Pike was born in 1979 in Hammersmith, London, the only child of opera singers Julian Pike and Caroline Friend.
She attended Badminton School in Bristol, and while appearing as Juliet in a production of … See more

While she was still at Oxford, Pike acted in and directed various plays, including one by Simon Chesterman, who was then a graduate student. She made appearances on British television shows, including A Rather Eng… See more

While at Oxford, Pike was in a relationship with Simon Woods which lasted two years. They later played the lovers Jane Bennet and Charles Bingley in Pride & Prejudice. She then became engaged to the director of that prod… See more