Jennifer Ehle Boards 50 SHADES OF GREY Movie

Deadline reports that Jennifer Ehle has signed on for the upcoming FIFTY SHADES OF GREY movie. She will join Dakota Johnson and Charlie Hunnam in the film adaptation of EL James' bestselling, steamy book series, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson.

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Ehle will play Carla, mother to Anastasia Steele (Johnson). Hunnam stars as Steele's "billionaire sex machine" lover Christian Grey.

Johnson, a 23-year-old former model, was previously seen in the Oscar nominated 'The Social Network' as well as FOX's short-lived comedy Ben and Kate. She is the daughter of actors Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith.

22-year-old Hunnam stars in the FX drama series Sons of Anarchy. He was recently seen on the big screen in the sci-film Pacific Rim.

Ehle's upcoming projects include Robocop, A Little Chaos, Black and White and Advantageous. Past film credits include Zero Dark Thirty Contagion, The Ides of March, The Adjustment Bureau, The King's Speech, Wilde, Pride and Prejudice and more.

Ehle has appeared on Broadway in The Coast of Utopia, Part 1-3 -- for which she won a Tony Award in 2007 -- Design for Living and The Real Thing -- another Tony-winning performance in 2000 -- as well as off-Broadway's Mr. & Mrs. Fitch.

Photo Credit: Walter McBride

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