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