Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

ActorProducerWriter Feb 21 (age 57) San Francisco, California, USA 1994–2026 (32 year career)

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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…

Known For

Film

The Help

Yule Mae Davis

Film

King Richard

Oracene 'Brandy' Price

Film

Men of Honor

Film

Ray

Mary Ann Fisher

Film

When They See Us

Sharonne Salaam

Film

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

Therese Garber

Film

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

Candy

Film

If Beale Street Could Talk

Mrs. Hunt

Filmography

Acting (86)

Movies (54)

Lucky Strike

Nickel Boys

as Hattie

The Deliverance

as Rev Bernice James

The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat

2024

as Odette Henry

6.7

Exhibiting Forgiveness

as Joyce

Origin

as Isabel Wilkerson

The Color Purple

as Mama

King Richard

as Oracene 'Brandy' Price

7.6

The Subject

2021

as Leslie

3.9

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

2017

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

The Help

as Yule Mae Davis

The Tested

as Darraylynn Warren

The Resident

as Sydney

Game of Death

as Rachel

Money Matters

as Pamela Matters

I Love You Phillip Morris

2010

as Reba

6.4

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story

2009

as Candy

7.8

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

as Therese Garber

Notorious

as Sandy

Motherhood

as Sample Sale Friend

The Hungry Ghosts

as Nadia

The Express

as Marie Davis

Racing for Time

as Officer Baker

The Prince of Motor City

2008

as Cora Neel

Cover

as Valerie Mass

Freedomland

as Felicia

Perception

as Vera

Ray

as Mary Ann Fisher

Brother to Brother

as Zora

Undercover Brother

as Sistah Girl

Lovely & Amazing

as Lorraine

John John in the Sky

as Earlene

The Caveman's Valentine

as Lulu

Men of Honor

as Jo

Disappearing Acts

as Pam

The Opponent

In Too Deep

as Denise

Desert Blue

as Agent Summers

A Map of the World

as Dyshett

Side Streets

as Brenda Boyce

Girls Town

as Nikki

Ed's Next Move

as Erica

The Body Is Water

as Ree

HBCU Honors

as Self

Liz Here Now

as Liz Baxter

Television (32)

Lucky

2026 Upcoming

as Agent Billie Rand

Jul 14

Justified: City Primeval

2023

as Carolyn

6.9

The Jennifer Hudson Show

as Self

61st Street

as Martha Roberts

Lovecraft Country

as Hippolyta Freeman

When They See Us

as Sharonne Salaam

Designated Survivor

as Eleanor Darby

Quantico

as Miranda Shaw

The Book of Negroes

as Aminata Diallo

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

as Self

Sleepy Hollow

as Lori Mills

Missing

as Mary Dresden

Blue Bloods

as Sylvia Marshall

NCIS: Los Angeles

as Michelle Hanna

The Good Wife

as Linda Underwood

The Mentalist

as Madeleine Hightower

True Blood

as Diane

Justice

as Miranda Lee

Numb3rs

as Ivy Kirk

E-Ring

as Jocelyn Pierce

Jonny Zero

The D.A.

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

as Self

MDs

as Quinn Joyner

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

as Carmen Rivera

7.6

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Laura Chase

Third Watch

as Gail Moore

The Practice

as Sharon Young

High Incident

as Officer Leslie Joyner

New York Undercover

The Oscars

as Self

Einstein

as Captain Frost

Crew (4)

Movies (4)

Grace

2024

Executive Producer

Origin

2023

Executive Producer

6.4

Liz Here Now

Executive Producer

Untitled Sister Rosetta Tharpe Biopic

Writer