peter Travers]] wrote that "Pike makes a feast of the role".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/review-care-lot-shockingly-funny-comedy-doesnt-sizzle/story?id=75905660|title=Review: 'I Care a Lot': A shockingly funny comedy that doesn't just sizzle, it stings|date=19 February 2021|first=Peter|last=Travers|author-link=Peter Travers|website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]|access-date=19 February 2021|archive-date=19 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219162514/https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/review-care-lot-shockingly-funny-comedy-doesnt-sizzle/story?id=75905660|url-status=live}}</ref> At the [[78th Golden Globe Awards]], she won the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/golden-globes-rosamund-pike-thanks-americas-broken-legal-system-after-best-actress-win|title=Golden Globes: Rosamund Pike Thanks "America's Broken Legal System" After Best Actress Win|first=Lexy|last=Perez|website= The Hollywood Reporter |date=28 February 2021|access-date=4 March 2021|archive-date=3 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303184020/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/golden-globes-rosamund-pike-thanks-americas-broken-legal-system-after-best-actress-win|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, Pike starred in and executive produced the eight episode historical fiction [[podcast]] ''Edith!''. The scripted podcast dramatises a period during the [[Woodrow Wilson]] presidency when Wilson was incapacitated by a stroke and First Lady [[Edith Wilson]] took the reins of power while he recovered. [[Clark Gregg]] plays the role of President Wilson and [[Esther Povitsky]] portrays Trudy Grayson, the First Lady's best friend.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/historical-fiction-podcast-rosamund-pike-first-lady-edith-wilson-satire-1181708/|title=Historical Fiction Podcast 'Edith!' Stars Rosamund Pike as Former First Lady|first=Andrea|last=Marks|magazine= Rolling Stone |date=10 June 2021|access-date=11 September 2021|archive-date=11 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911213952/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/historical-fiction-podcast-rosamund-pike-first-lady-edith-wilson-satire-1181708/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.vulture.com/2021/07/edith-rosamund-pike-best-new-podcasts.html|title=Rosamund Pike Is First Lady Edith Wilson (and 3 More Podcasts Worth Trying)|first=Nicholas|last=Quah|website= [[Vulture.com]]|date=28 July 2021|access-date=11 September 2021|archive-date=11 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210911214233/https://www.vulture.com/2021/07/edith-rosamund-pike-best-new-podcasts.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, Pike narrated the audiobook of [[Paula Hawkins (author)|Paula Hawkins]]' novel, ''A Slow Fire Burning''. She also voiced an audiobook of ''[[The Eye of the World]]'', the first book in the ''Wheel of Time'' series. In July 2022 it was announced that she would also voice audiobook versions of ''[[The Great Hunt]]'' and ''[[The Dragon Reborn]]''.<ref name= "Wheel of Time audiobooks">{{Cite web |last=Lovitt |first=Maggie |date= 2022-07-25 |title=Rosamund Pike to Narrate 'The Wheel of Time' Audiobooks of 'The Great Hunt' and 'The Dragon Reborn' [Exclusive] |url=https://collider.com/wheel-of-time-audiobooks-rosamund-pike-narrating-great-hunt-dragon-reborn/ |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=Collider |language=en-US |archive-date=26 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726174725/https://collider.com/wheel-of-time-audiobooks-rosamund-pike-narrating-great-hunt-dragon-reborn/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2022, it was announced that Pike would star in [[Emerald Fennell]]'s second feature film, ''[[Saltburn (film)|Saltburn]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://deadline.com/2022/05/rosamund-pike-to-star-in-promising-young-woman-filmmaker-emerald-fennells-new-feature-film-1235021172/|title=Rosamund Pike To Star In 'Promising Young Woman' Filmmaker Emerald Fennell's New Feature Film|first=Baz|last=Bamigboye|website= [[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=11 May 2022|access-date=11 May 2022|archive-date=11 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511172349/https://deadline.com/2022/05/rosamund-pike-to-star-in-promising-young-woman-filmmaker-emerald-fennells-new-feature-film-1235021172/|url-status=live}}</ref> Pike is an executive producer on the [[Netflix]] series ''[[3 Body Problem (TV series)|3 Body Problem]]'' based on the [[The Three-Body Problem (novel)|novel of the same name]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-12 |title=3 Body Problem, the Game of Thrones creators' Netflix sci-fi epic, finally has a trailer |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-three-body-problem-netflix |access-date= 2024-03-03 |website=British GQ |language=en-GB |archive-date=16 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516153925/https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture/article/the-three-body-problem-netflix |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2023 Pike began filming on ''[[Hallow Road]]''<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=2023-11-15 |title=Rosamund Pike & Matthew Rhys Board 'Hallow Road,' XYZ Thriller From Babak Anvari |url=https://deadline.com/2023/11/hallow-road-rosamund-pike-matthew-rhys-babak-anvari-1235612883/ |access-date=2024-03-03 |website=Deadline |language=en-US |archive-date=21 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231121003936/https://deadline.com/2023/11/hallow-road-rosamund-pike-matthew-rhys-babak-anvari-1235612883/ |url-status=live }}</ref> by [[Babak Anvari]]. In April 2024 it was revealed Pike had joined the cast of ''[[In the Grey]]''<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Rourke |first=Ryan |date=2024-04-10 |title=Guy Ritchie's Next Movie With Henry Cavill and Jake Gyllenhaal Officially Has a Release Date |url=https://collider.com/in-the-grey-release-date/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=Collider |language=en}}</ref> by [[Guy Ritchie]]. In May 2024 it was announced Pike had joined the cast of ''[[Now You See Me: Now You Don't]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kuznikov |first=Selena |date=2024-05-02 |title=Rosamund Pike Joins 'Now You See Me 3' in 'Pivotal' Role |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/rosamund-pike-now-you-see-me-3-1235990689/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> In September 2024 it was announced Pike would star as the lead in the [[Netflix]] series ''[[Thumblite]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Otterson |first=Joe |date=2024-09-12 |title=Rosamund Pike to Star in Silicon Valley Thriller Series 'Thumblite' at Netflix From Scott Z. Burns, Scott Galloway, Media Res |url=https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/rosamund-pike-silicon-valley-series-netflix-scott-z-burns-scott-galloway-media-res-1236142587/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> centred on [[Silicon Valley]]. In October Pike was cast alongside [[Sacha Baron Cohen]] in the Netflix film ''Ladies First''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gajewski |first=Ryan |date=2024-10-09 |title=Sacha Baron Cohen, Rosamund Pike to Star in Netflix Rom-Com 'Ladies First' for Director Thea Sharrock |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ladies-first-sacha-baron-cohen-rosamund-pike-netflix-1236028518/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> by [[Thea Sharrock]]. Pike will make her National Theatre debut in summer 2025 in the play ''Inter Alia''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bamigboye |first=Baz |date=2024-09-24 |title=Rosamund Pike Set For National Theatre Debut In New Legal Drama From Suzie Miller, Who Created 'Prima Facie' For Jodie Comer |url=https://deadline.com/2024/09/rosamund-pike-inter-alia-national-theatre-2025-season-1236097561/ |access-date=2024-11-03 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> by [[Suzie Miller]].
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