Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor 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. Known for her work in several film and television productions, she has received several accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and two Primetime Emmy
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.356 |
| Birthday | 1969-02-21 |
| Place of Birth | San Francisco, California, USA |
| Also Known As | Aunjanue L. Ellis , Aunjanue Ellis, آنجانو الیس, |
HBCU Honors
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2009
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
7.8/704
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a movie based on the life story of world-renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson from 1961 to 1987.
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Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
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The Subject
4.3/6
A successful white documentarian deals with the fallout from his last film, which caught the murder of a Black teen on tape. While he films a new doc...
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The Subject
2000
Men of Honor
7.485/2329
Against formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy's new, less prejudicial policies -- Carl Brashear sets his...
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Men of Honor
2001
The Caveman's Valentine
5.7/136
Romulus, a misunderstood musician turned recluse hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave, finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tr...
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The Caveman's Valentine
2002
Undercover Brother
5.8/384
An Afro-American organization, the B.R.O.T.H.E.R.H.O.O.D., is in permanent fight against a white organization "The Man" defending the values of the bl...
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Undercover Brother
2006
Freedomland
5.217/338
A black police detective must solve a strange case of a kidnapped boy and deal with a big racial protest.
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Freedomland
1999
Desert Blue
5.716/37
An academic obsessed with "roadside attractions" and his tv-star daughter finally discover the world's largest ice cream cone, the centerpiece for an...
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Desert Blue
2008
The Express
7.1/270
Follow the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.
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The Express
2004
Brother to Brother
5.2/16
A drama that looks back on the Harlem Renaissance from the perspective of an elderly, black writer who meets a gay teenager in a New York homeless she...
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Brother to Brother
2009
The Hungry Ghosts
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A New York City-set drama of interlocking stories which occur over a 36-hour period.
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The Hungry Ghosts
2011
The Resident
5.761/628
Juliet, a beautiful doctor, has found the perfect New York apartment to start a new life after separating from her husband. It's got spacious rooms, a...
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The Resident
2011
The Help
8.2/8445
Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her only son; Minny Jackson...
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The Help
2024
The Deliverance
6.1/465
Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh start. But when strange occurrenc...
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The Deliverance
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Cover
4.9/13
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2023
The Color Purple
7.109/290
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The Tested
3/4
A life shattering tragedy sends three people on vastly different paths to a similar goal of redemption and understanding.
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Girls Town
6.1/8
The death of a friend galvanizes three high school young women to reassess their friendship and their lives.
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Girls Town
2000
The Opponent
4.7/11
Patty Sullivan is a battered woman who decides to take charge of her life by taking boxing lessons to better protect herself when her boyfriend become...
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The Opponent
2011
Money Matters
4.7/3
A moving and intimate film that follows Monique "Money" Matters (Terri Abney) caught at the brink of adolescence. Her relationship with her mother Pam...
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Money Matters
2012
Abducted: The Carlina White Story
7.7/30
A baby abducted at birth and raised by the woman who took her, eventually discovers she is a missing child, reconnects with her birth parents, and str...
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Abducted: The Carlina White Story
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Notorious
6.9/725
"Notorious" is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler (...
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Notorious
1998
Side Streets
7/3
The lives of diverse characters in each of New York City's five boroughs overlap.
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Side Streets
2005
Perception
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When Jen Marshall, an LA girl with a reckless personality and a laundry list of burned bridges, returns to New York and unexpected tragedy strikes, it...
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Perception
2004
Ray
7.4/2027
Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom who insisted he make h...
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Ray
2011
Game of Death
4.9/146
CIA agent Marcus is sent undercover to Detroit to take out an arms dealer and the head of the hedge fund that is financing him. His CIA backup has oth...
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Game of Death
2008
The Prince of Motor City
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A modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet set in Detroit.
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The Prince of Motor City
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The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
6.8/17
Three lifelong best friends known as “The Supremes” share the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood from decades of weathering life’s storms. Through the jo...
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The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat
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Exhibiting Forgiveness
7.2/12
Utilizing his paintings to find freedom from his past, a Black artist on the path to success is derailed by an unexpected visit from his estranged fat...
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Exhibiting Forgiveness
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Of Mind and Music
6/10
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Of Mind and Music
1999
A Map of the World
6.1/63
School nurse Alice Goodwin lives with her husband and two daughters on a dairy farm in a small Wisconsin community. After an accident on her property...
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A Map of the World
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Get on Up
6.8/527
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.
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Get on Up
2024
Nickel Boys
6.492/199
Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.
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Nickel Boys
2016
The Birth of a Nation
6.5/529
Nat Turner, a former slave in America, leads a liberation movement in 1831 to free African-Americans in Virginia that results in a violent retaliation...
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The Birth of a Nation
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Lovely & Amazing
6.1/80
An intimate family portrait of four hapless but resilient women and the bittersweet lessons they learn in keeping up with the hectic demands of their...
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Lovely & Amazing
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The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
6.351/3150
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The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
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Origin
6.667/57
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Origin
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Pimp
6.4/32
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Pimp
2008
Racing for Time
5.8/4
Cleveland 'Stack' Stackhouse is a guard with the Texas Correctional Youth Authority who witnesses the cycle of destructive choices and racial tensions...
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Racing for Time
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John John in the Sky
6.2/5
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John John in the Sky
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Romeo and Juliet in Harlem
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The first Shakespeare feature film adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet" with a complete cast of color that stays true to the language and storyline.
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Romeo and Juliet in Harlem
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Disappearing Acts
6.5/38
A struggling construction worker and an aspiring musician find themselves falling in love.
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Disappearing Acts
2018
If Beale Street Could Talk
6.9/1144
After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.
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Miss Virginia
8.2/8
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The Volunteer
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After quitting her stable but soul-crushing job, Leigh passes her days in an apathetic fog until she decides to volunteer at a soup kitchen. There she...
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I Love You Phillip Morris
6.4/1669
Steven Russell leads a seemingly average life – an organ player in the local church, happily married to Debbie, and a member of the local police force...
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I Love You Phillip Morris
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Motherhood
5/126
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Ed's Next Move
4/3
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Ed's Next Move
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King Richard
7.637/2562
The story of how Richard Williams served as a coach to his daughters Venus and Serena, who will soon become two of the most legendary tennis players i...
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The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel
7.667/12
With guidance from their mother, five siblings overcome humble beginnings to form the renowned gospel group the Clark Sisters.
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In Too Deep
6.4/99
Drug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined to break Gittens' stranglehold o...
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Liz Here Now
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Liz Baxter, who works as a nanny for a prominent, has a white family in Oakland, California, during the rise of the Black Panther Party in 1967. When...
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