Cast
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Acting
Cast
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Known for
Acting
Born
1969-02-21
From
San Francisco, California, USA
Also known as Aunjanue L. Ellis , Aunjanue Ellis, آنجانو الیس
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
★8.2
MOVIE2011
The Help
as Yule Mae Davis
★7.5
MOVIE2000
Men of Honor
as Jo
★7.6
MOVIE2021
King Richard
as Oracene 'Brandy' Price
★6.6
MOVIE2024
Nickel Boys
as Hattie
★6.4
MOVIE2009
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
as Therese Garber
★6.7
MOVIE2026
Lucky Strike
as Mrs. Caldwell
★7.5
MOVIE2004
Ray
as Mary Ann Fisher
★6.2
MOVIE2018
Pimp
as Gloria May
★7.8
MOVIE2009
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
as Candy
★7.0
MOVIE2023
The Color Purple
as Mama
★7.0
MOVIE2009
Notorious
as Sandy
★6.4
MOVIE2010
I Love You Phillip Morris
as Reba
★6.9
MOVIE2018
If Beale Street Could Talk
as Mrs. Hunt
★5.8
MOVIE2011
The Resident
as Sydney
★5.9
MOVIE2002
Undercover Brother
as Sistah Girl
★6.6
MOVIE2016
The Birth of a Nation
as Nancy Turner
★6.0
MOVIE2024
The Deliverance
as Rev Bernice James
★7.2
MOVIE2008
The Express
as Marie Davis
★6.1
MOVIE2002
Lovely & Amazing
as Lorraine
★4.7
MOVIE2011
Money Matters
as Pamela Matters
★6.4
MOVIE1999
In Too Deep
as Denise
★5.8
MOVIE2001
The Caveman's Valentine
as Lulu
★4.9
MOVIE2011
Game of Death
as Rachel
★6.8
MOVIE2014
Get On Up
as Vicki Anderson
★5.2
MOVIE2006
Freedomland
as Felicia
★6.2
MOVIE2000
Disappearing Acts
as Pam
★9.0
MOVIE2005
Perception
as Vera
★5.0
MOVIE2009
Motherhood
as Sample Sale Friend
★5.2
MOVIE2000
The Opponent
★6.2
MOVIE2023
Origin
as Isabel Wilkerson
★5.7
MOVIE1996
Girls Town
as Nikki
★5.1
MOVIE2007
Cover
as Valerie Mass
★6.7
MOVIE2024
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
as Odette Henry
★6.0
MOVIE1999
A Map of the World
as Dyshett
★5.9
MOVIE2024
Exhibiting Forgiveness
as Joyce
MOVIE2013
The Volunteer
as Leigh
★5.7
MOVIE2014
Of Mind and Music
as Una Vida
★7.8
MOVIE2012
Abducted: The Carlina White Story
as Ann
MOVIETBA
The Body Is Water
as Ree
★6.8
MOVIE1998
Side Streets
as Brenda Boyce
★5.3
MOVIE2004
Brother to Brother
as Zora
MOVIE2008
The Prince of Motor City
as Cora Neel
★5.8
MOVIE2008
Racing for Time
as Officer Baker
★5.7
MOVIE1999
Desert Blue
as Agent Summers
MOVIETBA
HBCU Honors
as Self
★1.0
MOVIE2009
The Hungry Ghosts
as Nadia
★4.8
MOVIE1996
Ed's Next Move
as Erica
★8.1
MOVIE2019
Miss Virginia
as Lorraine Townsend
★6.4
MOVIE2001
John John in the Sky
as Earlene
★3.0
MOVIE2011
The Tested
as Darraylynn Warren
★7.7
MOVIE2020
The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
as Mattie Moss Clark
★3.9
MOVIE2021
The Subject
as Leslie
MOVIE2017
Romeo and Juliet in Harlem
as Lady Capulet
MOVIETBA
Liz Here Now
as Liz Baxter