Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

Actor (b. 1969)
13
Movies
69.3%
Avg ThumbScore
Drama
Top Genre

Audiences rate Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor’s films lower than 71% of the 3,467 people with 10 or more films on ThumbScore. See the full ranking

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The ThumbScore for Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (69.3%) is the average audience approval rating across 13 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Aunjanue's films are well-received by everyday viewers.

Aunjanue L. Ellis-Taylor (born February 21, 1969) is an American actress. She has received several accolades, including nominations for an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and two Primetime Emmy Awards. She has appeared in numerous films, including Men of Honor (2000), Undercover Brother (2002), Ray (2004), Freedomland (2006), The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009), The Help (2011), The Birth of a Nation (2016), and If Beale Street Could Talk (2018).

She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for portraying Oracene Price in the sports drama King Richard (2021). She has since starred in The Color Purple (2023), Origin (2023), and Nickel Boys (2024). On television, Ellis had regular and recurring roles in the series High Incident (1996–1997), The Practice (1999), True Blood (2008), and The Mentalist (2010–2013). She also appeared in several television films, such as Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009), Abducted: The Carlina White Story (2013), and The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel (2020), as well as the miniseries The Book of Negroes (2015) and series Quantico (2015–2017). She was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards for her roles in the miniseries When They See Us (2019) and Lovecraft Country (2021) series. Description above from the Wikipedia article Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born 1969-02-21 in San Francisco, California, USA.

On ThumbScore, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor appears in 13 films with an average audience score of 69.3%, most frequently in the Drama genre.

Sources: TMDB

Every Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor movie, ranked by audience score

Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story
2009
👍 90%
Men of Honor
Men of Honor
2000
👍 83%
If Beale Street Could Talk
If Beale Street Could Talk
2018
👍 76%
The Resident
The Resident
2011
👍 75%
The Express
The Express
2008
👍 71%
King Richard
King Richard
2021
👍 69%
The Birth of a Nation
The Birth of a Nation
2016
👍 68%
Undercover Brother
Undercover Brother
2002
👍 67%
The Caveman's Valentine
The Caveman's Valentine
2001
👍 62%
Nickel Boys
Nickel Boys
2024
👍 61%
The Deliverance
The Deliverance
2024
👍 60%
Lucky Strike
Lucky Strike
2026
👍 60%
Freedomland
Freedomland
2006
👍 59%