Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
American actress
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| 2024 | Busy year with multiple film roles including 'Exhibiting Forgiveness' as Joyce, 'The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat' as Odette Jackson, 'The Deliverance' as Reverend Bernice James, and 'Nickel Boys' as Hattie. |
| December 2024 | Co-starred in the period drama film Nickel Boys, an adaptation of Colson Whitehead's 2019 novel. |
| October 18 2024 | Starred in the Sundance-premiered drama film Exhibiting Forgiveness, directed by Titus Kaphar. |
| August 16 2024 | Starred in The Deliverance, an exorcism horror-thriller film directed by Lee Daniels, released in select theaters. |
| August 7 2024 | Starred in The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat, which premiered at the Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival. |
| 2023 | Adopted the double-barrelled surname Ellis-Taylor as a tribute to her mother, signifying a personal and familial connection. |
| 2023 | Played Isabel Wilkerson in the leading role of Ava DuVernay's drama film Origin, an adaptation of Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents. The film premiered at the 80th Venice International Film Festival. |
| 2023 | Starred as attorney Carolyn Wilder in the FX neo-Western crime drama series Justified: City Primeval, receiving critical acclaim. |
| December 25 2023 | Co-starred as Mama in the musical drama film The Color Purple, released by Warner Bros. Pictures. |
| 2022 | Performed in a short film 'Fannie', playing civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer. |
| 2022 | Ellis publicly came out as bisexual during an interview with Variety magazine, sharing her personal identity and sexual orientation. |
| 2022 | Starred in the AMC courtroom drama series 61st Street, which was later acquired by The CW in May 2023. |
| 2021 | Portrays Oracene Price in King Richard, receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress. Also receives a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Lovecraft Country. |
| 2020 | Played Leslie Barnes in 'The Subject'. |
| 2020 | Co-starred in the HBO drama series Lovecraft Country, receiving a Primetime Emmy Awards nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. |
| April 11 2020 | Portrayed Mattie Moss Clark in the Lifetime television film The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel, which received positive reviews and was the highest-rated original movie for Lifetime since 2016. Ellis was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for her performance. |
| 2019 | Stars in main cast of 'When They See Us' as Sharonne Salaam |
| 2019 | Starred in 'Miss Virginia' as Lorraine Townsend. |
| 2019 | Receives Primetime Emmy Award nomination for role in miniseries When They See Us. |
| 2018 | Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor begins recurring role as Vice President Ellenor Darby in Designated Survivor (season 2) |
| 2018 | Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor appeared in two notable films: 'If Beale Street Could Talk' as Mrs. Hunt and 'Pimp' as Gloria Ray. |
| February 2018 | Cast in the CBS drama pilot Chiefs, which was not picked up. Appeared in the film If Beale Street Could Talk and was cast in the independent drama Miss Virginia. |
| 2017 | Left the Quantico series after two seasons. |
| 2016 | Co-starred in the historical drama The Birth of a Nation, playing Nancy Turner, Nat Turner's mother. Also cast in the drama film Pimp opposite Keke Palmer. |
| 2016 | Appears in the film The Birth of a Nation. |
| February 25 2015 | Cast in the ABC thriller series Quantico. Also starred in the international miniseries The Book of Negroes, receiving critical acclaim and a Critics' Choice Television Award nomination for Best Actress. |
| 2014 | Played Vicki Anderson in the biographical drama Get On Up about James Brown's life. Starred in independent films Romeo and Juliet in Harlem and Una Vida: A Fable of Music and the Mind. |
| 2013 | Starred in the television film Abducted: The Carlina White Story. |
| 2012 | Starred in the television film Abducted: The Carlina White Story. Played Ashley Judd's best friend in the ABC miniseries Missing. |
| 2011 | Appears in the film The Help. |
| 2010 | Ellis co-starred with Wesley Snipes in the action film Game of Death and played the lead role in the independent film The Tested. |
| 2010 | Begins recurring role in The Mentalist television series, continuing until 2013. |
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