Jennifer Ehle Bio (Biography)

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Real name:
Jennifer Ehle
Date of birth:
December 29. 1969
Place of birth:
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Astrology Sign:
Capricorn
Height:
5' 7" (1.70 m)
Biography
Jennifer Ehle was born on 29th December 1969, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She is the daughter of Rosemary Harris and John Ehle. She started studying initially at the North Carolina School of Arts and later on moved to study at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.

Personal Life of Jennifer Ehle

She has dated her co-actors Toby Stephens from The Camomile Lawn and Colin Firth from Pride and Prejudice. However, she married Micheal Ryan who is a writer by profession, the couple now has a young son named George.

Professional Life of Jennifer Ehle

Jennifer Ehle debuted in the miniseries The Camomile Lawn in 1992. She rose to fame with her role in Pride and Prejudice, as Elizabeth Bennet. This role won her the BAFTA award. Her major film role was in the movie Paradise Road.

Broadway debut of Jennifer Ehle was in the stage production The Real Thing, this role won her a Tony Award in the category Best Performance by a Leading Actress. Some of her other broadway acts were The Philadelphia Story with Kevin Spacey, Macbeth as Lady Macbeth with Live Schrieber.

Jennifer Ehle has also acted in several movies throughout her career. The movies like Pride and Glory, Possession, Bedrooms and Hallways, Sunshine, Backbeat, etc., her yet to be released films are the Alpha Male by Dan Wilde, Road to Sky by Santos Sivan.

She also has a theatre release slated for release in may 2007 named 'The Coast of Utopia'. She has also won several more awards for her work in acting. There is one she shares with her mother Rosemary Harris, the award is Golden Satellite Award for her movie Sunshine. She has also been nominated for several awards in more than one acting categories like the Genie Award, Outer Critics Award, Radio Times Award, BAFTA Award, etc.