Jennifer Ehle joins CBS drama pilot

Jennifer Ehle has reportedly joined the cast of a new CBS pilot.

The untitled project stars Patrick Wilson as a surgeon whose ex-wife dies and begins contacting him from the afterlife.

Deadline says that Ehle has now signed up for the role of the surgeon's former wife, who ran a free clinic when she was alive.

Ehle recently starred in the Oscar-winning movie The King's Speech. She also played Elizabeth Bennett in the acclaimed BBC adaptation of Pride And Prejudice.

The CBS project has been written by Susannah Grant, who previously worked on Party Of Five. She has also penned movies including Erin Brockovich, In Her Shoes, Charlotte's Web and The Soloist.