Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
- a.k.a. Aunjanue L. Ellis
- Aunjanue Ellis
- آنجانو الیس
- アーンジャニュー・エリス
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Aunjanue L. Ellis-Taylor (/ˈɑːnʒənuː/; née Ellis; 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.
- Gender
- female
- Date of Birth
- ()
- Place of Birth
- San Francisco, California, USA
Credits
Cast
Character | Movie / TV Show | Genres | Release | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sylvia Marshall | Blue BloodsTV | 78% · 924 | ||
Reba | I Love You Phillip Morris | 64% · 1,692 | ||
Michelle Hanna | NCIS: Los AngelesTV7 Episodes | 75% · 1,186 | ||
Madeleine Hightower | The MentalistTV17 Episodes | 84% · 3,922 | ||
– | Numb3rsTV | 70% · 391 | ||
Carmen Rivera | Law & Order: Criminal IntentTV | 76% · 351 |