Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
ActingAunjanue 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.
Known For
The Help
Yule Mae Davis
Ray
Mary Ann Fisher
Men of Honor
Jo
King Richard
Oracene 'Brandy' Price
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Candy
The Resident
Sydney
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Therese Garber
The Color Purple
Mama
Nickel Boys
Hattie
I Love You Phillip Morris
Reba
Filmography — Acting
The Help
Yule Mae Davis
Ray
Mary Ann Fisher
Men of Honor
Jo
King Richard
Oracene 'Brandy' Price
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Candy
The Resident
Sydney
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Therese Garber
The Color Purple
Mama
Nickel Boys
Hattie
I Love You Phillip Morris
Reba
Notorious
Sandy
Origin
Isabel Wilkerson
The Birth of a Nation
Nancy Turner
In Too Deep
Denise
Undercover Brother
Sistah Girl
The Deliverance
Rev Bernice James
Get On Up
Vicki Anderson
Freedomland
Felicia
Lovely & Amazing
Lorraine
Game of Death
Rachel
If Beale Street Could Talk
Mrs. Hunt
Desert Blue
Agent Summers
Motherhood
Sample Sale Friend
Pimp
Gloria May
Side Streets
Brenda Boyce
Disappearing Acts
Pam
The Express
Marie Davis
The Caveman's Valentine
Lulu
A Map of the World
Dyshett
Cover
Valerie Mass
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
Odette Henry
Perception
Vera
The Prince of Motor City
Cora Neel
Racing for Time
Officer Baker
Abducted: The Carlina White Story
Ann
Girls Town
Nikki
Exhibiting Forgiveness
Joyce
Romeo and Juliet in Harlem
Lady Capulet
The Opponent
The Volunteer
Leigh
Brother to Brother
Zora
The Subject
Leslie
Of Mind and Music
Una Vida
The Tested
Darraylynn Warren
The Hungry Ghosts
Nadia
Ed's Next Move
Erica
John John in the Sky
Earlene
Miss Virginia
Lorraine Townsend
The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
Mattie Moss Clark
The Body Is Water
Ree
Lucky Strike
Liz Here Now
Liz Baxter
Money Matters
Pamela Matters
HBCU Honors
Self