Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
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.
86 acting credits
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Mentalist
2008
Blue Bloods
2010
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
The Good Wife
2009
Third Watch
1999
True Blood
2008
The Practice
1997
Numb3rs
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Sleepy Hollow
2013
Designated Survivor
2016
Quantico
2015
New York Undercover
1994
The Oscars
1953
The Help
2011
E-Ring
2005
When They See Us
2019
Lovecraft Country
2020
Justice
2006
High Incident
1996
Justified: City Primeval
2023
MDs
2002
King Richard
2021
Missing
2012
Men of Honor
2000
Ray
2004
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
2009
61st Street
2022
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
2009
The Color Purple
2023
Lucky
2026
Nickel Boys
2024
Jonny Zero
2005
The D.A.
2004
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018
Notorious
2009
The Deliverance
2024
The Book of Negroes
2015
I Love You Phillip Morris
2010
The Resident
2011
Undercover Brother
2002
In Too Deep
1999
Origin
2023
The Express
2008
Freedomland
2006
The Birth of a Nation
2016
Lucky Strike
2026
Get On Up
2014
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
2024
Game of Death
2011
Desert Blue
1999
Lovely & Amazing
2002
The Caveman's Valentine
2001
Motherhood
2009
A Map of the World
1999
Disappearing Acts
2000
Pimp
2018
Einstein
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Cover
2007
Exhibiting Forgiveness
2024
Brother to Brother
2004
Side Streets
1998
Abducted: The Carlina White Story
2012
Girls Town
1996
The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
2020
Perception
2005
The Opponent
2000
Of Mind and Music
2014
Miss Virginia
2019
The Prince of Motor City
2008
John John in the Sky
2001
The Hungry Ghosts
2009
The Body Is Water
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Racing for Time
2008
The Tested
2011
The Subject
2021
The Volunteer
2013
Ed's Next Move
1996
Money Matters
2011
Romeo and Juliet in Harlem
2017
Liz Here Now
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HBCU Honors
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