Name
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1969-02-21 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Biography
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.
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Against formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy...
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Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrow...
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After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clea...
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The story of how Richard Williams served as a coach to his daughters Venus and Serena, who...
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Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family i...
- Soon HBCU Honors as Self
- 2009 Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story as Candy
- 2021 The Subject as Leslie
- 2000 Men of Honor as Jo
- 2001 The Caveman's Valentine as Lulu
- 2002 Undercover Brother as Sistah Girl
- 2006 Freedomland as Felicia
- 1999 Desert Blue as Agent Summers
- 2008 The Express as Marie Davis
- 2004 Brother to Brother as Zora
- 2009 The Hungry Ghosts as Nadia
- 2011 The Resident as Sydney
- 2011 The Help as Yule Mae Davis
- 2024 The Deliverance as Rev Bernice James
- 2007 Cover as Valerie Mass
- 2023 The Color Purple as Mama
- 2011 The Tested as Darraylynn Warren
- 1996 Girls Town as Nikki
- 2000 The Opponent
- 2011 Money Matters as Pamela Matters
- 2012 Abducted: The Carlina White Story as Ann
- 2009 Notorious as Sandy
- 1998 Side Streets as Brenda Boyce
- 2005 Perception as Vera
- 2004 Ray as Mary Ann Fisher
- 2011 Game of Death as Rachel
- 2008 The Prince of Motor City as Cora Neel
- 2024 The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat as Odette Henry
- 2024 Exhibiting Forgiveness as Joyce
- 2014 Of Mind and Music as Una Vida
- 1999 A Map of the World as Dyshett
- 2014 Get On Up as Vicki Anderson
- 2024 Nickel Boys as Hattie
- 2016 The Birth of a Nation as Nancy Turner
- 2002 Lovely & Amazing as Lorraine
- 2009 The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 as Therese Garber
- 2023 Origin as Isabel Wilkerson
- 2018 Pimp as Gloria May
- 2008 Racing for Time as Officer Baker
- 2001 John John in the Sky as Earlene
- 2017 Romeo and Juliet in Harlem as Lady Capulet
- 2000 Disappearing Acts as Pam
- 2018 If Beale Street Could Talk as Mrs. Hunt
- 2019 Miss Virginia as Lorraine Townsend
- 2013 The Volunteer as Leigh
- 2010 I Love You Phillip Morris as Reba
- 2009 Motherhood as Sample Sale Friend
- 1996 Ed's Next Move as Erica
- 2021 King Richard as Oracene 'Brandy' Price
- 2020 The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel as Mattie Moss Clark
- 1999 In Too Deep as Denise
- Soon Liz Here Now as Liz Baxter
- Soon The Body Is Water as Ree
- 2026 Lucky Strike as Mrs. Caldwell
- 2026 Give Me Some Sugah
- 1999 Third Watch ( 2 episodes ) as Gail Moore
- 2005 Numb3rs ( 1 episode ) as Ivy Kirk
- 2006 Justice ( 9 episodes ) as Miranda Lee
- 2005 E-Ring ( 22 episodes ) as Jocelyn Pierce
- 2005 Jonny Zero ( 6 episodes ) as Gloria
- 1994 New York Undercover ( 1 episode )
- 1997 The Practice ( 4 episodes ) as Sharon Young
- 2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent ( 1 episode ) as Carmen Rivera
- 2008 The Mentalist ( 17 episodes ) as Madeleine Hightower
- 1996 High Incident ( 32 episodes ) as Officer Leslie Joyner
- 2004 The D.A. ( 1 episode )
- 2002 MDs ( 11 episodes ) as Quinn Joyner
- 2010 Blue Bloods ( 1 episode ) as Sylvia Marshall
- 2008 True Blood ( 3 episodes ) as Diane
- 2013 Sleepy Hollow ( 1 episode ) as Lori Mills
- 2015 The Book of Negroes ( 6 episodes ) as Aminata Diallo
- 2015 Quantico ( 44 episodes ) as Miranda Shaw
- 2022 61st Street ( 8 episodes ) as Martha Roberts
- 2009 The Good Wife ( 1 episode ) as Linda Underwood
- 1953 The Oscars ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2023 Justified: City Primeval ( 8 episodes ) as Carolyn
- 2009 NCIS: Los Angeles ( 7 episodes ) as Michelle Hanna
- 2020 Lovecraft Country ( 10 episodes ) as Hippolyta Freeman
- 2016 Designated Survivor ( 6 episodes ) as Eleanor Darby
- 2019 When They See Us ( 4 episodes ) as Sharonne Salaam
- 1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1 episode ) as Laura Chase
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2022 The Jennifer Hudson Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2026 Lucky ( 7 episodes ) as Agent Billie Rand
- 2012 Missing ( 3 episodes ) as Mary Dresden
- Soon Einstein ( 1 episode ) as Captain Frost
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
