Jennifer Ehle
Jennifer Anne Ehle (/ˈiːli/; born December 29, 1969) is an American actress. She gained recognition and acclaim for her role as Elizabeth Bennet in the BBC miniseries Pride and Prejudice (1995), for which she received the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. Known for her roles on Broadway and the West End she has won two Tony Awards as well as a nomination for a Laurence Olivier Award.
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| Born | Jennifer Anne Ehle December 29, 1969 Winston-Salem, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Central School of Speech and Drama |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Known for | Pride and Prejudice |
| Spouse |
Michael Ryan (m. 2001) |
| Children | 2 |
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Ehle started her career acting on stage with the Edinburgh Festival, Royal Shakespeare Company, and the National Theatre. She gained fame for her role in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing, earning a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play and a nomination for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress. She reunited with Stoppard acting in his play The Coast of Utopia (2007), earning a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play. She returned to Broadway in the J. T. Rogers play Oslo earning a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress.
Ehle is also 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).