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Daughter of Rosemary Harris and John Ehle.

Won Broadway's 2000 Tony Award as Best Actress (Play) for a revival of Tom Stoppard's "The Real Thing." One of her competitors who did not win was her mother, Rosemary Harris.

Last name is pronounced "EE-lee."

Her real life mother, actress Rosemary Harris, played the elder versions of her character Valerie in István Szabó's Sunshine (1999) and Calypso, in "The Camomile Lawn" (1992).

When casting for his film Sunshine (1999), director István Szabó didn't know she was Rosemary Harris' daughter in real life.

Attended The Central School of Speech and Drama in London

Had a relationship with Colin Firth whom she met while filming "Pride and Prejudice" (1995).

She was nominated for a Laurence Olivier Theatre Award in 2000 (1999 season) for Best Actress for her performance in The Real Thing at the Donmar Warehouse and at the Albery Theatre.

Has a son, George, with Michael Ryan.

In 1991 she won the Ian Charleston Award for Tartuffe.

In 1992 she won the Radio Times Awards for Best Newcomer for "The Cammomile Lawn" (1992).

In 2000 she won the Variety Cub Showbusiness Awards for Best Stage Actress for The Real Thing.

In 2000 she won the the Theatre World Award Best Actress in for The Real Thing.

In 2000 she won a nomination at the Outer Critics Circle for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Play for The Real Thing.

2007: nominated Best Leading Actress in a Play at the Outer Critics Circle for The Coast of Utopia.

Won 2007 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Play for The Coast of Utopia.

Has won two Tony Awards: Best Actress in Play in 2000 for The Real Thing and Best Featured Actress in a Play in 2007 for The Coast of Utopia. Both of these plays were written by Tom Stoppard.

Personal Quotes

"Half of this award should go to my wigs" 1996 BAFTA Awards talking about her wigs in the BBC's acclaimed mini-series "Pride and Prejudice" (1995).

[On being nominated in the same category as her mother, Rosemary Harris, for the 2000 Tony Award] It was a thrill. It just seemed so highly unlikely that it was happening, but it was. And it never occurred to either of us, I don't believe, that either of us would win.

Where Are They Now

(May 2005) Currently starring in "The Philadelphia Story" with Kevin Spacey at London's Old Vic Theatre.

(May 2006) Currently preparing to play Lady Macbeth (opposite Liev Shrieber) in The Public Theater's production; performing in New York's Central Park. Most recently starred in "The Philadelphia Story" (June, 2005) with Kevin Spacey at London's Old Vic Theatre.

(September 2006) Just started rehearsals for The Coast of Utopia, a play by Tom Stoppard, at the Lincoln Theatre in New York. It previews from 8 October.

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