Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Acting
Born: 1969-02-21 · 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 Bes
🎬 Movies (20)
Lucky Strike
2026
Nickel Boys
2024
Hattie
Exhibiting Forgiveness
2024
Joyce
The Deliverance
2024
Rev Bernice James
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
2024
Odette Henry
The Color Purple
2023
Mama
Origin
2023
Isabel Wilkerson
King Richard
2021
Oracene 'Brandy' Price
The Subject
2021
Leslie
The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
2020
Mattie Moss Clark
Miss Virginia
2019
Lorraine Townsend
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018
Mrs. Hunt
Pimp
2018
Gloria May
Romeo and Juliet in Harlem
2017
Lady Capulet
The Birth of a Nation
2016
Nancy Turner
Of Mind and Music
2014
Una Vida
Get On Up
2014
Vicki Anderson
The Volunteer
2013
Leigh
Abducted: The Carlina White Story
2012
Ann
Money Matters
2011
Pamela Matters
📺 TV Shows (20)
Lucky
2026
Agent Billie Rand
Justified: City Primeval
2023
Carolyn
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
Self
61st Street
2022
Martha Roberts
Lovecraft Country
2020
Hippolyta Freeman
When They See Us
2019
Sharonne Salaam
Designated Survivor
2016
Eleanor Darby
Quantico
2015
Miranda Shaw
The Book of Negroes
2015
Aminata Diallo
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Self
Sleepy Hollow
2013
Lori Mills
Missing
2012
Mary Dresden
Blue Bloods
2010
Sylvia Marshall
The Good Wife
2009
Linda Underwood
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
Michelle Hanna
The Mentalist
2008
Madeleine Hightower
True Blood
2008
Diane
Justice
2006
Miranda Lee
E-Ring
2005
Jocelyn Pierce
Numb3rs
2005
Ivy Kirk