Jennifer Ehle
Biography
Jennifer Ehle (born December 29, 1969) is an Anglo-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.
Movie Appearances
The Ides of March
as Cindy Morris
2011
Possession
as Christabel LaMotte
2002
Wilde
as Constance Lloyd Wilde
1997
The Greatest
as Joan
2009
Before the Rains
as Laura Moores
2007
Pride and Glory
as Abby Tierney
2008
The River King
as Betsy Chase
2005
Contagion
as Ally Hextall
2011
The Russell Girl
as Lorainne Morrissey
2008
Sunshine
as Valerie Sonnenschein
1999
Alpha Male
as Alice Ferris
2006
RoboCop
as Liz Kline
2014
Zero Dark Thirty
as Jessica
2012
Love, Marilyn
as Self
2013
Fifty Shades of Grey
as Carla
2015
Black or White
as Carol
2015
The Forger
as Kim
2014
The King's Speech
as Myrtle Logue
2010
A Little Chaos
as Madame De Montespan
2015
She Said
as Laura Madden
2022
TV Appearances
Pride and Prejudice
as Elizabeth Bennet
1995
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self
1996
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
as Empress Zita of Austria
1992
Performance
as Phyllis Maitland
1991
The Camomile Lawn
as Calypso
1992
A Gifted Man
as Anna Lindberg
2011
The Blacklist
as Madeline Pratt
2013
Rik Mayall Presents
as Tasmin
1993
Lioness
as Chief of Staff Mason
2023
Suspicion
as Amy
2022
Law & Order: Organized Crime
as Chief Meredith Bonner
2021
The Good Fight
as Judge Ashley Burnett
2017