I distanced myself, relatively, from my parents for a year or so in my late twenties. It was necessary for me to feel my autonomy. Other than that brief gap, we have always been a very close family.

In 2012 Ehle played CIA agent Jessica in Zero Dark Thirty. Her character is a ghost who visits with her ex-husband and asks him to assist with her low-income clinic. In the autumn of 2011 Ehle began a co-starring role in the American television series A Gifted Man.

Jennifer Ehle (pron. : /ˈiːliː/; born December 29 1969) is an American-English actress of stage and screen.