Personal Info
Aunjanue L. Ellis
Aunjanue Ellis
آنجانو الیس
アーンジャニュー・エリス
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Acting
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 s…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Lucky Strike
Nickel Boys
as Hattie
The Deliverance
as Rev Bernice James
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
as Odette Henry
Exhibiting Forgiveness
as Joyce
The Color Purple
as Mama
Origin
as Isabel Wilkerson
King Richard
as Oracene 'Brandy' Price
The Subject
as Leslie
The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
as Mattie Moss Clark
TV Shows
Lucky
as Agent Billie Rand · 7 ep.
Justified: City Primeval
as Carolyn · 8 ep.
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self · 1 ep.
61st Street
as Martha Roberts · 8 ep.
Lovecraft Country
as Hippolyta Freeman · 10 ep.
When They See Us
as Sharonne Salaam · 4 ep.
Designated Survivor
as Eleanor Darby · 6 ep.
Quantico
as Miranda Shaw · 44 ep.
The Book of Negroes
as Aminata Diallo · 6 ep.
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self · 1 ep.
