Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Acting
1969-02-21 · San Francisco, California, USA
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.
Filmography
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2027 · Movie
Give Me Some Sugah
2026 · Movie
TheatersLiz Here Now
2026 · Movie
Lucky
2026 · Series
Lucky Strike
2026 · Movie
Nickel Boys
2024 · Movie
Exhibiting Forgiveness
2024 · Movie
The Deliverance
2024 · Movie
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
2024 · Movie
Grace
2024 · Movie
The Color Purple
2023 · Movie
Origin
2023 · Movie
Justified: City Primeval
2023 · Series
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Series
61st Street
2022 · Series
King Richard
2021 · Movie
The Subject
2021 · Movie
Lovecraft Country
2020 · Series
The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
2020 · Movie
Miss Virginia
2019 · Movie
When They See Us
2019 · Series
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018 · Movie
Pimp
2018 · Movie
Romeo and Juliet in Harlem
2017 · Movie
Designated Survivor
2016 · Series
The Birth of a Nation
2016 · Movie
Quantico
2015 · Series
The Book of Negroes
2015 · Series
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Series
Of Mind and Music
2014 · Movie
Get On Up
2014 · Movie
Sleepy Hollow
2013 · Series
The Volunteer
2013 · Movie
Abducted: The Carlina White Story
2012 · Movie
Missing
2012 · Series
Money Matters
2011 · Movie
The Help
2011 · Movie
The Resident
2011 · Movie
The Tested
2011 · Movie
Game of Death
2010 · Movie
Blue Bloods
2010 · Series
I Love You Phillip Morris
2010 · Movie
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009 · Series
The Good Wife
2009 · Series
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009 · Movie
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
2009 · Movie
The Hungry Ghosts
2009 · Movie
Motherhood
2009 · Movie
Notorious
2009 · Movie
The Express
2008 · Movie
The Mentalist
2008 · Series
True Blood
2008 · Series
The Prince of Motor City
2008 · Movie
Racing for Time
2008 · Movie
Cover
2007 · Movie
Justice
2006 · Series
Freedomland
2006 · Movie
E-Ring
2005 · Series
Numb3rs
2005 · Series
Jonny Zero
2005 · Series
Perception
2005 · Movie
Ray
2004 · Movie
The D.A.
2004 · Series
Brother to Brother
2004 · Movie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series
MDs
2002 · Series
Lovely & Amazing
2002 · Movie
Undercover Brother
2002 · Movie
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001 · Series
John John in the Sky
2001 · Movie
The Caveman's Valentine
2001 · Movie
Disappearing Acts
2000 · Movie
The Opponent
2000 · Movie
Men of Honor
2000 · Movie
Third Watch
1999 · Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Series
A Map of the World
1999 · Movie
In Too Deep
1999 · Movie
Desert Blue
1999 · Movie
Side Streets
1998 · Movie
The Practice
1997 · Series
Ed's Next Move
1996 · Movie
Girls Town
1996 · Movie
High Incident
1996 · Series
New York Undercover
1994 · Series
The Oscars
1953 · Series
HBCU Honors
Movie
Einstein
Series
The Body Is Water
Movie
Untitled Sister Rosetta Tharpe Biopic
Movie
Joséphine Baker
Movie