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
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" |
2010 | Played Myrtle Logue, wife of King George VI's speech therapist Lionel Logue, in "The King's Speech" |
2008 | Featured in the CBS tele-film "The Russell Girl" |
2006 | Portrayed three characters in Stoppard's "The Coast of Utopia" at the Vivian Beaumont Theater |
2006 | Played Lady Macbeth in "Macbeth" as part of the Shakespeare in the Park |
2005 | Returned to the stage in "The Philadelphia Story," opposite Kevin Spacey |
2003 | Featured in the thriller "Gothika" |
2002 | Cast as a 19th-century poet in "Possession" |
2001 | Co-starred with Alan Cumming and Dominic West in a Broadway revival of Noel Coward's "Design for Living" |
2000 | Reprised role of Annie for the Broadway staging of "The Real Thing" |
1999 | Portrayed a young incarnation of Valerie (her mother Rosemary Harris played the older version) in István Szabó's "Sunshine" |
1999 | Headlined the London stage revival of Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing" |
1997 | Co-starred opposite Stephen Fry in "Wilde" as Constance Wilde, the author's wife |
1997 | Played title role in the British TV drama "Melissa" (Channel 4) |
1997 | Had first substantial supporting film role in "Paradise Road" |
1995 | Cast as Elizabeth Bennet in the BBC television adaptation of Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" |
1993 | Portrayed Cynthia Lennon in her feature film debut "Backbeat" |
1992 | Made her American TV debut in an episode of "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles" (ABC) |
1992 | Made acting debut in an adaptation of "The Camomile Lawn" |
1973 | Made her stage debut as a toddler in the Broadway revival of "A Streetcar Named Desire," in which her mother played Blanche Dubois |
Awards
2007 | Tony Award for Actress (Featured Role--Play) |
2000 | Tony Award for Actress (Play) |
1997 | BAFTA Award for Actress In a Supporting Role in Wilde |