Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
- Recitazione
- 21 febbraio 1969 · San Francisco, California, USA
Biografia
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.
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Filmografia
- Get Lite
- Give Me Some Sugah
- Liz Here Now · Liz Baxter, Produzione esecutiva
- Lucky · Agent Billie Rand
- Lucky Strike · Mrs. Caldwell
- I ragazzi della Nickel · Hattie
- Exhibiting Forgiveness · Joyce
- The Deliverance - La redenzione · Rev Bernice James
- Domenica con Le Supremes · Odette Henry
- Grace · Produzione esecutiva
- Il colore viola · Mama
- Origin · Isabel Wilkerson, Produzione esecutiva
- Justified: City Primeval · Carolyn
- The Jennifer Hudson Show · In persona
- 61st Street · Martha Roberts
- Una famiglia vincente - King Richard · Oracene 'Brandy' Price
- The Subject · Leslie
- Lovecraft Country - La terra dei demoni · Hippolyta Freeman
- The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel · Mattie Moss Clark
- Miss Virginia · Lorraine Townsend
- When They See Us · Sharonne Salaam
- Se la strada potesse parlare · Mrs. Hunt
- Pimp · Gloria May
- Romeo and Juliet in Harlem · Lady Capulet
- Designated Survivor · Eleanor Darby
- The Birth of a Nation - Il risveglio di un popolo · Nancy Turner
- Quantico · Miranda Shaw
- The Book of Negroes · Aminata Diallo
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors · In persona
- Of Mind and Music · Una Vida
- Get on Up - La storia di James Brown · Vicki Anderson
- Sleepy Hollow · Lori Mills
- The Volunteer · Leigh
- Abducted: The Carlina White Story · Ann
- Missing · Mary Dresden
- Money Matters · Pamela Matters
- The Help · Yule Mae Davis
- The Resident · Sydney
- The Tested · Darraylynn Warren
- Game of Death · Rachel
- Blue Bloods · Sylvia Marshall
- Colpo di fulmine - Il mago della truffa · Reba
- The Good Wife · Linda Underwood
- NCIS: Los Angeles · Michelle Hanna
- Pelham 123: Ostaggi in metropolitana · Therese Garber
- Gifted Hands - Il dono · Candy
- The Hungry Ghosts · Nadia
- Motherhood - Il bello di essere mamma · Sample Sale Friend
- Notorious B.I.G. · Sandy
- The Express · Marie Davis
- The Mentalist · Madeleine Hightower
- True Blood · Diane
- The Prince of Motor City · Cora Neel
- Corsa per la vita · Officer Baker
- Cover · Valerie Mass
- Justice - Nel nome della legge · Miranda Lee
- Il colore del crimine · Felicia
- E-Ring · Jocelyn Pierce
- Numb3rs · Ivy Kirk
- Jonny Zero · Gloria
- Perception · Vera
- Ray · Mary Ann Fisher
- The D.A.
- Brother to Brother · Zora
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! · In persona
- MDs · Quinn Joyner
- Lovely & Amazing · Lorraine
- Undercover Brother · Sistah Girl
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent · Carmen Rivera
- John John in the Sky · Earlene
- Crime Shades · Lulu
- L'amore prima di tutto · Pam
- The Opponent
- Men of Honor - L'onore degli uomini · Jo
- Squadra Emergenza · Gail Moore
- Law & Order - Unità vittime speciali · Laura Chase
- La mappa del mondo · Dyshett
- In Too Deep · Denise
- Desert Blue · Agent Summers
- Side Streets · Brenda Boyce