Name
Jennifer Ehle
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1969-12-29 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Biography
Jennifer Ehle (born December 29, 1969) is an British-American actress. She gained widespread recognition for her portrayal of Elizabeth Bennet in the BBC miniseries Pride and Prejudice (1995), a role that earned her the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. Ehle has also made a significant impact on stage, winning two Tony Awards for her performances in Tom Stoppard's plays The Real Thing (2000) and The Coast of Utopia (2007).
Her film credits include notable roles in The King's Speech (2010), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), and Fifty Shades of Grey (2015). Ehle has also appeared in various television series, such as The Looming Tower (2018) and The Good Fight (2022). Born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, she is the daughter of English actress Rosemary Harris and American author John Ehle, and she trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.
Known For
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- 2011 The Ides of March as Cindy Morris
- 2002 Possession as Christabel LaMotte
- 1997 Wilde as Constance Lloyd Wilde
- 2009 The Greatest as Joan
- 2007 Before the Rains as Laura Moores
- 2008 Pride and Glory as Abby Tierney
- 2005 The River King as Betsy Chase
- 2011 Contagion as Ally Hextall
- 2008 The Russell Girl as Lorainne Morrissey
- 1999 Sunshine as Valerie Sonnenschein
- 2006 Alpha Male as Alice Ferris
- 2014 RoboCop as Liz Kline
- 2012 Zero Dark Thirty as Jessica
- 2013 Love, Marilyn as Self
- 2015 Fifty Shades of Grey as Carla
- 2015 Black or White as Carol
- 2014 The Forger as Kim
- 2010 The King's Speech as Myrtle Logue
- 2015 A Little Chaos as Madame De Montespan
- 2022 She Said as Laura Madden
- 2015 Spooks: The Greater Good as Geraldine Maltby
- 1993 The Maitlands as Phyllis
- 2025 In Transit as Ilse
- 1997 Paradise Road as Rosemary Leighton-Jones
- 2015 Advantageous as Isa Cryer
- 2017 Fifty Shades Darker as Carla
- 1999 This Year's Love as Sophie
- 2016 The Fundamentals of Caring as Elsa Conklin
- 2016 A Quiet Passion as Vinnie Dickinson
- 2016 Little Men as Kathy Jardine
- 1998 Bedrooms and Hallways as Sally
- 1993 Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love as Tasmin
- 1994 Backbeat as Cynthia Powell
- 2018 The Miseducation of Cameron Post as Dr. Lydia Marsh
- 2019 The Professor and the Madman as Ada Murray
- 2017 Wetlands as Kate
- 2021 Monster as Katherine O'Brien
- 2019 The Wolf Hour as Margot
- 2018 Fifty Shades Freed as Carla
- 1999 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service as Empress Zita of Austria
- 2017 Detroit as Morgue Doctor
- 1994 Self Catering as Meryl
- 1994 Pleasure as Emma Desneuves
- 2017 I Kill Giants as Mrs. Thorson
- 2018 Vox Lux as Josie
- 2018 Take Point as L'agent Mackenzie
- 2020 Saint Maud as Amanda
- 2020 Run This Town as Judith
- 2011 The Adjustment Bureau as Brooklyn Ice House Bartender
- 2019 Beneath the Blue Suburban Skies as Tina
- 1995 Beyond Reason as Penny McAllister
- 2021 John and the Hole as Anna
- 2009 Source of Pride: The Making of "Pride and Glory" as Self
- 1995 Pride and Prejudice: From Page to Screen as Self
- 2025 East of Wall as Tracey Zimiga
- Soon Lone Wolf
- 2026 Our Hero, Balthazar as Nicole
- 1995 Pride and Prejudice ( 6 episodes ) as Elizabeth Bennet
- 1996 The Rosie O'Donnell Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1992 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles ( 1 episode ) as Empress Zita of Austria
- 1991 Performance ( 1 episode ) as Phyllis Maitland
- 1992 The Camomile Lawn ( 5 episodes ) as Calypso
- 2011 A Gifted Man ( 16 episodes ) as Anna Lindberg
- 2013 The Blacklist ( 1 episode ) as Madeline Pratt
- 1993 Rik Mayall Presents ( 1 episode ) as Tasmin
- 2023 Lioness ( 11 episodes ) as Chief of Staff Mason
- 2022 Suspicion ( 1 episode ) as Amy
- 2021 Law & Order: Organized Crime ( 4 episodes ) as Meredith Bonner
- 2017 The Good Fight ( 1 episode ) as Judge Ashley Burnett
- 2022 1923 ( 4 episodes ) as Sister Mary
- 2023 Dead Ringers ( 6 episodes ) as Rebecca
- 2020 The Comey Rule ( 2 episodes ) as Patrice Comey
- 1997 Melissa ( 4 episodes ) as Melissa McKensie
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Winner
- 1956 Tony Awards ( 1 episode ) as Self - Nominee
- 2026 The Vampire Lestat ( 7 episodes ) as Gabriella Vece
