Acting credits
81
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Acting
Career Snapshot
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1.2
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Movies: 51Series: 31Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 53923
IMDb ID: nm0254712
Known for: Acting
Born: February 21, 1969
Age: 56
Place of birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2026
Years active: 74
Average TMDB rating: 6.79
Wikidata: Q461762
Also known as
Aunjanue L. Ellis • Aunjanue Ellis • آنجانو الیس • アーンジャニュー・エリス
Other jobs
Executive Producer (2)
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor.
6.6
Nickel Boys
as Hattie
2024 Movie
6.2
Exhibiting Forgiveness
as Joyce
2024 Movie
6.0
The Deliverance
as Rev Bernice James
2024 Movie
6.7
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
as Odette Henry
2024 Movie
Grace
Executive Producer
2024 Movie
7.0
The Color Purple
as Mama
2023 Movie
6.5
Origin
as Isabel Wilkerson
2023 Movie
7.6
King Richard
as Oracene 'Brandy' Price
2021 Movie
3.9
The Subject
as Leslie
2021 Movie
7.7
The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
as Mattie Moss Clark
2020 Movie
8.1
Miss Virginia
as Lorraine Townsend
2019 Movie
6.9
If Beale Street Could Talk
as Mrs. Hunt
2018 Movie
6.2
Pimp
as Gloria May
2018 Movie
Romeo and Juliet in Harlem
as Lady Capulet
2017 Movie
6.6
The Birth of a Nation
as Nancy Turner
2016 Movie
5.7
Of Mind and Music
as Una Vida
2014 Movie
6.8
Get On Up
as Vicki Anderson
2014 Movie
The Volunteer
as Leigh
2013 Movie
7.7
Abducted: The Carlina White Story
as Ann
2012 Movie
4.7
Money Matters
as Pamela Matters
2011 Movie
8.2
The Help
as Yule Mae Davis
2011 Movie
5.0
Game of Death
as Rachel
2011 Movie
5.8
The Resident
as Sydney
2011 Movie
3.0
The Tested
as Darraylynn Warren
2011 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor.
Jul 14
Lucky
as Agent Billie Rand • 7 eps
2026 Series
6.9
Justified: City Primeval
as Carolyn • 8 eps
2023 Series
5.6
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self • 1 eps
2022 Series
6.9
61st Street
as Martha Roberts • 8 eps
2022 Series
7.1
Lovecraft Country
as Hippolyta Freeman • 10 eps
2020 Series
8.2
When They See Us
as Sharonne Salaam • 4 eps
2019 Series
7.1
Designated Survivor
as Eleanor Darby • 6 eps
2016 Series
6.5
Quantico
as Miranda Shaw • 44 eps
2015 Series
6.5
The Book of Negroes
as Aminata Diallo • 6 eps
2015 Series
4.5
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
7.4
Sleepy Hollow
as Lori Mills • 1 eps
2013 Series
6.2
Missing
as Mary Dresden • 3 eps
2012 Series
7.8
Blue Bloods
as Sylvia Marshall • 1 eps
2010 Series
7.5
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Michelle Hanna • 7 eps
2009 Series
7.6
The Good Wife
as Linda Underwood • 1 eps
2009 Series
8.4
The Mentalist
as Madeleine Hightower • 17 eps
2008 Series
7.6
True Blood
as Diane • 3 eps
2008 Series
7.0
Justice
as Miranda Lee • 9 eps
2006 Series
8.1
E-Ring
as Jocelyn Pierce • 22 eps
2005 Series
7.0
Numb3rs
as Ivy Kirk • 1 eps
2005 Series
2.0
Jonny Zero
3 eps
2005 Series
The D.A.
1 eps
2004 Series
5.5
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.5
MDs
as Quinn Joyner • 11 eps
2002 Series