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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Filme (59)
Get Lite
2027
Give Me Some Sugah
2026
Liz Here Now
2026 · Liz Baxter, Executive Producer
Lucky Strike
2026 · Mrs. Caldwell
Die Nickel Boys
2024 · Hattie
El arte del perdón
2024 · Joyce
La liberación
2024 · Rev Bernice James
Mrs. Roosevelt und das Wunder von Earl’s Diner
2024 · Odette Henry
Grace
2024 · Executive Producer
Die Farbe Lila
2023 · Mama
Origin
2023 · Isabel Wilkerson, Executive Producer
King Richard - Traum, Satz und Sieg
2021 · Oracene 'Brandy' Price
The Subject
2021 · Leslie
Hermanas Clarck: Las reinas del gospel
2020 · Mattie Moss Clark
Miss Virginia
2019 · Lorraine Townsend
Beale Street
2018 · Mrs. Hunt
Pimp - A Bronx Tale
2018 · Gloria May
Romeo and Juliet in Harlem
2017 · Lady Capulet
The Birth Of A Nation - Aufstand zur Freiheit
2016 · Nancy Turner
Of Mind and Music
2014 · Una Vida
Get On Up
2014 · Vicki Anderson
The Volunteer
2013 · Leigh
Abducted: The Carlina White Story
2012 · Ann
Money Matters
2011 · Pamela Matters
Historias Cruzadas
2011 · Yule Mae Davis
The Resident
2011 · Sydney
The Tested
2011 · Darraylynn Warren
Juego mortal
2010 · Rachel
Una pareja dispareja
2010 · Reba
Die Entführung der U-Bahn Pelham 123
2009 · Therese Garber
Begnadete Hände - Die Ben Carson Story
2009 · Candy
The Hungry Ghosts
2009 · Nadia
New York Mom
2009 · Sample Sale Friend
Notorious B.I.G.
2009 · Sandy
The Express: Un héroe que marcó la historia
2008 · Marie Davis
The Prince of Motor City
2008 · Cora Neel
Lauf um dein Leben
2008 · Officer Baker
Cover
2007 · Valerie Mass
Das Gesicht der Wahrheit
2006 · Felicia
Perception
2005 · Vera
Ray
2004 · Mary Ann Fisher
Brother to Brother
2004 · Zora
Lovely & Amazing
2002 · Lorraine
Un héroe encubierto
2002 · Sistah Girl
John John in the Sky
2001 · Earlene
Cavemans Valentine - Tod eines Engels
2001 · Lulu
Eine Liebe in Brooklyn
2000 · Pam
The Opponent
2000
Hombres de honor
2000 · Jo
Unschuldig verfolgt
1999 · Dyshett
Undercover - In Too Deep
1999 · Denise
Desert Blue
1999 · Agent Summers
Side Streets
1998 · Brenda Boyce
Ed's Next Move
1996 · Erica
Girls Town
1996 · Nikki
HBCU Honors
· Self
The Body Is Water
· Ree
Joséphine Baker
Untitled Sister Rosetta Tharpe Biopic
· Writer
Serien (32)
Lucky
2026 · Agent Billie Rand
Justified: Ciudad salvaje
2023 · Carolyn
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022 · Self
61st Street
2022 · Martha Roberts
Territorio Lovecraft
2020 · Hippolyta Freeman
Así nos ven
2019 · Sharonne Salaam
Sobreviviente designado
2016 · Eleanor Darby
Quantico
2015 · Miranda Shaw
The Book of Negroes
2015 · Aminata Diallo
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
Sleepy Hollow
2013 · Lori Mills
Missing
2012 · Mary Dresden
Sangre Azul
2010 · Sylvia Marshall
La esposa ejemplar
2009 · Linda Underwood
NCIS: Los Ángeles
2009 · Michelle Hanna
El mentalista
2008 · Madeleine Hightower
True Blood
2008 · Diane
Justice
2006 · Miranda Lee
Aro
2005 · Jocelyn Pierce
Numb3rs - Die Logik des Verbrechens
2005 · Ivy Kirk
Jonny Zero
2005 · Gloria
The D.A.
2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self, Self - Guest
MDs
2002 · Quinn Joyner
Criminal Intent - Verbrechen im Visier
2001 · Carmen Rivera
Third Watch - Einsatz am Limit
1999 · Gail Moore
La Ley y el Orden: Unidad de Víctimas Especiales
1999 · Laura Chase
Practice - Die Anwälte
1997 · Sharon Young
High Incident
1996 · Officer Leslie Joyner
New York Undercover
1994
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Einstein
· Captain Frost