Rosamund Pike is recalling a terrifying incident she skilled practically 20 years in the past.
The Gone Lady actress revealed throughout a current interview with Magic Radio that she was attacked throughout a mugging incident in London. The Independent reported that it occurred in 2006.
“I used to be on the cellphone to my mom, on a cell phone strolling alongside a street, and I used to be mugged,” she recounted. “The cellphone was snatched so all she heard was me scream and a thud and the cellphone went useless.”
Pike mentioned she was “indignant” after being left with a bruise from being punched within the face through the incident. She added that her mother additionally endured “quarter-hour of hell” till she was in a position to name her again following the assault.
The Impartial reported that there was a current rise in criminals snatching cell phones from folks on the streets of London, with authorities seeing a 151 % enhance within the final 12 months.
Pike, who was born in London, has starred in dozens of tasks all through her profession, together with, Die One other Day (2002), Delight & Prejudice (2005), Surrogates (2009), Jack Reacher (2012), Beirut (2018), Saltburn (2023) and Hallow Street (2025). In 2015, she earned an Oscar nomination for finest actress for her function in 2014’s Gone Lady, reverse Ben Affleck.
The actress additionally starred in The Wheel of Time for 3 seasons, earlier than Prime Video not too long ago introduced that it had been canceled.
The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to Pike’s rep to see if she filed any expenses towards the suspect on the time of the mugging incident.