Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

Known for ActingBorn 1969-02-21 (age 57)San Francisco, California, USA

Aunjanue L. Ellis-Taylor (born February 21, 1969) is an American actress. She has received several accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. She has appeared in numerous films, including Men of Honor (2000), Undercover Brother (2002), Ray (2004), Freedomland (2006), The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009), The Help (2011), The Birth of a Nation (2016), and If Beale Street Could Talk (2018). She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for portraying Oracene Price in the sports drama King Richard (2021). She has since starred in The Color Purple (2023), Origin (2023), and Nickel Boys (2024). On television, Ellis had regular and recurring roles in the series High Incident (1996–1997), The Practice (1999), True Blood (2008), and The Mentalist (2010–2013). She also appeared in several television films, such as Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009), Abducted: The Carlina White Story (2013), and The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel (2020), as well as the miniseries The Book of Negroes (2015) and series Quantico (2015–2017). She was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards for her roles in the miniseries When They See Us (2019) and Lovecraft Country (2021) series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.Read more

Movies & web series

Perception

The Mentalist

When They See Us

The Help

Miss Virginia

High Incident

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

Abducted: The Carlina White Story

Blue Bloods

Third Watch

King Richard

The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel

The Good Wife

True Blood

E-Ring

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

NCIS: Los Angeles

The Practice

Lucky

Ray

Sleepy Hollow

Men of Honor

MDs

Designated Survivor

Lovecraft Country

New York Undercover

Justified: City Primeval

The Color Purple

The Express

Notorious

If Beale Street Could Talk

Lucky Strike

Justice

Numb3rs

The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat

Get On Up

Nickel Boys

Side Streets

The Birth of a Nation

The Book of Negroes

Quantico

The Oscars

I Love You Phillip Morris

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

61st Street

John John in the Sky

In Too Deep