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