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

The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel

Third Watch

Abducted: The Carlina White Story

Blue Bloods

King Richard

The Good Wife

True Blood

E-Ring

The Practice

NCIS: Los Angeles

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Sleepy Hollow

Ray

Men of Honor

MDs

Lovecraft Country

Designated Survivor

New York Undercover

The Express

The Color Purple

Justified: City Primeval

Numb3rs

If Beale Street Could Talk

Justice

Notorious

Lucky Strike

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

Get On Up

Lucky

Nickel Boys

61st Street

Side Streets

The Birth of a Nation

Quantico

The Book of Negroes

The Oscars

I Love You Phillip Morris

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

John John in the Sky

Pimp