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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
San Francisco, California, USA
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…
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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.
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2027
Get Lite
Movie
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2026
Give Me Some Sugah
Movie
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2026
Lucky
TV show Agent Billie Rand
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2026
Lucky Strike
Movie Mrs. Caldwell
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2024
Nickel Boys
Movie Hattie
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2024
Exhibiting Forgiveness
Movie Joyce
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2024
The Deliverance
Movie Rev Bernice James
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2024
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
Movie Odette Henry
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2024
Grace
Movie Executive Producer
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2023
The Color Purple
Movie Mama
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2023
Origin
Movie Isabel Wilkerson
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2023
Justified: City Primeval
TV show Carolyn
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2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV show Self
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2022
61st Street
TV show Martha Roberts
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2021
King Richard
Movie Oracene 'Brandy' Price
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2021
The Subject
Movie Leslie
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2020
Lovecraft Country
TV show Hippolyta Freeman
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2020
The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
Movie Mattie Moss Clark
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2019
Miss Virginia
Movie Lorraine Townsend
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2019
When They See Us
TV show Sharonne Salaam
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2018
If Beale Street Could Talk
Movie Mrs. Hunt
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2018
Pimp
Movie Gloria May
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2017
Romeo and Juliet in Harlem
Movie Lady Capulet
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2016
Designated Survivor
TV show Eleanor Darby
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2016
The Birth of a Nation
Movie Nancy Turner
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2015
Quantico
TV show Miranda Shaw
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2015
The Book of Negroes
TV show Aminata Diallo
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2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV show Self
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2014
Of Mind and Music
Movie Una Vida
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2014
Get On Up
Movie Vicki Anderson
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2013
Sleepy Hollow
TV show Lori Mills
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2013
The Volunteer
Movie Leigh
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2012
Abducted: The Carlina White Story
Movie Ann
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2012
Missing
TV show Mary Dresden
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2011
Money Matters
Movie Pamela Matters
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2011
The Help
Movie Yule Mae Davis
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2011
Game of Death
Movie Rachel
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2011
The Resident
Movie Sydney
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2011
The Tested
Movie Darraylynn Warren
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2010
Blue Bloods
TV show Sylvia Marshall
