My natural accent is American. I chose to speak with a U.K. accent when I was about to enter the final year at drama school in London. I was going to try to find a way to stay in the U.K. after I finished college and could not imagine trying to live and get work there with an American accent.

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.