Birth Place: Winston-Salem, NC
Jennifer Anne Ehle is an American actress. She gained fame for her role as Elizabeth Bennet in the 1995 BBC miniseries Pride and Prejudice, for which she received the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress. She is also known for her performances on Broadway, winning the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for The Real Thing in 2000, and Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for The Coast of Utopia in 2007.
Ehle also is known for her performances in films including The King's Speech (2010), Contagion (2011), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), A Little Chaos (2014), Little Men (2016), and She Said (2022). She has also appeared in various television programs, including NBC's The Blacklist (2014–2015), the Hulu limited series The Looming Tower (2016), the Showtime miniseries The Comey Rule (2020), and the CBS legal drama The Good Fight (2022).
Theatre roles include: LCT: Oslo, The Coast of Utopia (Tony Award). Broadway: Design for Living, The Real Thing (Tony, Theatre World awards). Off-Broadway: Mr. & Mrs. Fitch (Second Stage), Macbeth. West End: The Philadelphia Story, The Real Thing, Tartuffe. Royal National Theatre: Summerfolk. Royal Shakespeare Company: Richard III, Painter of Dishonor, The Relapse. Film includes The Professor and the Madman, The Miseducation of Cameron Post, Monster, Wetlands, Little Men, A Quiet Passion, The Greater Good, Advantageous, Fifty Shades of Grey, A Little Chaos, Robocop, Zero Dark Thirty, Contagion, The King’s Speech, The Greatest, Before the Rains, Pride and Glory (2007), Michael Clayton, Possession, Sunshine, This Year’s Love, Bedrooms and Hallways, Wilde (BAFTA nom.), Paradise Road, Backbeat. TV includes “Fundamentals of Caring,” “The Blacklist,” “A Gifted Man,” “Pride and Prejudice” (BAFTAAward), “The Camomile Lawn.”
Jennifer Ehle, Oslo
Jennifer EhleOslo
Jennifer Ehle, Oslo
Jennifer Ehle, Oslo
Jennifer Ehle, The Coast of Utopia
Jennifer Ehle, The Coast of Utopia
Jennifer EhleThe Real Thing
Jennifer Ehle, The Real Thing
Jennifer Ehle, The Real Thing
Jennifer Ehle, The Real Thing
Jennifer Ehle has appeared on Broadway in 6 shows.
Jennifer Ehle has not appeared in the West End.
Jennifer Ehle has been nominated for several awards throughout her career, including the Distinguished Performance Award at the Drama League Awards for "Oslo," Ensemble at the Obie Awards for "Oslo," Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play at The Lortels for "Oslo," Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for "Oslo," Outstanding Actress in a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "The Coast of Utopia," Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for "The Coast of Utopia," Best Actress at the Olivier Awards for "The Real Thing," Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play at the Outer Critics Circle Awards for "The Real Thing," Performance at the Theatre World Awards for "The Real Thing," and Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for "The Real Thing."
Jennifer Ehle has won several awards for her performances in various Broadway productions. She received the Ensemble Obie Award for "Oslo," the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play Lortel Award for "Oslo," the Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play Tony Award for "The Coast of Utopia," the Performance Theatre World Award for "The Real Thing," and the Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play Tony Award for "The Real Thing."
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