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