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