Aunjanue Ellis

Birthday: 1969-02-21
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
Gender: Female
Drafted: 560
Drafted By: Hangin with Mr. Cooper
Owned By: Hangin with Mr. Cooper
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 1
Win Bonus: 1
Nom Bonus: 1
Total Points: 4

Aunjanue L. Ellis-Taylor (/ˈɑːnʒənuː/; née Ellis; 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.

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Career Statisics

	Season	Age	Movie	Role	Result	Points
	2022	53	King Richard (2021)	Supporting Actress	Nom	4
	Career					4

Transaction History

Date	Location	Team	Receives	Team	Receives	Team	Receives

Credits

	Year	Title	Character
		Liz Here Now	Liz Baxter
	2024-12-13	Nickel Boys	Hattie
	2024-09-08	Exhibiting Forgiveness	Joyce
	2024-08-16	The Deliverance	Rev Bernice James
	2024-08-07	The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat	Odette Henry
	2023-12-25	The Color Purple	Mama
	2023-12-08	Origin	Isabel Wilkerson
	2021-11-18	King Richard	Oracene 'Brandy' Price
	2021-10-22	The Subject	Leslie
	2020-04-11	The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel	Mattie Moss Clark
	2019-10-18	Miss Virginia	Lorraine Townsend
	2018-12-14	If Beale Street Could Talk	Mrs. Hunt
	2018-11-09	Pimp	Gloria May
	2017-07-01	Romeo and Juliet in Harlem	Lady Capulet
	2016-09-09	The Birth of a Nation	Nancy Turner
	2014-10-19	Of Mind and Music	Una Vida
	2014-08-01	Get on Up	Vicki Anderson
	2013-06-20	The Volunteer	Leigh
	2012-10-06	Abducted: The Carlina White Story	Ann
	2011-11-15	Money Matters	Pamela Matters
	2011-08-09	The Help	Yule Mae Davis
	2011-03-31	Game of Death	Rachel
	2011-02-10	The Resident	Sydney
	2011-01-01	The Tested	Darraylynn Warren
	2010-02-04	I Love You Phillip Morris	Reba
	2009-06-10	The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3	Therese Garber
	2009-02-07	Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story	Candy
	2009-01-22	The Hungry Ghosts	Nadia
	2009-01-21	Motherhood	Sample Sale Friend
	2009-01-16	Notorious	Sandy
	2008-10-10	The Express	Marie Davis
	2008-07-09	The Prince of Motor City	Cora Neel
	2008-02-16	Racing for Time	Officer Baker
	2007-05-08	Cover	Valerie Mass
	2006-02-17	Freedomland	Felicia
	2005-01-01	Perception	Vera
	2004-10-29	Ray	Mary Ann Fisher
	2004-01-17	Brother to Brother	Zora
	2002-08-02	Lovely & Amazing	Lorraine
	2002-05-31	Undercover Brother	Sistah Girl
	2001-06-17	John John in the Sky	Earlene
	2001-01-19	The Caveman's Valentine	Lulu
	2000-12-09	Disappearing Acts	Pam
	2000-10-20	The Opponent
	2000-09-13	Men of Honor	Jo
	1999-09-13	A Map of the World	Dyshett
	1999-08-25	In Too Deep	Denise
	1999-06-04	Desert Blue	Agent Summers
	1998-09-05	Side Streets	Brenda Boyce
	1996-10-18	Ed's Next Move	Erica
	1996-08-21	Girls Town	Nikki