Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Born in San Francisco, California, USA — Feb 21 1969
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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 spo…
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Laura Chase
The Mentalist
Madeleine Hightower
NCIS: Los Angeles
Michelle Hanna
Blue Bloods
Sylvia Marshall
The Good Wife
Linda Underwood
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Carmen Rivera
Third Watch
Gail Moore
The Practice
Sharon Young
Numb3rs
Ivy Kirk
Designated Survivor
Eleanor Darby
True Blood
Diane
Sleepy Hollow
Lori Mills
Quantico
Miranda Shaw
The Oscars
Self
New York Undercover
The Help
Yule Mae Davis
When They See Us
Sharonne Salaam
Lovecraft Country
Hippolyta Freeman
Justice
Miranda Lee
High Incident
Officer Leslie Joyner
MDs
Quinn Joyner
Ray
Mary Ann Fisher
E-Ring
Jocelyn Pierce
61st Street
Martha Roberts
Justified: City Primeval
Carolyn
Men of Honor
Jo
Jonny Zero
Missing
Mary Dresden
Lucky
Agent Billie Rand
The D.A.
Nickel Boys
Hattie
King Richard
Oracene 'Brandy' Price
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Candy
Grace
Production
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Therese Garber
The Color Purple
Mama
Desert Blue
Agent Summers
I Love You Phillip Morris
Reba
The Birth of a Nation
Nancy Turner
If Beale Street Could Talk
Mrs. Hunt
Get On Up
Vicki Anderson
Notorious
Sandy
The Deliverance
Rev Bernice James
Freedomland
Felicia
Origin
Isabel Wilkerson
Undercover Brother
Sistah Girl
The Book of Negroes
Aminata Diallo
The Resident
Sydney
In Too Deep
Denise
Game of Death
Rachel
Cover
Valerie Mass
Pimp
Gloria May
The Express
Marie Davis
Lovely & Amazing
Lorraine
Motherhood
Sample Sale Friend
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
Odette Henry
Side Streets
Brenda Boyce
Perception
Vera
Einstein
Captain Frost
The Caveman's Valentine
Lulu
Racing for Time
Officer Baker
Brother to Brother
Zora
A Map of the World
Dyshett
Disappearing Acts
Pam
Miss Virginia
Lorraine Townsend
Girls Town
Nikki
The Volunteer
Leigh
The Body Is Water
Ree
The Opponent
The Tested
Darraylynn Warren
Lucky Strike
The Prince of Motor City
Cora Neel
Exhibiting Forgiveness
Joyce
Abducted: The Carlina White Story
Ann
John John in the Sky
Earlene
Of Mind and Music
Una Vida
The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
Mattie Moss Clark
Ed's Next Move
Erica
HBCU Honors
Self
Liz Here Now
Liz Baxter
The Hungry Ghosts
Nadia
Romeo and Juliet in Harlem
Lady Capulet
The Subject
Leslie
Untitled Sister Rosetta Tharpe Biopic
Writing
Money Matters
Pamela Matters