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