Jennifer Ehle

Acting · Born 1969-12-29 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA

Biography

Jennifer Ehle (born December 29, 1969) is an 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…

Filmography

• Zero Dark Thirty as Jessica
• The King's Speech as Myrtle Logue
• She Said as Laura Madden
• The Fundamentals of Caring as Elsa Conklin
• The Professor and the Madman as Ada Murray
• Detroit as Morgue Doctor
• The Ides of March as Cindy Morris
• Possession as Christabel LaMotte
• Wilde as Constance Lloyd Wilde
• The Greatest as Joan

TV

• Pride and Prejudice as Elizabeth Bennet
• The Blacklist as Madeline Pratt
• Lioness as Chief of Staff Mason
• Law & Order: Organized Crime as Chief Meredith Bonner
• 1923 as Sister Mary
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as Empress Zita of Austria
• Performance as Phyllis Maitland
• The Camomile Lawn as Calypso
• A Gifted Man as Anna Lindberg