Colin Firth Biography

Firth had a relationship with Jennifer Ehle, his co-star and love interest in ‘Pride and Prejudice’ (1995).

Firth has twice lost his screen wife to a member of the Fiennes family - to Ralph in ‘The English Patient’ (1996) and to Joseph in ‘Shakespeare in Love’ (1998).

Firth contributed a short story, 'The Department of Nothing', to the collection 'Speaking With the Angel', edited by Nick Hornby. Colin Firth starred in the film adaptation of Hornby's semi-autobiographical novel, ‘Fever Pitch’ (1997).

Although he usually gets along quite well with other actors, Firth had a well-publicised verbal feud with Rupert Everett, although the source of this tension is not known, perhaps stemming from their first film together, ‘Another Country’ (1984).

According to Firth, when he was first offered the role of Darcy in Pride and Prejudice, his brother incredulously remarked, "Darcy? But isn't he supposed to be sexy?"