Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Acting
Born 1969-02-21
San Francisco, California, USA
88 credits
Awards
Nominated for 1 Academy Award
Academy Awards 1 nominated
- 2022 Best Supporting Actress Nominated King Richard
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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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Filmography
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Acting
57 credits
The Mentalist
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Lucky
Lucky Strike
Blue Bloods
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
NCIS: Los Angeles
The Good Wife
The Jennifer Hudson Show
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
True Blood
Numb3rs
The Practice
Third Watch
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Designated Survivor
Sleepy Hollow
Quantico
The Oscars
The Help
Nickel Boys
King Richard
When They See Us
Lovecraft Country
Men of Honor
Justified: City Primeval
High Incident
E-Ring
The Color Purple
61st Street
Ray
Missing
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
The Deliverance
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Justice
The Resident
Undercover Brother
If Beale Street Could Talk
Pimp
Jonny Zero
I Love You Phillip Morris
Get On Up
Notorious
Origin
Freedomland
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
The Book of Negroes
In Too Deep
MDs
The Birth of a Nation
Game of Death
Lovely & Amazing
The Express
The Caveman's Valentine
Girls Town
Abducted: The Carlina White Story
Other credits
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Producing
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