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

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

Has a son, George, with Michael Ryan.

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

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.

Attended The Central School of Speech and Drama in London

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

Last name is pronounced "EE-lee."

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.

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) (mini).

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

Daughter of Rosemary Harris and John Ehle.

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

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

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

In 1991 she won the Ian Charleston Award for Tartuffe.

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.