Biography
She followed that quickly with an appearance on American TV as the Empress Zita in the "Austria, March 1917" episode of "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" (ABC, 1992). Her first movie role came in the small part of Cynthia Powell (John Lennon's first wife) in "Backbeat" (1993). But Ehle attracted major critical and audience attention as well as a BAFTA Award as Best Television Actress for her intelligent rendering of Elizabeth Bennet in …
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Career Milestones
1973 | Made her stage debut as a toddler in the Broadway revival of "A Streetcar Named Desire," in which her mother played Blanche Dubois |
1992 | Made acting debut in an adaptation of "The Camomile Lawn" |
1992 | Made her American TV debut in an episode of "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" (ABC) |
1993 | Portrayed Cynthia Lennon in her feature film debut "Backbeat" |
1995 | Cast as Elizabeth Bennet in the BBC television adaptation of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" |
1997 | Co-starred opposite Stephen Fry in "Wilde" as Constance Wilde, the author's wife |
1997 | Had first substantial supporting film role in "Paradise Road" |
1997 | Played title role in the British TV drama "Melissa" (Channel 4) |
1999 | Headlined the London stage revival of Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing" |
1999 | Portrayed a young incarnation of Valerie (her mother Rosemary Harris played the older version) in István Szabó's "Sunshine" |
2000 | Reprised role of Annie for the Broadway staging of "The Real Thing" |
2001 | Co-starred with Alan Cumming and Dominic West in a Broadway revival of Noel Coward's "Design for Living" |
2002 | Cast as a 19th-century poet in "Possession" |
2003 | Featured in the thriller "Gothika" |
2005 | Returned to the stage in "The Philadelphia Story," opposite Kevin Spacey |
2006 | Played Lady Macbeth in "Macbeth" as part of the Shakespeare in the Park |
2006 | Portrayed three characters in Stoppard's "The Coast of Utopia" at the Vivian Beaumont Theater |
2008 | Featured in the CBS tele-film "The Russell Girl" |
2010 | Played Myrtle Logue, wife of King George VI's speech therapist Lionel Logue, in "The King's Speech" |
2011 | Cast in "The Ides of March" with George Clooney, who also directed, co-wrote and produced |
2011 | Co-starred with Patrick Wilson on the CBS drama "A Gifted Man" |
2011 | Joined an ensemble cast for Steven Soderbergh's "Contagion" |
2011 | Landed a bit role in "The Adjustment Bureau" |
Awards
1997 | BAFTA Award for Actress In a Supporting Role in Wilde |
2000 | Tony Award for Actress (Play) |
2007 | Tony Award for Actress (Featured Role--Play) |