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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 21, 1969
Place of Birth:
San Francisco, California, USA
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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Biography
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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Known For
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Justified: City Primeval | Carolyn |
| 2022 | 61st Street | Martha Roberts |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self |
| 2020 | Lovecraft Country | Hippolyta Freeman |
| 2019 | When They See Us | Sharonne Salaam |
| 2016 | Designated Survivor | Eleanor Darby |
| 2015 | The Book of Negroes | Aminata Diallo |
| 2015 | Quantico | Miranda Shaw |
| 2014 | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self |
| 2013 | Sleepy Hollow | Lori Mills |
| 2012 | Missing | Mary Dresden |
| 2010 | Blue Bloods | Sylvia Marshall |
| 2009 | The Good Wife | Linda Underwood |
| 2009 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Michelle Hanna |
| 2008 | The Mentalist | Madeleine Hightower |
| 2008 | True Blood | Diane |
| 2006 | Justice | Miranda Lee |
| 2005 | Numb3rs | Ivy Kirk |
| 2005 | E-Ring | Jocelyn Pierce |
| 2005 | Jonny Zero | |
| 2004 | The D.A. | |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self |
| 2002 | MDs | Quinn Joyner |
| 2001 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Carmen Rivera |
| 1999 | Third Watch | Gail Moore |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Laura Chase |
| 1997 | The Practice | Sharon Young |
| 1996 | High Incident | Officer Leslie Joyner |
| 1994 | New York Undercover | |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| Lucky | Agent Billie Rand |