Acting · San Francisco, California, USA · Born February 21, 1969
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.
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2026
as Agent Billie Rand
MovieLucky Strike
2026
as Mrs. Caldwell
MovieNickel Boys
2024
as Hattie
MovieExhibiting Forgiveness
2024
as Joyce
MovieThe Deliverance
2024
as Rev Bernice James
MovieThe Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
2024
as Odette Henry
MovieThe Color Purple
2023
as Mama
MovieOrigin
2023
as Isabel Wilkerson
TVJustified: City Primeval
2023
as Carolyn
TVThe Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self
TV61st Street
2022
as Martha Roberts
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2021
as Oracene 'Brandy' Price
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2021
as Leslie
TVLovecraft Country
2020
as Hippolyta Freeman
MovieThe Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
2020
as Mattie Moss Clark
MovieMiss Virginia
2019
as Lorraine Townsend
TVWhen They See Us
2019
as Sharonne Salaam
MovieIf Beale Street Could Talk
2018
as Mrs. Hunt
MoviePimp
2018
as Gloria May
MovieRomeo and Juliet in Harlem
2017
as Lady Capulet
TVDesignated Survivor
2016
as Eleanor Darby
MovieThe Birth of a Nation
2016
as Nancy Turner
TVQuantico
2015
as Miranda Shaw
TVThe Book of Negroes
2015
as Aminata Diallo
TVVariety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
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2014
as Una Vida
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2014
as Vicki Anderson
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2013
as Lori Mills
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2013
as Leigh
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2012
as Ann
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2012
as Mary Dresden
MovieMoney Matters
2011
as Pamela Matters
MovieThe Help
2011
as Yule Mae Davis
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2011
as Rachel
MovieThe Resident
2011
as Sydney
MovieThe Tested
2011
as Darraylynn Warren
TVBlue Bloods
2010
as Sylvia Marshall
MovieI Love You Phillip Morris
2010
as Reba
TVThe Good Wife
2009
as Linda Underwood
TVNCIS: Los Angeles
2009
as Michelle Hanna
MovieThe Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009
as Therese Garber
MovieGifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
2009
as Candy
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2009
as Nadia
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2009
as Sample Sale Friend
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2009
as Sandy
MovieThe Express
2008
as Marie Davis
TVThe Mentalist
2008
as Madeleine Hightower
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2008
as Diane
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2008
as Cora Neel
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2008
as Officer Baker
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2007
as Valerie Mass
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2006
as Miranda Lee
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2006
as Felicia
TVE-Ring
2005
as Jocelyn Pierce
TVNumb3rs
2005
as Ivy Kirk
TVJonny Zero
2005
as Gloria
MoviePerception
2005
as Vera
MovieRay
2004
as Mary Ann Fisher
TVThe D.A.
2004
MovieBrother to Brother
2004
as Zora
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2003
as Self
TVMDs
2002
as Quinn Joyner
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2002
as Lorraine
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2002
as Sistah Girl
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2001
as Carmen Rivera
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2001
as Earlene
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2001
as Lulu
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2000
as Pam
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2000
MovieMen of Honor
2000
as Jo
TVThird Watch
1999
as Gail Moore
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Laura Chase
MovieA Map of the World
1999
as Dyshett
MovieIn Too Deep
1999
as Denise
MovieDesert Blue
1999
as Agent Summers
MovieSide Streets
1998
as Brenda Boyce
TVThe Practice
1997
as Sharon Young
MovieEd's Next Move
1996
as Erica
MovieGirls Town
1996
as Nikki
TVHigh Incident
1996
as Officer Leslie Joyner
TVNew York Undercover
1994
TVThe Oscars
1953
as Self
MovieHBCU Honors
as Self
Liz Here Now
as Liz Baxter
The Body Is Water
as Ree
Einstein
as Captain Frost
