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.
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Acting
Movie
The Help
as Yule Mae Davis
2011
TV
The Mentalist
as Madeleine Hightower
2008
TV
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Laura Chase
1999
Movie
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
as Therese Garber
2009
Movie
King Richard
as Oracene 'Brandy' Price
2021
Movie
Men of Honor
as Jo
2000
Movie
Ray
as Mary Ann Fisher
2004
TV
True Blood
as Diane
2008
Movie
I Love You Phillip Morris
as Reba
2010
TV
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Michelle Hanna
2009
Movie
If Beale Street Could Talk
as Mrs. Hunt
2018
TV
Designated Survivor
as Eleanor Darby
2016
TV
Sleepy Hollow
as Lori Mills
2013
TV
When They See Us
as Sharonne Salaam
2019
TV
Blue Bloods
as Sylvia Marshall
2010
Movie
Notorious
as Sandy
2009
Movie
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
as Candy
2009
TV
Lovecraft Country
as Hippolyta Freeman
2020
TV
Quantico
as Miranda Shaw
2015
Movie
The Resident
as Sydney
2011
TV
The Good Wife
as Linda Underwood
2009
Movie
The Birth of a Nation
as Nancy Turner
2016
Movie
Get On Up
as Vicki Anderson
2014
Movie
The Deliverance
as Rev Bernice James
2024
