Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Acting
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.
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
as Candy
Age 39 (now 57)
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
as Odette Henry
Age 55 (now 57)
The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
as Mattie Moss Clark
Age 51 (now 57)
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
as Candy
Age 39 (now 57)
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
Age 45 (now 57)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Carmen Rivera
Age 32 (now 57)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Laura Chase
Age 30 (now 57)
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Also Known As
Aunjanue L. Ellis , Aunjanue Ellis, آنجانو الیس, アーンジャニュー・エリス
IMDB
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