Jennifer Ehle
Jennifer Ehle | |
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Central School of Speech and Drama | |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1991–present |
Known for | Pride and Prejudice |
Spouse |
Michael Ryan (m. 2001) |
Children | 2 |
Parents |
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Jennifer Anne Ehle (
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).
Early life and education
Ehle was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to English actress Rosemary Harris and American author John Ehle. Her ancestry includes Romanian (from a maternal great-grandmother) and, paternally, German and English.[4][5]
Ehle appeared as a toddler in a 1973 Broadway revival of
Career
1990s
Ehle made her West End debut as Elmire in the 1991
One of Ehle's first notable roles was as Elizabeth Bennet in the BBC 1995 television adaptation of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice co-starring Colin Firth, for which she won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. The same year, she joined the Royal Shakespeare Company, and gained her first major feature film role in Paradise Road (1997).[12] She also appeared in supporting roles in Brian Gilbert's Wilde (1997) and István Szabó's Sunshine (1999).
2000s
In 2000, Ehle made her Broadway debut to great critical acclaim as Annie in
After a hiatus, Ehle returned to the London stage in 2005 in
Ehle returned to Broadway portraying three characters in Stoppard's
In August 2009, it was announced that Ehle would play the character of
2010s
In 2010, Ehle starred alongside
In 2017, Ehle appeared on stage in the critically acclaimed
2020s
In 2020, Ehle reunited with
Also in 2022, Ehle received positive reviews for her supporting yet essential role in the MeToo investigative drama She Said portraying Laura Madden. TIME film critic Stephanie Zacharek described her as "superb" and Justin Chang writing for NPR declared her performance "quietly heartbreaking".[21][22] She also returned to the stage as Gertrude in the Park Avenue Armory production of Hamlet in New York. Ehle received positive reviews as a last minute replacement for Lia Williams.[23]
Personal life
Ehle married writer Michael Ryan on November 29, 2001,[24] and they have two children.[25]
Acting credits
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1994 | Backbeat | Cynthia Powell | |
1997 | Paradise Road | Rosemary Leighton-Jones | |
1997 | Wilde | Constance Lloyd Wilde | |
1998 | Bedrooms and Hallways | Sally | |
1999 | Sunshine | Valerie Sonnenschein | |
1999 | This Year's Love |
Sophie | |
2002 | Possession | Christabel LaMotte | |
2005 | The River King | Betsy Chase | |
2006 | Alpha Male | Alice Ferris | |
2008 | Pride and Glory | Abby Tierney | |
2008 | Before the Rains | Laura Moores | Malayalam-language film |
2009 | The Greatest | Joan | |
2010 | The King's Speech | Myrtle Logue | |
2011 | The Ides of March | Cindy Morris | |
2011 | Contagion | Ally Hextall | |
2011 | The Adjustment Bureau | Brooklyn Ice House Bartender | |
2012 | Zero Dark Thirty | Jessica Karley | |
2014 | RoboCop | Liz Kline | |
2014 | Black or White | Carol Anderson | |
2014 | The Forger | Kim Cutter | |
2014 | A Little Chaos | Madame De Montespan | |
2015 | Advantageous | Isa Cryer | |
2015 | Fifty Shades of Grey | Carla Wilks | |
2015 | Spooks: The Greater Good | Geraldine Maltby | |
2016 | Little Men | Kathy Jardine | |
2016 | The Fundamentals of Caring | Elsa | |
2016 | A Quiet Passion | Vinnie Dickinson | |
2017 | Fifty Shades Darker | Carla Wilks | Unrated edition |
2017 | Detroit | Morgue Doctor | Uncredited |
2017 | I Kill Giants | Mrs. Thorson | |
2017 | Wetlands | Kate Sheehan | |
2018 | The Miseducation of Cameron Post | Dr. Lydia Marsh | |
2018 | Monster | Maureen O'Brien | |
2018 | Fifty Shades Freed | Carla Wilks | |
2018 | Vox Lux | Josie the Publicist | |
2018 | Take Point | Agent Mackenzie | Korean film |
2019 | The Wolf Hour | Margot | |
2019 | Run This Town | Judith | |
2019 | The Professor and the Madman | Ada Murray | |
2019 | Beneath the Blue Suburban Skies | Tina | |
2019 | Saint Maud | Amanda Kohl | |
2021 | John and the Hole | Anna Shay | |
2022 | She Said | Laura Madden |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1992 | The Camomile Lawn | Calypso | Miniseries, 5 episodes |
1992 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Empress Zita of Austria | Episode: "Austria, March 1917" |
1993 | The Maitlands | Phyllis | BBC TV production |
1993 | Self Catering | 'Meryl' | TV movie |
1993 | Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love | Tamsin | Miniseries, 6 episodes |
1995 | Pride and Prejudice | Elizabeth Bennet | Miniseries, 6 episodes |
1996 | Beyond Reason | Penny McAllister | TV movie |
1997 | Melissa | Melissa | Miniseries, 5 episodes |
2008 | The Russell Girl | Lorraine Morrissey | TV movie |
2011–12 | A Gifted Man | Anna Paul | 16 episodes |
2013 | Low Winter Sun | Susan | Episode: "Ann Arbor" |
2014–15 | The Blacklist |
Madeline Pratt | 2 episodes |
2018 | The Looming Tower | Ambassador Barbara Bodine | 3 episodes |
2020 | The Comey Rule | Patrice Comey | Miniseries |
2022 | Suspicion | Amy | Episode: "Be the Gray Man" |
2022 | The Good Fight | Judge Ashley Burnett | Episode: "The End of Ginni" |
2022–23 | 1923 | Sister Mary | 4 episodes |
2023 | Dead Ringers | Rebecca Parker | 5 episodes |
2023 | Special Ops: Lioness | Mason | Episode: "The Lie Is the Truth" |
2024 | Law & Order: Organized Crime | Chief Meredith Bonner | Episode: "Missing Persons", "Beyond the Sea", "Original Sin" & "Sins of Our Fathers" |
Theatre
Year | Title | Role | Venue |
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1959 Pink Thunderbird | Edinburgh Festival
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Laundry and Bourbon | |||
1991 | Tartuffe | Elmire | Peter Hall Company |
1992 | Breaking the Code | Pat Green | Triumph Productions Tour |
1995–96 | Richard III | Lady Anne | Royal Shakespeare Company |
1995–96 | Painter of Dishonour | Serafina | |
1995–96 | The Relapse | Amanda | |
1999 | The Real Thing | Annie | Donmar Warehouse |
1999 | Summerfolk | Varvara Mikhailovna | National Theatre |
2000 | The Real Thing | Annie | Albery Theatre
Barrymore Theatre |
2001 | Design for Living | Gilda | American Airlines Theater
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2005 | The Philadelphia Story | Tracy Lord | The Old Vic |
2006 | Macbeth | Lady Macbeth | Shakespeare in the Park's Delacorte Theater |
2006 | The Coast of Utopia: Voyage | Liubov Bakunin | Vivian Beaumont Theater |
2006 | The Coast of Utopia: Shipwrecked | Natalie Herzen | Vivian Beaumont Theater |
2007 | The Coast of Utopia: Salvage | Malwida von Meysenbug | |
2010 | Mr. and Mrs. Fitch | Mrs. Fitch | Second Stage Theatre
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2017 | Oslo | Mona Juul | Vivian Beaumont Theater |
2022 | Hamlet | Gertrude | Park Avenue Armory |
Awards and nominations
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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2000 | Best Actress in a Play | The Real Thing | Won |
2007 | Best Featured Actress in a Play | The Coast of Utopia | Won |
2017 | Best Actress in a Play | Oslo | Nominated |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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1996 | Best Actress (TV) | Pride & Prejudice | Won |
1998 | Best Supporting Actress (Film) | Wilde | Nominated |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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2010 | Best Cast in a Motion Picture | The King's Speech | Won |
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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2000 | Best Actress | The Real Thing | Nominated |
Outer Critics Circle Award
Year | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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2000 | Best Actress – Play
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The Real Thing | Nominated |
2007 | Best Featured Actress – Play
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The Coast of Utopia | Nominated |
Other award wins:
- 1991: Peter Hall Company[10]
- 1992: Radio Times Award Best Newcomer – The Camomile Lawn (TV)
- 2000: Variety Club Award – The Real Thing (play)
Other award nominations:
- 2000: Genie Award nomination – Sunshine
References
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- ^ "Fairley to replace Ehle in HBO's 'Thrones'". The Hollywood Reporter. October 14, 2010. Archived from the original on April 1, 2011. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
- ^ Jace Lacob (September 22, 2011). "A Gifted Man's Leading Lady". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on March 17, 2012. Retrieved March 20, 2012.
- ^ "Tony Winners Lithgow and Ehle Are 'MR. & MRS. FITCH' For Second Stage Theatre" Archived February 8, 2021, at the Wayback Machine August 19, 2009, Broadway World
- ^ "Oslo, Starring Tony Winners Jefferson Mays and Jennifer Ehle, Begins Broadway Run". Archived from the original on March 8, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
- ^ "She Said Is a Satisfying Journalism Movie About Tireless Reporters Who Are Also Tired Moms". Time Magazine. November 18, 2022. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
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External links
- Jennifer Ehle at IMDb