Aunjanue Ellis
Birthday: 1969-02-21 | Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USAAunjanue L. Ellis is an American producer, stage and screen actress, best known for her film roles in "Ray", "Undercover Brother", and on the television series "The Mentalist". She has an BA in African-American Studies from Brown University, and an MFA in Acting from the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University.
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Known For
Acting
Year
Title
Role
2024
Nickel Boys
as Hattie
2024
Exhibiting Forgiveness
as Joyce
2024
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
as Odette Henry
2024
The Deliverance
as Rev Bernice James
2023
Justified: City Primeval
as Carolyn
2023
Origin
as Isabel Wilkerson
2021
The Subject
as Leslie
2021
King Richard
as Oracene 'Brandy' Price
2020
Lovecraft Country
as Hippolyta Freeman
2020
Lovecraft Country
as Hippolyta Freeman
2020
The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
as Mattie Moss Clark
2019
Miss Virginia
as Lorraine Townsend
2019
When They See Us
as Sharonne Salaam
2018
Pimp
as Gloria May
2018
If Beale Street Could Talk
as Mrs. Hunt
2016
The Birth of a Nation
as Nancy Turner
2015
The Book of Negroes
as Aminata Diallo
2014
Of Mind and Music
as Una Vida
2012
2011
The Tested
as Darraylynn Warren
2011
Game of Death
as Rachel
2011
The Resident
as Sydney
2009
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
as Candy
