Jennifer Ehle
Biography
Jennifer Ehle is an Anglo-American actress born on December 29, 1969, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA. Also known as Jennifer Anne Ehle, she has recorded 76 known acting credits in her career. She gained widespread recognition and won a British Academy Television Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Elizabeth Bennet in the 1995 BBC miniseries Pride and Prejudice. Ehle is also recognized for her stage work, winning two Tony Awards for her performances in Tom Stoppard's plays The Real Thing in 2000 and The Coast of Utopia in 2007. Her film credits include roles in The King's Speech in 2010, Zero Dark Thirty in 2012, and Fifty Shades of Grey in 2015. Additionally, she has appeared in television series such as The Looming Tower in 2018 and The Good Fight in 2022.
Career overview
Jennifer Ehle is an Anglo-American actress born on December 29, 1969, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She gained widespread recognition for portraying Elizabeth Bennet in the 1995 BBC miniseries Pride and Prejudice, a role that earned her the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. In addition to her television work, Ehle has made a significant impact on stage, winning two Tony Awards for her performances in Tom Stoppard's plays The Real Thing in 2000 and The Coast of Utopia in 2007.
Her film credits feature notable roles in The King's Speech in 2010, Zero Dark Thirty in 2012, and Fifty Shades of Grey in 2015. Alongside her film and stage work, Ehle has appeared in various television series, including The Looming Tower in 2018 and The Good Fight in 2022. With seventy-six known acting credits to her name, her career spans film, television, and theatre.
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- The Vampire Lestat (2026) as Gabriella Vece
- Our Hero, Balthazar (2026) as Nicole
- East of Wall (2025) as Tracey Zimiga
- In Transit (2025) as Ilse
- Lioness (2023) as Chief of Staff Mason
- Dead Ringers (2023) as Rebecca
- 1923 (2022) as Sister Mary
- Suspicion (2022) as Amy
- She Said (2022) as Laura Madden
- Law & Order: Organized Crime (2021) as Chief Meredith Bonner
- John and the Hole (2021) as Anna
- Monster (2021) as Katherine O'Brien
- Saint Maud (2020) as Amanda
- The Comey Rule (2020) as Patrice Comey
- Run This Town (2020) as Judith
- The Professor and the Madman (2019) as Ada Murray
- The Wolf Hour (2019) as Margot
- Beneath the Blue Suburban Skies (2019) as Tina
- Fifty Shades Freed (2018) as Carla
- The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018) as Dr. Lydia Marsh
- Vox Lux (2018) as Josie
- Take Point (2018) as L'agent Mackenzie
- The Good Fight (2017) as Judge Ashley Burnett
- Fifty Shades Darker (2017) as Carla
- Detroit (2017) as Morgue Doctor
- I Kill Giants (2017) as Mrs. Thorson
- Wetlands (2017) as Kate
- The Fundamentals of Caring (2016) as Elsa Conklin
- Little Men (2016) as Kathy Jardine
- A Quiet Passion (2016) as Vinnie Dickinson
- Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) as Carla
- A Little Chaos (2015) as Madame De Montespan
- Spooks: The Greater Good (2015) as Geraldine Maltby
- Black or White (2015) as Carol
- Advantageous (2015) as Isa Cryer
- RoboCop (2014) as Liz Kline
- The Forger (2014) as Kim
- The Blacklist (2013) as Madeline Pratt
- Love, Marilyn (2013) as Self
- Zero Dark Thirty (2012) as Jessica
- The Adjustment Bureau (2011) as Brooklyn Ice House Bartender
- Contagion (2011) as Ally Hextall
- The Ides of March (2011) as Cindy Morris
- A Gifted Man (2011) as Anna Lindberg
- The King's Speech (2010) as Myrtle Logue
- The Greatest (2009) as Joan
- Source of Pride: The Making of "Pride and Glory" (2009) as Self
- Pride and Glory (2008) as Abby Tierney
- The Russell Girl (2008) as Lorainne Morrissey
- Before the Rains (2007) as Laura Moores
- Alpha Male (2006) as Alice Ferris
- The River King (2005) as Betsy Chase
- Possession (2002) as Christabel LaMotte
- Born Romantic (2000) Thanks
- Sunshine (1999) as Valerie Sonnenschein
- This Year's Love (1999) as Sophie
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service (1999) as Empress Zita of Austria
- Bedrooms and Hallways (1998) as Sally
- Wilde (1997) as Constance Lloyd Wilde
- Paradise Road (1997) as Rosemary Leighton-Jones
- Melissa (1997) as Melissa McKensie
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996) as Self
- Pride and Prejudice (1995) as Elizabeth Bennet
- Beyond Reason (1995) as Penny McAllister
- Pride and Prejudice: From Page to Screen (1995) as Self
- Backbeat (1994) as Cynthia Powell
- Pleasure (1994) as Emma Desneuves
- Self Catering (1994) as Meryl
- Rik Mayall Presents (1993) as Tasmin
- The Maitlands (1993) as Phyllis
- Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love (1993) as Tasmin
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992) as Empress Zita of Austria
- The Camomile Lawn (1992) as Calypso
- Performance (1991) as Phyllis Maitland
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Winner
- Tony Awards (1956) as Self - Nominee
- Lone Wolf