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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 21, 1969
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Also Known As
- Aunjanue L. Ellis
- Aunjanue Ellis
- آنجانو الیس
- アーンジャニュー・エリス
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
1.7 Popularity
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
6.5
Hattie
Nickel Boys
2024
6.7
Joyce
Exhibiting Forgiveness
2024
6.0
Rev Bernice James
The Deliverance
2024
6.8
Odette Henry
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
2024
7.1
Mama
The Color Purple
2023
6.6
Isabel Wilkerson
Origin
2023
6.9
Carolyn
Justified: City Primeval
2023
6.4
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
6.7
Martha Roberts
61st Street
2022
7.6
Oracene 'Brandy' Price
King Richard
2021
Credits
Nickel Boys
as Hattie
2024
6.5
Exhibiting Forgiveness
as Joyce
2024
6.7
The Deliverance
as Rev Bernice James
2024
6.0
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
as Odette Henry
2024
6.8
The Color Purple
as Mama
2023
7.1
Origin
as Isabel Wilkerson
2023
6.6
Justified: City Primeval
as Carolyn
2023
6.9
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2022
6.4
61st Street
as Martha Roberts
2022
6.7
King Richard
as Oracene 'Brandy' Price
2021
7.6
The Subject
as Leslie
2021
3.9
Lovecraft Country
as Hippolyta Freeman
2020
7.2
The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
as Mattie Moss Clark
2020
7.7
Miss Virginia
as Lorraine Townsend
2019
8.2
When They See Us
as Sharonne Salaam
2019
8.2
If Beale Street Could Talk
as Mrs. Hunt
2018
6.9
Pimp
as Gloria May
2018
6.2
Romeo and Juliet in Harlem
as Lady Capulet
2017
0.0
Designated Survivor
as Eleanor Darby
2016
7.1
The Birth of a Nation
as Nancy Turner
2016
6.6
Quantico
as Miranda Shaw
2015
6.5
The Book of Negroes
as Aminata Diallo
2015
6.3
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
4.4
Of Mind and Music
as Una Vida
2014
5.6
Get on Up
as Vicki Anderson
2014
6.8
Sleepy Hollow
as Lori Mills
2013
7.4
The Volunteer
as Leigh
2013
0.0
Abducted: The Carlina White Story
as Ann
2012
7.7
Missing
as Mary Dresden
2012
6.2
Money Matters
as Pamela Matters
2011
4.7
The Help
as Yule Mae Davis
2011
8.2
Game of Death
as Rachel
2011
4.9
The Resident
as Sydney
2011
5.8
The Tested
as Darraylynn Warren
2011
3.0
Blue Bloods
as Sylvia Marshall
2010
7.8
I Love You Phillip Morris
as Reba
2010
6.4
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Michelle Hanna
2009
7.5
The Good Wife
as Linda Underwood
2009
7.6
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
as Therese Garber
2009
6.4
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
as Candy
2009
7.8
The Hungry Ghosts
as Nadia
2009
1.0
Motherhood
as Sample Sale Friend
2009
5.0
Notorious
as Sandy
2009
6.9
The Express
as Marie Davis
2008
7.1
The Mentalist
as Madeleine Hightower
2008
8.4
True Blood
as Diane
2008
7.6
🎬
The Prince of Motor City
as Cora Neel
2008
0.0
Racing for Time
as Officer Baker
2008
5.8
Cover
as Valerie Mass
2007
4.9
Justice
as Miranda Lee
2006
7.0
Freedomland
as Felicia
2006
5.2
E-Ring
as Jocelyn Pierce
2005
7.9
Numb3rs
2005
7.0
Jonny Zero
2005
2.0
Perception
as Vera
2005
0.0
Ray
as Mary Ann Fisher
2004
7.5
The D.A.
2004
0.0
Brother to Brother
as Zora
2004
5.0
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
MDs
as Quinn Joyner
2002
7.5
Lovely & Amazing
as Lorraine
2002
6.1
Undercover Brother
as Sistah Girl
2002
5.9
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Carmen Rivera
2001
7.6
John John in the Sky
as Earlene
2001
5.8
The Caveman's Valentine
as Lulu
2001
5.8
Disappearing Acts
as Pam
2000
6.2
The Opponent
2000
4.7
Men of Honor
as Jo
2000
7.5
Third Watch
as Gail Moore
1999
7.9
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Laura Chase
1999
7.9
A Map of the World
as Dyshett
1999
6.1
In Too Deep
as Denise
1999
6.3
Desert Blue
as Agent Summers
1999
5.7
Side Streets
as Brenda Boyce
1998
6.5
The Practice
as Sharon Young
1997
7.7
Ed's Next Move
as Erica
1996
4.3
Girls Town
as Nikki
1996
6.1
High Incident
as Officer Leslie Joyner
1996
7.8
New York Undercover
1994
7.1
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
🎬
Lucky
as Agent Billie Rand
N/A
0.0
HBCU Honors
as Self
N/A
0.0
🎬
Liz Here Now
as Liz Baxter
N/A
0.0