1. Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor has received several accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards.
21 Facts About Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor has appeared in numerous films, including Men of Honor, Undercover Brother, Ray, Freedomland, The Taking of Pelham 123, The Help, The Birth of a Nation, and If Beale Street Could Talk.
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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor has since starred in The Color Purple, Origin, and Nickel Boys.
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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor appeared in several television films, such as Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story, Abducted: The Carlina White Story, and The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel, as well as the miniseries The Book of Negroes and series Quantico.
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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards for her roles in the miniseries When They See Us and the series Lovecraft Country.
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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor attended Tougaloo College before transferring to Brown University, where she completed her Bachelor of Arts in African-American studies.
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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor studied acting with Jim Barnhill and John Emigh.
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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor went on to study acting in the Graduate Acting Program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor is a member of Delta Sigma Theta sorority.
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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor later made her screen debut in the episode of Fox police drama series New York Undercover.
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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor played Denzel Washington's wife in the 2009 film The Taking of Pelham 123, directed by Tony Scott.
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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor had recurring roles on Third Watch, 100 Centre Street, Jonny Zero, Justice and True Blood.
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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor played the leading role in the independent film The Tested based on the award-winning 2005 short film of the same name.
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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor played the leading role in the 2012 television film Abducted: The Carlina White Story.
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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor played Ashley Judd's best friend in the 2012 ABC miniseries Missing, and had another role on the CBS procedural, NCIS: Los Angeles.
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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor left the series after two seasons in 2017.
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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie nomination for her performance.
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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor received NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special nomination for her performance.
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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor received Santa Barbara International Film Festival Outstanding Performer of the Year Award, and the Honorary Award at the 5th Hollywood Critics Association Film Awards.
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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor received critical acclaim for her performance, noted by some critics as her best role yet in career.
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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor co-starred with Hamish Linklater and Fred Hechinger in the period drama film Nickel Boys, an adaptation of the 2019 novel by American novelist Colson Whitehead, released in December 2024.