| Mostly Credited As: | Jennifer Ehle |
| Birth Name: | Jennifer Ehle |
| Date Of Birth: | December 29, 1969 |
| Country Of Birth: |  USA |
| Birth Place: | Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA |
| Height: | 5' 7" (1.7 m) |
Jennifer is the daughter of the English actress
Rosemary Harris and the American writer
John Ehle. Born in the US, she grew up and went to school in the UK, then trained for an acting career at London's Central School of Speech and Drama.
One of Jennifer's best remembered parts is as Elizabeth Bennet in the BBC's costume drama
Pride and Prejudice (1995). In accepting a
BAFTA Award for it the next year, Jennifer said "Half of this award should go to my wigs".
In 2000, Jennifer won a
Tony Award (Best Actress in a Play) for Tom Stoppard's
The Real Thing on Broadway. Her mother, Rosemary Harris, was also nominated in the same category. In the same year, Jennifer was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award (Best Actress).
Jennifer married
Michael Ryan in 2001, and they have one son, called George.
The name Ehle is pronounced "Eelee".
