Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

Birthday: 1969-02-21

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

imdb_id: nm0254712

Biography:

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.

Played in movies:

The Help

Score: 8.2

Miss Virginia

Score: 8.2

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

Score: 7.8

The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel

Score: 7.7

Abducted: The Carlina White Story

Score: 7.7

King Richard

Score: 7.6

Men of Honor

Score: 7.5

Ray

Score: 7.5

The Express

Score: 7.1

The Color Purple

Score: 7.1

Notorious

Score: 6.9

If Beale Street Could Talk

Score: 6.9

Get on Up

Score: 6.8

Origin

Score: 6.7

Nickel Boys

Score: 6.6

Exhibiting Forgiveness

Score: 6.6

The Birth of a Nation

Score: 6.6

The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat

Score: 6.5

I Love You Phillip Morris

Score: 6.4

Pimp

Score: 6.4

Side Streets

Score: 6.4

In Too Deep

Score: 6.4

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

Score: 6.4

Disappearing Acts

Score: 6.2

Lovely & Amazing

Score: 6.1

A Map of the World

Score: 6.1

Girls Town

Score: 6.1

The Deliverance

Score: 6.0

Undercover Brother

Score: 5.9

John John in the Sky

Score: 5.8

Racing for Time

Score: 5.8

The Caveman's Valentine

Score: 5.8

Desert Blue

Score: 5.8

The Resident

Score: 5.8

Of Mind and Music

Score: 5.6

Cover

Score: 5.2

Freedomland

Score: 5.2

The Opponent

Score: 5.1

Motherhood

Score: 5.0

Brother to Brother

Score: 5.0

Game of Death

Score: 4.9

Money Matters

Score: 4.7

Ed's Next Move

Score: 4.3

The Subject

Score: 3.9

The Tested

Score: 3.0

The Hungry Ghosts

Score: 1.0

The Body Is Water

Score: 0.0

Liz Here Now

Score: 0.0

The Volunteer

Score: 0.0

Romeo and Juliet in Harlem

Score: 0.0

The Prince of Motor City

Score: 0.0

Perception

Score: 0.0

HBCU Honors

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

The Mentalist

Score: 8.4

When They See Us

Score: 8.2

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Score: 7.9

Third Watch

Score: 7.9

E-Ring

Score: 7.9

Blue Bloods

Score: 7.8

High Incident

Score: 7.8

The Practice

Score: 7.7

True Blood

Score: 7.6

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Score: 7.6

The Good Wife

Score: 7.6

NCIS: Los Angeles

Score: 7.5

MDs

Score: 7.5

Sleepy Hollow

Score: 7.4

New York Undercover

Score: 7.2

Designated Survivor

Score: 7.1

Lovecraft Country

Score: 7.1

Justice

Score: 7.0

Numb3rs

Score: 7.0

The Oscars

Score: 7.0

Justified: City Primeval

Score: 6.9

61st Street

Score: 6.9

Quantico

Score: 6.5

The Book of Negroes

Score: 6.5

Missing

Score: 6.2

The Jennifer Hudson Show

Score: 6.0

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Score: 5.5

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

Score: 5.0

Jonny Zero

Score: 2.0

Lucky

Score: 0.0

The D.A.

Score: 0.0