
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
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.
TV Shows(30)

Lucky
Agent Billie Rand

Justified: City Primeval
Carolyn

61st Street
Martha Roberts

The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self

Lovecraft Country
Hippolyta Freeman

When They See Us
Sharonne Salaam

Designated Survivor
Eleanor Darby

The Book of Negroes
Aminata Diallo

Quantico
Miranda Shaw

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self

Sleepy Hollow
Lori Mills

Missing
Mary Dresden

Blue Bloods
Sylvia Marshall

The Good Wife
Linda Underwood

NCIS: Los Angeles
Michelle Hanna

The Mentalist
Madeleine Hightower

True Blood
Diane

Justice
Miranda Lee

Numb3rs
Ivy Kirk

E-Ring
Jocelyn Pierce