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==Personal life== === Relationships === While at Oxford, Pike was in a relationship with [[Simon Woods]] which lasted two years.<ref name=guardian20090524>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/may/24/rosamund-pike-actress-interview |title=I don't sleep around, if that's what you mean ... Would you like some more cake? |last=Barber |first=Lynn |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=24 May 2009 |location=London |access-date=6 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729113207/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2009/may/24/rosamund-pike-actress-interview |archive-date=29 July 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> They later played the lovers [[Jane Bennet]] and Charles Bingley in ''[[Pride & Prejudice (2005 film)|Pride & Prejudice]]''. She then became engaged to the director of that production, [[Joe Wright]]; their engagement ended in 2008.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/08/atonement-director-joe-wr_n_105913.html| date=16 June 2008| title="Atonement" Director Joe Wright Calls Off Wedding To "Bond" Girl Rosamund Pike| work=[[HuffPost]]| access-date=1 November 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924012538/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/08/atonement-director-joe-wr_n_105913.html| archive-date=24 September 2017| url-status=live}}</ref> Since December 2009, Pike has been in a relationship with Robie Uniacke, a businessman, and they have two sons, both fluent in [[Standard Chinese|Mandarin]].<ref>In a webcast from Prague, on the ''Graham Norton Show'' (BBC1), first broadcast on 19 February 2021, Pike noted that her sons both speak Mandarin fluently.</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/11110609/Rosamund-Pike-How-my-ex-addict-lover-age-53-gave-me-new-lease-of-life.html |title=Rosamund Pike: How my ex-addict lover (age 53) gave me new lease of life |work=The Telegraph |date=20 September 2014 |first=Patrick |last=Sawer |access-date=13 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012232909/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-news/11110609/Rosamund-Pike-How-my-ex-addict-lover-age-53-gave-me-new-lease-of-life.html |archive-date=12 October 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/how-rosamund-pike-restored-her-georgian-home-in-london |title=This Is How Rosamund Pike Restored Her Georgian Home in London |work=Architectural Digest |date=24 April 2014 |author=Jordi Lippe-McGraw |access-date=8 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409043122/https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/how-rosamund-pike-restored-her-georgian-home-in-london |archive-date=9 April 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Roach|first1=Vicky|title=Gone Girl star Rosamund Pike talks Oscars, babies and her new film What We Did on Our Holiday|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/gone-girl-star-rosamund-pike-talks-oscars-babies-and-her-new-film-what-we-did-on-our-holiday/news-story/ce7a05f1ba279d68277b888ed53cad9c|publisher=news.com.au|access-date=22 November 2016|date=4 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220132657/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/gone-girl-star-rosamund-pike-talks-oscars-babies-and-her-new-film-what-we-did-on-our-holiday/news-story/ce7a05f1ba279d68277b888ed53cad9c|archive-date=20 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> They live in Prague.<ref name="Hogan-2023">{{cite news |last1=Hogan |first1=Michael |title=Rosamund Pike: 'We're all being conned by the wellness industry' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jun/11/rosamund-pike-mother-neighbor-russian-spy-people-who-knew-me-interview |access-date=11 June 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=11 June 2023 |archive-date=10 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230910015917/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/jun/11/rosamund-pike-mother-neighbor-russian-spy-people-who-knew-me-interview |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2015, when they visited China to promote ''Gone Girl'', Pike mentioned that Uniacke had given her a [[Chinese characters|Chinese]] name {{lang|zh-cn|裴淳华}} ([[traditional Chinese]]: {{linktext|裴|淳|華}}, {{lang-zh|p=Péi Chúnhuá}}, [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]]: {{IPAc-cmn|p|ei|2|-|ch|un|2|.|h|ua|2}}),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.mtime.com/2015/06/20/1543862.html |script-title=zh:消失的爱人"女主角裴淳华访华 |publisher=Mtimes.com |language=zh |date=20 June 2015 |access-date=16 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415201614/http://news.mtime.com/2015/06/20/1543862.html |archive-date=15 April 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> and, that, being admirers of Chinese culture, they would like the media to use this as her [[Chinese name]] rather than using the transliteration of her English name.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ent.ifeng.com/a/20150331/42357045_0.shtml |script-title=zh:裴淳华是什么鬼?《消失爱人》女主给自己取了个中文名 |work=ifeng |language=zh-cn |date=31 March 2015 |access-date=16 April 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415201659/http://ent.ifeng.com/a/20150331/42357045_0.shtml |archive-date=15 April 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> === Activism === In 2015, Pike signed an open letter for which the [[ONE Campaign]] had been collecting signatures; the letter was addressed to [[Angela Merkel]] and [[Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma]], urging them to focus on women, as they would serve as the head of the [[Group of Seven]] (G7) and the [[African Union]] (AU), respectively, which would start to set the priorities for development funding in preparation for a [[United Nations]] (UN) summit in September 2015, which was intended to establish new development goals for the next generation.<ref>{{cite news |author=Tracy McVeigh |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/mar/07/povert-sexist-letter-women-equality-gaga-sandberg-beyonce |title=Poverty is sexist: leading women sign up for global equality | Life and style |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=8 May 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518082544/http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/mar/07/povert-sexist-letter-women-equality-gaga-sandberg-beyonce |archive-date=18 May 2015 |url-status=live |date=7 March 2015}}</ref> In 2021, Pike became an investor in, and the creative director for, the psychedelic-inspired meditation app Lumenate, which purports to guide the user into an altered state of consciousness with flashing lights.<ref>{{cite news |author=Susannah Butter |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/rosamund-pike-meditation-app-psychedelic-b922174.html |title=Rosamund Pike said it would be 'wild' – here's what happened when I tried her transcendental meditation app |newspaper=The Evening Standard |access-date=22 March 2021 |archive-date=17 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317220753/https://www.standard.co.uk/insider/rosamund-pike-meditation-app-psychedelic-b922174.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Also in 2021, Pike became the first ambassador for [[Mines Advisory Group]], the [[Nobel Peace Prize]]-winning [[NGO]] that assists people affected by [[landmine]]s, [[unexploded ordnance]] and [[small arms and light weapons]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rosamund Pike appointed first-ever MAG Ambassador on International Mine Awareness Day {{!}} MAG |url=https://www.maginternational.org/whats-happening/rosamund-pike-appointed-first-ever-mag-ambassador-/ |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=www.maginternational.org |language=en-gb |archive-date=22 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622141119/https://www.maginternational.org/whats-happening/rosamund-pike-appointed-first-ever-mag-ambassador-/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Thank you Rosamund Pike for your vital work on landmine clearance for MAGSavesLives Landmines are hidden killers with no time limit on their capacity for devastation. |url=https://twitter.com/JamesCleverly/status/1668922885178548226 |access-date=2023-06-14 |website=Twitter |language=en}}</ref> In a 2023 interview with ''[[The Guardian]]'', Pike expressed a belief that "we're all being conned by the wellness industry" and "this idea that it's no longer enough to be healthy and we have to be 'well' is something that needs to be interrogated". She said "it's so seductive because it's in pursuit of things that people are ashamed to want" and called it "really dangerous".<ref name="Hogan-2023"/>
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