(Cover) - EN Showbiz - Rosamund Pike thinks she makes the perfect Virgin Mary.

The 32-year-old British actress is known for her performances in major films including Die Another Day, Pride & Prejudice, and An Education.

With her angelic blonde hair and ethereal good looks, the beautiful star admits the only possible role for her when she was a youngster was portraying Mary in the nativity story from the Bible, and she was suitably cast.

Oh, Mary, the virgin, of course! she laughed when Empire asked who she played in her first school performance.

Rosamund has fond memories of appearing in the spectacle, and recalls making the audience laugh with one of her lines. As a youngster, the would-be-movie-star didnt quite grasp the significance of the birth of Jesus Christ.

I remember people finding it very funny when the Archangel Gabriel told me I was going to have a baby and I said, I am pleased. Which is a bit of an understatement considering it was the Son of God, she added. (C) Cover Media