Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 21, 1969 (age 57)
- Birthplace
- 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
HBCU Honors
Movie · as Self
The Body Is Water
Movie · as Ree
Joséphine Baker
Movie
Einstein
TV · as Captain Frost · 1 ep
Get Lite
Movie
Liz Here Now
Movie · as Liz Baxter
Lucky Strike
Movie · as Mrs. Caldwell
Give Me Some Sugah
Movie
Lucky
TV · as Agent Billie Rand · 7 eps
The Deliverance
Movie · as Rev Bernice James
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
Movie · as Odette Henry
Exhibiting Forgiveness
Movie · as Joyce
Nickel Boys
Movie · as Hattie
The Color Purple
Movie · as Mama
Origin
Movie · as Isabel Wilkerson
Justified: City Primeval
TV · as Carolyn · 8 eps
61st Street
TV · as Martha Roberts · 8 eps
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Subject
Movie · as Leslie
King Richard
Movie · as Oracene 'Brandy' Price
The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
Movie · as Mattie Moss Clark
Lovecraft Country
TV · as Hippolyta Freeman · 10 eps
Miss Virginia
Movie · as Lorraine Townsend
When They See Us
TV · as Sharonne Salaam · 4 eps
Pimp
Movie · as Gloria May
If Beale Street Could Talk
Movie · as Mrs. Hunt
Romeo and Juliet in Harlem
Movie · as Lady Capulet
The Birth of a Nation
Movie · as Nancy Turner
Designated Survivor
TV · as Eleanor Darby · 6 eps
The Book of Negroes
TV · as Aminata Diallo · 6 eps
Quantico
TV · as Miranda Shaw · 44 eps
Of Mind and Music
Movie · as Una Vida
Get On Up
Movie · as Vicki Anderson
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Volunteer
Movie · as Leigh
Sleepy Hollow
TV · as Lori Mills · 1 ep
Abducted: The Carlina White Story
Movie · as Ann
Missing
TV · as Mary Dresden · 3 eps
The Resident
Movie · as Sydney
The Help
Movie · as Yule Mae Davis
The Tested
Movie · as Darraylynn Warren
Money Matters
Movie · as Pamela Matters
Game of Death
Movie · as Rachel
I Love You Phillip Morris
Movie · as Reba
Blue Bloods
TV · as Sylvia Marshall · 1 ep
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Movie · as Candy
The Hungry Ghosts
Movie · as Nadia
Notorious
Movie · as Sandy
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Movie · as Therese Garber
Motherhood
Movie · as Sample Sale Friend
The Good Wife
TV · as Linda Underwood · 1 ep
NCIS: Los Angeles
TV · as Michelle Hanna · 7 eps
The Express
Movie · as Marie Davis
The Prince of Motor City
Movie · as Cora Neel
Racing for Time
Movie · as Officer Baker
The Mentalist
TV · as Madeleine Hightower · 17 eps
True Blood
TV · as Diane · 3 eps
Cover
Movie · as Valerie Mass
Freedomland
Movie · as Felicia
Justice
TV · as Miranda Lee · 9 eps
Perception
Movie · as Vera
Numb3rs
TV · as Ivy Kirk · 1 ep
E-Ring
TV · as Jocelyn Pierce · 22 eps
Jonny Zero
TV · as Gloria · 6 eps
Brother to Brother
Movie · as Zora
Ray
Movie · as Mary Ann Fisher
The D.A.
TV · 1 ep
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep
Undercover Brother
Movie · as Sistah Girl
Lovely & Amazing
Movie · as Lorraine
MDs
TV · as Quinn Joyner · 11 eps
The Caveman's Valentine
Movie · as Lulu
John John in the Sky
Movie · as Earlene
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV · as Carmen Rivera · 1 ep
Men of Honor
Movie · as Jo
The Opponent
Movie
Disappearing Acts
Movie · as Pam
Desert Blue
Movie · as Agent Summers
A Map of the World
Movie · as Dyshett
In Too Deep
Movie · as Denise
Third Watch
TV · as Gail Moore · 2 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Laura Chase · 1 ep
Side Streets
Movie · as Brenda Boyce
The Practice
TV · as Sharon Young · 4 eps
Girls Town
Movie · as Nikki
Ed's Next Move
Movie · as Erica
High Incident
TV · as Officer Leslie Joyner · 32 eps
New York Undercover
TV · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self · 2 eps