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08/11/2019 – Ellis-Taylor – FYC Event for Netflix’s “When They See Us” – Arrivals – Paramount Theatre on the Paramount Studios Lot, 5555 Melrose Avenue – Hollywood, CA, USA – Photo Credit: / PRPhotos.com
Birth Name: Aunjanue L. Ellis
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, United States
Date of Birth: February 21, 1969
Ethnicity: African-American
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, also billed as Aunjanue Ellis, is an American actress and producer. Her roles include the films Men of Honor , The Caveman’s Valentine , Undercover Brother , Ray (2004), Freedomland , The Express: The Ernie Davis Story , The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009), The Help , The Birth of a Nation (2016), If Beale Street Could Talk , King Richard , for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress; Origin , The Color Purple (2023), The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat , The Deliverance (2024), and Nickel Boys ; the series High Incident , The Practice , True Blood , The Mentalist , Quantico , Lovecraft Country , 61st Street , and Justified: City Primeval ; the made-for-tv movies Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story , Abducted: The Carlina White Story , and The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel ; and the mini-series The Book of Negroes and When They See Us .
She was raised partly on her grandmother’s farm in McComb, Mississippi.
Aunjanue’s maternal grandfather’s surname was Taylor.