"
I was amazed at the additional pleasure that beautiful eyes could bring to a pretty woman."
With a line and the burning gaze of Colin Firth, Jennifer Ehle, at 26, entered the hearts of millions of Britons and Jane Austen fans from all over the world.
It was 1995, and she played the irreverent Elizabeth Bennet, who capsized the haughty and inscrutable Mr Darcy in the cult BBC miniseries
Pride and Prejudice
.
The Anglo-American actress has shot in thirty years nearly fifty films and thirty series.
From
Contagion
to
Zero Dark Thirty
via the
Fifty Shades of Gray
saga or
The Marches of Power
, you have probably come across, without knowing it, the sparkling and impertinent gaze, the mischievous and serene smile of the native of North Carolina.
Cultivating supporting roles that are both discreet and striking, Jennifer Ehle appreciates
"being a cog in the great machine of cinematographic narrative".
No matter…
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