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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
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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).
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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 (1996â1997), The Practice (1999), True Blood (2008), and The Mentalist (2010â2013). 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 (2015â2017). 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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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor's Filmography
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Give Me Some Sugah
Liz Here Now
as Liz Baxter
Lucky Strike
as Mrs. Caldwell
Nickel Boys
as Hattie
Exhibiting Forgiveness
as Joyce
The Deliverance
as Rev Bernice James
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
as Odette Henry
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
Miss Virginia
as Lorraine Townsend
If Beale Street Could Talk
as Mrs. Hunt
Pimp
as Gloria May
Romeo and Juliet in Harlem
as Lady Capulet
The Birth of a Nation
as Nancy Turner
Of Mind and Music
as Una Vida
Get On Up
as Vicki Anderson
The Volunteer
as Leigh
Abducted: The Carlina White Story
as Ann
Money Matters
as Pamela Matters
The Help
as Yule Mae Davis
The Resident
as Sydney
The Tested
as Darraylynn Warren
Game of Death
as Rachel
I Love You Phillip Morris
as Reba
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
as Therese Garber
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
as Candy
The Hungry Ghosts
as Nadia
Motherhood
as Sample Sale Friend
Notorious
as Sandy
The Express
as Marie Davis
No Poster
The Prince of Motor City
as Cora Neel
Racing for Time
as Officer Baker
Cover
as Valerie Mass
Freedomland
as Felicia
Perception
as Vera
Ray
as Mary Ann Fisher
Brother to Brother
as Zora
Lovely & Amazing
as Lorraine
Undercover Brother
as Sistah Girl
John John in the Sky
as Earlene
The Caveman's Valentine
as Lulu
Disappearing Acts
as Pam
The Opponent
Men of Honor
as Jo
A Map of the World
as Dyshett
In Too Deep
as Denise
Desert Blue
as Agent Summers
Side Streets
as Brenda Boyce
Ed's Next Move
as Erica
Girls Town
as Nikki
HBCU Honors
as Self
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The Body Is Water
as Ree
