
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
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Biography
Aunjanue L. Ellis-Taylor (/ˈɑːnʒənuː/; née Ellis; 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

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The Oscars

Blue Bloods

The Practice

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Third Watch

NCIS: Los Angeles

The Good Wife

Designated Survivor

Sleepy Hollow

True Blood

Notorious

The Help

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

In Too Deep

Ray

The Color Purple

The Mentalist

If Beale Street Could Talk

When They See Us

A Map of the World

Lovecraft Country

The Deliverance

The Resident

61st Street

Lucky

Men of Honor

E-Ring

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

Nickel Boys

Quantico

Justified: City Primeval

King Richard

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