Jennifer Ehle
Biography
Jennifer Ehle is an American-British actress who began her career on the British stage, working with the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, and at the Edinburgh Festival. She gained wide attention as Elizabeth Bennet in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice from 1995, winning a British Academy Television Award. Her stage work brought two Tony Awards: one for Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing and another for The Coast of Utopia, plus a nomination for Oslo. On film she has been seen in The King's Speech (2010), Contagion (2011), The Ides of March (2011), Zero Dark Thirty (2012), A Quiet Passion (2016), and Little Men (2016). Her television credits include The Looming Tower and The Comey Rule, and she returned to the stage in 2022 as Gertrude in Hamlet.
56years old
Turns 57 on December 29in 49 days
- Born Winston-Salem
- Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19
- Also credited as Jennifer Anne Ehle
Movie Career
- Films
- 35
- Career span
- 32 years1994 to 2026
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First role
Ehle's Broadway debut came in 2000, playing Annie in Tom Stoppard's The Real Thing. Her work in that production earned her the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play.
Jennifer Ehle movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
James Foley directed two of these films. Ten actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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James FoleyDirector, 2 films, 2017 to 2018
All films by James Foley
Also three films together4 more actors
- Victor RasukFifty Shades Freed (2018), Fifty Shades Darker (2017) and Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
- Eloise MumfordFifty Shades Freed (2018), Fifty Shades Darker (2017) and Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
- Luke GrimesFifty Shades Freed (2018), Fifty Shades Darker (2017) and Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
- Rita OraFifty Shades Freed (2018), Fifty Shades Darker (2017) and Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Jennifer Ehle's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$2.4 billion
23 of the 34 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 34 films: 23 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 8 figure not found.
- 23Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 8Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 96% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$570M23.6% of the total
- 2$414M17.1% of the total
- 3$382M15.8% of the total
- 4$372M15.4% of the total
- 5$243M10.0% of the total
- 6$138M5.7% of the total
- 7$133M5.5% of the total
- 8$76M3.2% of the total
$89.9 millionfrom the other 15 films with a worldwide figure, 4% of the total
Awards
Four awards and honors from 2000 to 2017, two of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Awards | |||
| 2007 | Best Featured Actress in a Play | Won | |
| 2000 | Best Actress in a Play | Won | |
| Other honors | |||
| 2017 | Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Play | Won | |
| 2000 | Theatre World Award | Won | |
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