Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Acting • Born 1969-02-21
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.
Filmography
85 credits
HBCU Honors
Movie
Self
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Movie • 2009
Candy
The Subject
Movie • 2021
Leslie
Men of Honor
Movie • 2000
Jo
The Caveman's Valentine
Movie • 2001
Lulu
Undercover Brother
Movie • 2002
Sistah Girl
Freedomland
Movie • 2006
Felicia
Desert Blue
Movie • 1999
Agent Summers
The Express
Movie • 2008
Marie Davis
Brother to Brother
Movie • 2004
Zora
The Hungry Ghosts
Movie • 2009
Nadia
The Resident
Movie • 2011
Sydney
The Help
Movie • 2011
Yule Mae Davis
The Deliverance
Movie • 2024
Rev Bernice James
Cover
Movie • 2007
Valerie Mass
The Color Purple
Movie • 2023
Mama
The Tested
Movie • 2011
Darraylynn Warren
Girls Town
Movie • 1996
Nikki
The Opponent
Movie • 2000
Money Matters
Movie • 2011
Pamela Matters
Abducted: The Carlina White Story
Movie • 2012
Ann
Notorious
Movie • 2009
Sandy
Side Streets
Movie • 1998
Brenda Boyce
Perception
Movie • 2005
Vera
Ray
Movie • 2004
Mary Ann Fisher
Game of Death
Movie • 2011
Rachel
The Prince of Motor City
Movie • 2008
Cora Neel
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
Movie • 2024
Odette Henry
Exhibiting Forgiveness
Movie • 2024
Joyce
Of Mind and Music
Movie • 2014
Una Vida
A Map of the World
Movie • 1999
Dyshett
Get On Up
Movie • 2014
Vicki Anderson
Nickel Boys
Movie • 2024
Hattie
The Birth of a Nation
Movie • 2016
Nancy Turner
Lovely & Amazing
Movie • 2002
Lorraine
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Movie • 2009
Therese Garber
Origin
Movie • 2023
Isabel Wilkerson
Pimp
Movie • 2018
Gloria May
Racing for Time
Movie • 2008
Officer Baker
John John in the Sky
Movie • 2001
Earlene
Romeo and Juliet in Harlem
Movie • 2017
Lady Capulet
Disappearing Acts
Movie • 2000
Pam
If Beale Street Could Talk
Movie • 2018
Mrs. Hunt
Miss Virginia
Movie • 2019
Lorraine Townsend
The Volunteer
Movie • 2013
Leigh
I Love You Phillip Morris
Movie • 2010
Reba
Motherhood
Movie • 2009
Sample Sale Friend
Ed's Next Move
Movie • 1996
Erica
King Richard
Movie • 2021
Oracene 'Brandy' Price
The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
Movie • 2020
Mattie Moss Clark
In Too Deep
Movie • 1999
Denise
Liz Here Now
Movie
Liz Baxter
The Body Is Water
Movie
Ree
Lucky Strike
Movie
Third Watch
TV • 1999
Gail Moore
Numb3rs
TV • 2005
Ivy Kirk
Justice
TV • 2006
Miranda Lee
E-Ring
TV • 2005
Jocelyn Pierce
Jonny Zero
TV • 2005
New York Undercover
TV • 1994
The Practice
TV • 1997
Sharon Young
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
TV • 2001
Carmen Rivera
The Mentalist
TV • 2008
Madeleine Hightower
High Incident
TV • 1996
Officer Leslie Joyner
The D.A.
TV • 2004
MDs
TV • 2002
Quinn Joyner
Blue Bloods
TV • 2010
Sylvia Marshall
True Blood
TV • 2008
Diane
Sleepy Hollow
TV • 2013
Lori Mills
The Book of Negroes
TV • 2015
Aminata Diallo
Quantico
TV • 2015
Miranda Shaw
61st Street
TV • 2022
Martha Roberts
The Good Wife
TV • 2009
Linda Underwood
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Justified: City Primeval
TV • 2023
Carolyn
NCIS: Los Angeles
TV • 2009
Michelle Hanna
Lovecraft Country
TV • 2020
Hippolyta Freeman
Designated Survivor
TV • 2016
Eleanor Darby
When They See Us
TV • 2019
Sharonne Salaam
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Laura Chase
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV • 2022
Self
Lucky
TV • 2026
Agent Billie Rand
Missing
TV • 2012
Mary Dresden