Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Known For
Acting
Born
1969-02-21 in San Francisco, California, USA
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.
Most Known For
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Laura Chase
The Mentalist
as Madeleine Hightower
Blue Bloods
as Sylvia Marshall
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Michelle Hanna
The Good Wife
as Linda Underwood
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Carmen Rivera
True Blood
as Diane
The Practice
as Sharon Young
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
Sleepy Hollow
as Lori Mills
Designated Survivor
as Eleanor Darby
Third Watch
as Gail Moore
Quantico
as Miranda Shaw
Numb3rs
as Ivy Kirk
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
The Oscars
as Self
New York Undercover
When They See Us
as Sharonne Salaam
The Help
as Yule Mae Davis