She has played everything from a sultry Bond vixen in Die Another Day to a psychopathic murderer in the thriller Gone Girl.
And Rosamund Pike is flexing her acting muscles once again with her latest role as the late award-winning war correspondent Marie Colvin in A Private War.
The 38-year-old British beauty looked unrecognisable as she donned Marie’s famous eye patch while filming scenes on a lake in Oxford on Friday.
Gritty new role: Rosamund Pike (left) is playing the late award-winning war correspondent Marie Colvin (right) in A Private War
The blonde beauty looked worlds away from her usual Hollywood glamour during the day of filming, wrapping up in a black anorak and woolly poloneck jumper.
Warding off the January chill, she added black gloves and a beanie as she rowed on a small sailing boat.
Rosamund, who was cast in the role of Marie in April, looked fully immersed in the role as she shot scenes during the blistering cold day.
She plays Colvin, an award-winning American war reporter who filed reports from conflict zones including Chechnya, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka, where she lost her left eye in 2001.
Worlds apart: The 38-year-old British beauty looked unrecognisable as she donned Marie’s famous eye patch while filming scenes on a lake in Oxford on Friday
Who’s that? The blonde beauty looked worlds away from her usual Hollywood glamour during the day of filming, wrapping up in a black anorak and woolly poloneck jumper
Wrapping up: Warding off the January chill, she added black gloves and a beanie as she rowed on a small sailing boat
She became known for her distinctive eye patch and tragically died during a rocket attack in 2012 while covering the civil war in Syria – just hours after telling the world how Bashar al-Assad’s army was ‘simply shelling a city of cold, starving civilians’.
A Private War chronicles her life’s work and is adapted from Marie Brenner’s 2012 Vanity Fair article Marie Colvin’s Private War.
Marie’s family have since launched legal action against the Syrian government. charging it with arranging her death in 2012.
Icon: Rosamund plays Colvin (pictured), an award-winning American war reporter who filed reports from conflict zones including Chechnya, Kosovo, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka, where she lost her left eye in 2001
Tragic: She became known for her distinctive eye patch and tragically died during a rocket attack in 2012 while covering the civil war in Syria – just hours after telling the world how Bashar al-Assad’s army was ‘simply shelling a city of cold, starving civilians’
Brave: A Private War chronicles her life’s work and is adapted from Marie Brenner’s 2012 Vanity Fair article Marie Colvin’s Private War (pictured, Marie in 1999)
According to a lawsuit filed in Washington in 2016, figures at the ‘highest level’ of Assad’s government were part of a conspiracy to attack a makeshift media center used at the time by reporters in the besieged city of Homs.
Marie and French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed when a rocket slammed into the ground by the front door, sending shrapnel and splinters tearing through the house that severely injured British photographer Paul Conroy and Syrian translator Wael al-Omar
According to the legal papers, the plot to kill the journalists was drawn up by the Central Crisis Management Cell, a war cabinet set up by Assad.
Leading lady: A United Kingdom star Rosamund was cast in the role of Marie for the biographical drama last April
Dedicated: She appeared fully immersed in the role as she shot scenes during the blistering cold day.
Controversy: Marie’s family have since launched legal action against the Syrian government. charging it with arranging her death in 2012
Conspiracy: According to a lawsuit filed in Washington in 2016, figures at the ‘highest level’ of Assad’s government were part of a conspiracy to attack a makeshift media center used at the time by reporters in the besieged city of Homs
The night before the attack, the tip and plan of action was shared with his office, according to the papers.
Rosamund will star alongside Hunger Games star Stanley Tucci, Jamie Dornan (who will play Paul Conroy) and Tom Hollander.
It is being directed by BAFTA and Oscar nominated filmmaker Matthew Heineman – his first narrative project after helming feature documentaries including Cartel Land and City of Ghosts.
Horror: Marie and French photographer Remi Ochlik were killed when a rocket slammed into the ground by the front door, sending shrapnel and splinters tearing through the house that severely injured British photographer Paul Conroy and Syrian translator Wael al-Oma
Nightmare: According to the legal papers, the plot to kill the journalists was drawn up by the Central Crisis Management Cell, a war cabinet set up by Assad
Allegations: The night before the attack, the tip and plan of action was shared with his office, according to the papers
In good hands: A Private War is being directed by BAFTA and Oscar nominated filmmaker Matthew Heineman – his first narrative project after helming feature documentaries including Cartel Land and City of Ghosts
Stellar cast: Rosamund will star alongside Hunger Games star Stanley Tucci (left), Jamie Dornan (right, who will play Paul Conroy) and Tom Hollander