Jennifer Ehle (born December 29, 1969) is an British-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 Ehle, and she trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.

Filmography

• 2026Our Hero, Balthazar — Nicole
• The Vampire Lestat — Gabriella Vece
• 2025East of Wall — Tracey Zimiga
• 2025In Transit — Ilse
• Dead Ringers — Rebecca
• Lioness — Chief of Staff Mason
• 1923 — Sister Mary
• 2022She Said — Laura Madden
• Suspicion — Amy
• 2021John and the Hole — Anna
• Law & Order: Organized Crime — Meredith Bonner
• 2021Monster — Katherine O'Brien
• 2020Run This Town — Judith
• 2020Saint Maud — Amanda
• The Comey Rule — Patrice Comey
• 2019Beneath the Blue Suburban Skies — Tina
• 2019The Professor and the Madman — Ada Murray
• 2019The Wolf Hour — Margot
• 2018Fifty Shades Freed — Carla
• 2018Take Point — L'agent Mackenzie
• 2018The Miseducation of Cameron Post — Dr. Lydia Marsh
• 2018Vox Lux — Josie
• 2017Detroit — Morgue Doctor
• 2017Fifty Shades Darker — Carla
• 2017I Kill Giants — Mrs. Thorson
• The Good Fight — Judge Ashley Burnett
• 2017Wetlands — Kate
• 2016A Quiet Passion — Vinnie Dickinson
• 2016Little Men — Kathy Jardine
• 2016The Fundamentals of Caring — Elsa Conklin
• 2015A Little Chaos — Madame De Montespan
• 2015Advantageous — Isa Cryer
• 2015Black or White — Carol
• 2015Fifty Shades of Grey — Carla
• 2015Spooks: The Greater Good — Geraldine Maltby
• 2014RoboCop — Liz Kline
• 2014The Forger — Kim
• The Blacklist — Madeline Pratt
• 2012Zero Dark Thirty — Jessica
• A Gifted Man — Anna Lindberg
• 2011Contagion — Ally Hextall
• 2011The Adjustment Bureau — Brooklyn Ice House Bartender
• 2011The Ides of March — Cindy Morris
• 2010The King's Speech — Myrtle Logue
• 2009The Greatest — Joan
• 2008Pride and Glory — Abby Tierney
• 2008The Russell Girl — Lorainne Morrissey
• 2007Before the Rains — Laura Moores
• 2006Alpha Male — Alice Ferris
• 2005The River King — Betsy Chase
• 2002Possession — Christabel LaMotte
• 2000Born Romantic — Thanks
• 1999Sunshine — Valerie Sonnenschein
• 1999The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Adventures in the Secret Service — Empress Zita of Austria
• 1999This Year's Love — Sophie
• 1998Bedrooms and Hallways — Sally
• Melissa — Melissa McKensie
• 1997Paradise Road — Rosemary Leighton-Jones
• 1997Wilde — Constance Lloyd Wilde
• 1995Beyond Reason — Penny McAllister
• Pride and Prejudice — Elizabeth Bennet
• 1994Backbeat — Cynthia Powell
• 1994Pleasure — Emma Desneuves
• 1994Self Catering — Meryl
• Rik Mayall Presents — Tasmin
• 1993Rik Mayall Presents: Micky Love — Tasmin
• 1993The Maitlands — Phyllis
• The Camomile Lawn — Calypso
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles — Empress Zita of Austria
• Performance — Phyllis Maitland
• Lone Wolf

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2013Love, Marilyn — Self
• 2009Source of Pride: The Making of "Pride and Glory" — Self
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show — Self
• 1995Pride and Prejudice: From Page to Screen — Self
• Tony Awards — Self - Winner, Self - Nominee