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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.”

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STAGE CREDITS

Oslo Oslo
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2017
Mona Juul
Oslo Oslo
[Off-Broadway]
Lincoln Center Theater Original Production, 2016
Performer
Mr. & Mrs. Fitch Mr. & Mrs. Fitch
[Off-Broadway]
Second Stage Theatre Production, 2010
Mrs. Fitch
The Coast of Utopia: Part 3 - Salvage The Coast of Utopia: Part 3 - Salvage
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2007
Malwida von Meysenbug
The Coast of Utopia: Part 2 - Shipwreck The Coast of Utopia: Part 2 - Shipwreck
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2006
Natalie Herzen
The Coast of Utopia: Part 1 - Voyage The Coast of Utopia: Part 1 - Voyage
[Broadway]
Original Broadway Production, 2006
Liubov
Macbeth
[Off-Broadway]
2006
Lady Macbeth
Design For Living
[Broadway]
Roundabout Revival, 2001
Gilda
The Real Thing
[Broadway]
Broadway Revival, 2000
Annie

Movies

Backbeat
[ 1994 ] Cynthia Powell
Wilde
[ 1997 ] Constance Wilde
Paradise Road
[ 1997 ] Rosemary Leighton-Jones
Bedrooms and Hallways
[ 1998 ] Sally
This Year's Love
[ 1999 ] Sophie
Sunshine
[ 1999 ] Valerie Sonnenschein
Possession
[ 2002 ] Christabel LaMotte
The River King
[ 2005 ] Betsy Che
Alpha Male
[ 2006 ] Alice Ferris
Before the Rains
[ 2007 ] Laura Moores
Pride and Glory
[ 2008 ] Abby Tierney
The Greatest
[ 2009 ] Joan
The King's Speech
[ 2010 ] Myrtle Logue
The Adjustment Bureau
[ 2011 ] Brooklyn Ice House Bartender
The Ides of March
[ 2011 ] Cindy Morris
Contagion
[ 2011 ] Dr. Ally Hextall
Zero Dark Thirty
[ 2012 ] Jessica
Black or White
[ 2014 ] Carol Anderson
The Forger
[ 2014 ] Kim
RoboCop
[ 2014 ] Liz Kline
A Little Chaos
[ 2014 ] Madame De Montespan
Fifty Shades of Grey
[ 2015 ] Carla
MI-5
[ 2015 ] Geraldine Maltby
Advantageous
[ 2015 ] Isa Cryer
The Fundamentals of Caring
[ 2016 ] Elsa
Little Men
[ 2016 ] Kathy Jardine
A Quiet Passion
[ 2016 ] Vinnie Dickinson
I Kill Giants
[ 2017 ] Barbara's Mother
Take Point
[ 2018 ] Agent Mackenzie
Fifty Shades Freed
[ 2018 ] Carla
The Miseducation of Cameron Post
[ 2018 ] Dr. Lydia Marsh
Vox Lux
[ 2018 ] Josie the Publicist
Monster
[ 2018 ] Maureen O Brien
The Professor and the Madman
[ 2019 ] Ada Murray
Saint Maud
[ 2019 ] Amanda
Run This Town
[ 2019 ] Judith
Wetlands
[ 2019 ] Kate
The Wolf Hour
[ 2019 ] Margot
Beneath the Blue Suburban Skies
[ 2019 ] Tina
John and the Hole
[ 2021 ] Anna
She Said
[ 2022 ] Laura Madden
East of Wall
[ 2024 ] Tracey

TV Shows

A Gifted Man
Anna Paul
The Blacklist
Madeline Pratt
Lioness
[ 2023-2024 ] Mason
Law & Order: Organized Crime
Chief Meredith Bonner

Awards and Nominations

Drama League Awards - 2017 - Distinguished Performance Award

Jennifer Ehle, Oslo


winner
Obie Awards - 2017 - Ensemble

Jennifer EhleOslo


winner
The Lortels - 2017 - Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play

Jennifer Ehle, Oslo

Tony Awards - 2017 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Jennifer Ehle, Oslo

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2007 - Outstanding Actress in a Play

Jennifer Ehle, The Coast of Utopia


winner
Tony Awards - 2007 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play

Jennifer Ehle, The Coast of Utopia

Olivier Awards - 2000 - Best Actress

Jennifer EhleThe Real Thing

Outer Critics Circle Awards - 2000 - Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play

Jennifer Ehle, The Real Thing


winner
Theatre World Awards - 2000 - Performance

Jennifer Ehle, The Real Thing


winner
Tony Awards - 2000 - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play

Jennifer Ehle, The Real Thing

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Finalists Revealed For The 2025 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Photo
Finalists Revealed For The 2025 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
by Stephi Wild - Feb 4, 2025

The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize has announced this year's finalists for the prestigious international playwriting award. Learn more about the finalists and the award here!
Judges and Date Set For The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize Photo
Judges and Date Set For The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
by Stephi Wild - Jan 27, 2025

The organizers of The Susan Smith Blackburn Prize have announced that the playwriting award will be presented at an invitation-only event on Monday, March 10 at Playwrights Horizons in New York City. Learn more here!
The Fire Weeds Makes NYC Debut With OUTRAGED HEARTS Featuring Two One-Act Plays By Te Photo
The Fire Weeds Makes NYC Debut With OUTRAGED HEARTS Featuring Two One-Act Plays By Tennessee Williams
by A.A. Cristi - May 13, 2024

The Fire Weeds, a new female-centric theatre company, will debut its inaugural production, OUTRAGED HEARTS, in NYC.
Interview: Adrian Lukis on Reinventing His PRIDE & PREJUDICE Role in BEING MR. WICKHA Photo
Interview: Adrian Lukis on Reinventing His PRIDE & PREJUDICE Role in BEING MR. WICKHAM
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 5, 2023

Read BroadwayWorld's interview with Adrian Lukis, as he discusses Being Mr. Wickham, now playing as part of the Brits Off Broadway Season at 59E59.
Black Theatre Coalition Announces Recipient Of The 2023 American Express Directing Fe Photo
Black Theatre Coalition Announces Recipient Of The 2023 American Express Directing Fellowship
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 18, 2023

Black Theatre Coalition co-founders T. Oliver Reid, Warren Adams, and Reginald “Reggie” Van Lee, along with Executive Director Olivia Jones, and Program Director Nik Whitcomb, has announced that Lanise Antoine Shelley has been chosen as the recipient of the 2023 American Express Directing Fellowship.
Robert Cuccioli Will Join Jennifer Ehle, Stephanie Berry, and More in Red Bull Theate Photo
Robert Cuccioli Will Join Jennifer Ehle, Stephanie Berry, and More in Red Bull Theater's PHÈDRE In-Person Reading and Streaming
by Stephi Wild - Feb 14, 2023

RED BULL THEATER has announced that Robert Cuccioli (Broadway: Jekyll & Hyde - Tony Award nomination, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards; Les Miserables; Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark; Off-Broadway: The White Devil for Red Bull Theatre; Caesar & Cleopatra, Mrs. Warren's Profession - Gingold Group) has joined the cast for the next offering.
Jennifer Ehle, David Strathairn, Stephanie Berry & More to Star in PHEDRE Reading at Photo
Jennifer Ehle, David Strathairn, Stephanie Berry & More to Star in PHEDRE Reading at Red Bull Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 1, 2023

RED BULL THEATER has announced the cast for the next offering of a new season of OBIE Award-winning Revelation Readings: the in-person and streaming presentation of Phèdre by Jean Racine.
SHE SAID Will Stream on Peacock In January Photo
SHE SAID Will Stream on Peacock In January
by Michael Major - Dec 30, 2022

She Said is the latest addition to Peacock’s growing library of iconic films, including Ticket to Paradise, Bros, Nope, Mid-Century, The Silent Twins, Halloween Ends, Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul, Minions: The Rise of Gru, Jurassic World Dominion, Vengeance, Brian and Charles and The Black Phone.
How Many Tom Stoppard Plays Have Been Performed on Broadway? Photo
How Many Tom Stoppard Plays Have Been Performed on Broadway?
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 2, 2022

Leopoldstadt marks the 19th production of a Tom Stoppard play to open on Broadway since Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead opened 55 years ago. Stoppard has won four Best Play Tony Awards, more than any other playwright in history. What are the 18 other productions of Tom Stoppard plays to open on Broadway? Let's take a look back!
Red Bull Theater Announces 20th Season, Featuring ARDEN OF FAVERSHAM, THE KNIGHT OF T Photo
Red Bull Theater Announces 20th Season, Featuring ARDEN OF FAVERSHAM, THE KNIGHT OF THE BURNING PESTLE & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 17, 2022

Red Bull Theater has announced details of its 20th season, including two Off-Broadway productions; a new season of OBIE Award-winning Revelation Readings (offered both in-person and online), and much more.
New Preview Dates Announced for Icke's ORESTEIA at Park Avenue Armory Photo
New Preview Dates Announced for Icke's ORESTEIA at Park Avenue Armory
by Grace Cutler - Jul 8, 2022

Due to ongoing Covid-related issues within the company, previews for Robert Icke’s adaptation of Oresteia at Park Avenue Armory will now begin on Wednesday, July 13. The previews originally scheduled for Monday, July 11 and Tuesday, July 12 are cancelled, and ticketholders have been notified.
ORESTEIA at Park Ave Armory Announces New Preview Dates Photo
ORESTEIA at Park Ave Armory Announces New Preview Dates
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 6, 2022

Due to Covid-related issues within the company, previews for Robert Icke’s adaptation of Oresteia at Park Avenue Armory will now begin on Monday, July 11. The previews originally scheduled for Friday, July 8 and Saturday, July 9 are cancelled.
BEING MR. WICKHAM Comes To The Belgrade Later This Month Photo
BEING MR. WICKHAM Comes To The Belgrade Later This Month
by Stephi Wild - Sep 1, 2021

Have you ever wondered what happened to the lovable rogue at the end of Jane Austen's classic novel Pride and Prejudice? Well now's your chance to find out. From Thurs 30 Sept - Sat 2 Oct, the Original Theatre Company present Being Mr Wickham at the Belgrade Theatre.
JOHN AND THE HOLE Launches on August 6 Photo
JOHN AND THE HOLE Launches on August 6
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Jun 24, 2021

In this enigmatic and unsettling meditation on adolescent angst, 13-year-old John (Charlie Shotwell) discovers an unfinished bunker while exploring the neighboring woods — a deep hole in the ground.
Review Roundup: OSLO Film Adaptation on HBO Max - What Did the Critics Think? Photo
Review Roundup: OSLO Film Adaptation on HBO Max - What Did the Critics Think?
by Stephi Wild - May 30, 2021

The film adaptation of J.T. Rogers' Tony Award-winning play Oslo, starring Ruth Wilson and Andrew Scott, has officially premiered on HBO Max.
Guest Blog: Adrian Lukis In Defence of Jane Austen's Wickham Photo
Guest Blog: Adrian Lukis In Defence of Jane Austen's Wickham
by Matt Wolf - Apr 22, 2021

Can it really be more than a quarter-century since the BBC's Pride and Prejudice transfixed viewers, accelerating the shooting stars of Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth as Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy, not to mention Adrian Lukis, in the choice supporting role of the caddish George Wickham? Since then, Lukis has appeared frequently onstage and screen and is returning to the stage in a solo play self-penned with author Catherine Curzon that argues the case for Jane Austen's celebrated rogue three decades on.
SAINT MAUD Debuts on EPIX Feb. 12 Photo
SAINT MAUD Debuts on EPIX Feb. 12
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Feb 5, 2021

The debut film from writer-director Rose Glass, Saint Maud is a chilling and boldly original vision of faith, madness, and salvation in a fallen world.
Full Program Announced for 2021 Sundance Film Festival Photo
Full Program Announced for 2021 Sundance Film Festival
by Sarah Jae Leiber - Dec 15, 2020

The nonprofit Sundance Institute announced today the showcase of new independent work selected across the Feature Film, Short Film, Indie Series and New Frontier categories for the 2021 Sundance Film Festival.
LCT Spotlight Series Continues with LILEANA BLAIN-CRUZ IN CONVERSATION: ON DIRECTING Photo
LCT Spotlight Series Continues with LILEANA BLAIN-CRUZ IN CONVERSATION: ON DIRECTING
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 30, 2020

The recently announced LCT Spotlight Series, a free program of digital events, which will feature Lincoln Center Theater artists in performance, conversation and more continues this Thursday, December 3 at 7pm with “LILEANA BLAIN-CRUZ IN CONVERSATION: ON DIRECTING.” 
Barrington Stage Announces 2020 Associate Artists: David Lander, Jeffrey Page and Aly Photo
Barrington Stage Announces 2020 Associate Artists: David Lander, Jeffrey Page and Alysha Umphress
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 30, 2020

Barrington Stage Company has announced the 2020 Associate Artists – lighting designer David Lander, director/choreographer Jeffrey Page and actress Alysha Umphress. The Associate Artists program’s honorees include choreographer Joshua Bergasse, director Joe Calarco, costume designer Jen Caprio, and more.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

How many Broadway shows has Jennifer Ehle been in?

Jennifer Ehle has appeared on Broadway in 6 shows.

How many West End shows has Jennifer Ehle been in?

Jennifer Ehle has not appeared in the West End.

What awards has Jennifer Ehle been nominated for?

Distinguished Performance Award (Drama League Awards) for Oslo, Ensemble (Obie Awards) for Oslo, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play (The Lortels) for Oslo, Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for Oslo, Outstanding Actress in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Coast of Utopia, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for The Coast of Utopia, Best Actress (Olivier Awards) for The Real Thing , Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play (Outer Critics Circle Awards) for The Real Thing , Performance (Theatre World Awards) for The Real Thing and Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play (Tony Awards) for The Real Thing.

What awards has Jennifer Ehle won?

Jennifer Ehle has won several awards, including the Ensemble Award at the Obie Awards for Oslo, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play at The Lortels for Oslo, Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Role in a Play at the Tony Awards for The Coast of Utopia, a Performance Award 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.

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