Aunjanue Ellis

Q: Has Aunjanue Ellis won any awards?

Aunjanue Ellis has received several nominations, including a Critics' Choice Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in 'If Beale Street Could Talk,' highlighting her talent and recognition within the industry.

Q: What was Aunjanue Ellis's early career like?

Aunjanue Ellis began her career in theater before transitioning to television and film. Her first major role was in the television series 'The Cosby Show,' which helped her gain visibility in the industry.

Q: What is Aunjanue Ellis's highest-grossing film?

One of Aunjanue Ellis's highest-grossing films is 'The Help,' which was both a critical and commercial success, earning over $200 million worldwide and bringing attention to her talent.

Q: Is Aunjanue Ellis involved in any philanthropic work?

Yes, Aunjanue Ellis is known for her advocacy work, particularly in areas related to social justice and representation in the arts, reflecting her commitment to using her platform for positive change.

Q: What is Aunjanue Ellis's estimated net worth?

Aunjanue Ellis's estimated net worth is around $3 million, reflecting her successful career in acting across various mediums, including film and television.

Q: What are some milestones in Aunjanue Ellis's filmography?

Key milestones in Aunjanue Ellis's filmography include her performances in 'The Help' and 'If Beale Street Could Talk,' both of which received critical acclaim and showcased her exceptional talent.

Q: What character did Aunjanue Ellis play in 'Washington Black'?

In 'Washington Black,' Aunjanue Ellis plays the character of Tanna, a significant role that adds depth to the narrative and highlights her acting prowess.

Known for

King Richard (2021)

IMDb 7.5 / 10

2021 / Drama, History / 138mins

The story of how Richard Williams served as a coach to his daughters Venus and Serena, who will soon become two of the most...

Men of Honor (2000)

IMDb 7.2 / 10

2000 / Drama / 129mins

Against formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy's new, less prejudicial policies -- Carl Brashear sets his sights...

The Help (2011)

IMDb 8.1 / 10

2011 / Drama / 146 min

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...

Name

Aunjanue Ellis

Height

5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)

Born

21 February 1971, San Francisco, California, USA

Spouses

None

Children

1, name not publicly known

Parents

Mary Ellis, Paul Ellis

Estimated Net Worth

$3 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2026	TV Lucky When a multi-million-dollar heist goes sideways, con artist Lucky is forced to go on the run. Pursued by both the...	Agent Billie Rand	Not rated
2026	Movie Lucky Strike A wounded American soldier fights to survive behind enemy lines during WWII's Battle of the Bulge against the Germans, relying...	Unknown character	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2024	Movie Nickel Boys Chronicles the powerful friendship between two young Black teenagers navigating the harrowing trials of reform school together in Florida.	Hattie	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2024	Movie Exhibiting Forgiveness A Black artist on the path to success is derailed by an unexpected visit from his estranged father, a recovering...	Joyce	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2024	Movie The Deliverance Ebony Jackson, a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her family into a new home for a fresh...	Rev Bernice James	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2024	Movie The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat Three lifelong best friends known as “The Supremes” share the unbreakable bonds of sisterhood from decades of weathering life’s storms....	Odette Henry	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2023	Movie The Color Purple A decades-spanning tale of love and resilience and of one woman's journey to independence. Celie faces many hardships in her...	Mama	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2023	Movie Origin While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist faces unfathomable personal loss and...	Isabel Wilkerson	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2023	TV Justified: City Primeval Having left the hollers of Kentucky 15 years ago, Raylan Givens is now based in Miami, balancing life as a...	Carolyn	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2022	TV The Jennifer Hudson Show Talented entertainer and newly-minted EGOT Jennifer Hudson takes on the daytime talk show landscape.	Self	TMDB 5.6 / 10
2022	TV 61st Street Moses Johnson is a promising high-school athlete with a bright future who’s accused of murdering a police officer during a...	Martha Roberts	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2021	Movie King Richard The story of how Richard Williams served as a coach to his daughters Venus and Serena, who will soon become...	Oracene 'Brandy' Price	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2021	Movie The Subject A successful white documentarian deals with the fallout from his last film, which caught the murder of a Black teen...	Leslie	TMDB 3.9 / 10
2020	TV Lovecraft Country The anthology horror series follows 25-year-old Atticus Freeman, who joins up with his friend Letitia and his Uncle George to...	Hippolyta Freeman	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2020	Movie The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel With guidance from their mother, five siblings overcome humble beginnings to form the renowned gospel group the Clark Sisters.	Mattie Moss Clark	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2019	Movie Miss Virginia A struggling inner-city mother sacrifices everything to give her son a good education. Unwilling to allow her son to stay...	Lorraine Townsend	TMDB 8.1 / 10
2019	TV When They See Us Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park.	Sharonne Salaam	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2018	Movie If Beale Street Could Talk After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.	Mrs. Hunt	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2018	Movie Pimp An urban love story set on the hard streets of the Bronx. A struggling female pimp, named Wednesday, grows up...	Gloria May	TMDB 6.3 / 10
2017	Movie Romeo and Juliet in Harlem The first Shakespeare feature film adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet" with a complete cast of color that stays true to...	Lady Capulet	Not rated
2016	TV Designated Survivor Tom Kirkman, a low-level cabinet member is suddenly appointed President of the United States after a catastrophic attack during the...	Eleanor Darby	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2016	Movie The Birth of a Nation Nat Turner, a former slave in America, leads a liberation movement in 1831 to free African-Americans in Virginia that results...	Nancy Turner	TMDB 6.6 / 10
2015	TV Quantico A diverse group of recruits has arrived at the FBI Quantico Base for training. They are the best, the brightest...	Miranda Shaw	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2015	TV The Book of Negroes Kidnapped in Africa and subsequently enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata must navigate a revolution in New York, isolation in Nova...	Aminata Diallo	TMDB 6.5 / 10
2014	TV Variety Studio: Actors on Actors PBS SoCal and Variety take you inside the biggest movies and TV shows of the past year through candid conversations...	Self	TMDB 4.2 / 10
2014	Movie Of Mind and Music Dr. Alvaro Cruz, a neuroscientist, disillusioned by the death of his mother and his inability to help her, finds redemption...	Una Vida	TMDB 5.7 / 10
2014	Movie Get On Up A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.	Vicki Anderson	TMDB 6.8 / 10
2013	TV Sleepy Hollow Ichabod Crane is resurrected and pulled two and a half centuries through time to unravel a mystery that dates all...	Lori Mills	TMDB 7.4 / 10
2013	Movie The Volunteer After quitting her stable but soul-crushing job, Leigh passes her days in an apathetic fog until she decides to volunteer...	Leigh	Not rated
2012	Movie Abducted: The Carlina White Story A baby abducted at birth and raised by the woman who took her, eventually discovers she is a missing child,...	Ann	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2012	TV Missing Becca Winstone learns that her son, Michael, disappears while studying abroad, and it's a race against time when she travels to...	Mary Dresden	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2011	Movie Money Matters A moving and intimate film that follows Monique "Money" Matters (Terri Abney) caught at the brink of adolescence. Her relationship...	Pamela Matters	TMDB 4.7 / 10
2011	Movie The Help Aibileen Clark is a middle-aged African-American maid who has spent her life raising white children and has recently lost her...	Yule Mae Davis	TMDB 8.2 / 10
2011	Movie Game of Death CIA agent Marcus is sent undercover to Detroit to take out an arms dealer and the head of the hedge...	Rachel	TMDB 4.9 / 10
2011	Movie The Resident Juliet, a beautiful doctor, has found the perfect New York apartment to start a new life after separating from her...	Sydney	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2011	Movie The Tested A life shattering tragedy sends three people on vastly different paths to a similar goal of redemption and understanding.	Darraylynn Warren	TMDB 3.0 / 10
2010	TV Blue Bloods A drama about a multi-generational family of cops dedicated to New York City law enforcement. Frank Reagan is the New...	Sylvia Marshall	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2010	Movie I Love You Phillip Morris Steven Russell leads a seemingly average life – an organ player in the local church, happily married to Debbie, and...	Reba	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2009	TV NCIS: Los Angeles The exploits of the Los Angeles–based Office of Special Projects (OSP), an elite division of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service...	Michelle Hanna	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2009	TV The Good Wife Alicia Florrick boldly assumes full responsibility for her family and re-enters the workforce after her husband's very public sex and...	Linda Underwood	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2009	Movie The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 Armed men hijack a New York City subway train, holding the passengers hostage in return for a ransom, and turning...	Therese Garber	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2009	Movie Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story is a movie based on the life story of world-renowned neurosurgeon Ben Carson from...	Candy	TMDB 7.8 / 10
2009	Movie The Hungry Ghosts A New York City-set drama of interlocking stories which occur over a 36-hour period.	Nadia	TMDB 1.0 / 10
2009	Movie Motherhood In Manhattan, a mother of two preparing for her daughter's sixth birthday party has no idea of the challenges she's...	Sample Sale Friend	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2009	Movie Notorious "Notorious" is the story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler...	Sandy	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2008	Movie The Express Follow the inspirational life of college football hero Ernie Davis, the first African-American to win the Heisman Trophy.	Marie Davis	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2008	TV The Mentalist Patrick Jane, a former celebrity psychic medium, uses his razor sharp skills of observation and expertise at "reading" people to...	Madeleine Hightower	TMDB 8.4 / 10
2008	TV True Blood Thanks to a Japanese scientist's invention of synthetic blood, vampires have progressed overnight from legendary monsters to fellow citizens. And...	Diane	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2008	Movie The Prince of Motor City A modern-day adaptation of Shakespeare's Hamlet set in Detroit.	Cora Neel	Not rated
2008	Movie Racing for Time Cleveland 'Stack' Stackhouse is a guard with the Texas Correctional Youth Authority who witnesses the cycle of destructive choices and...	Officer Baker	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2007	Movie Cover When someone is murdered on New Year's Eve, the prime suspect is Valerie Maas, a church-going home-maker whose life unravels...	Valerie Mass	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2006	TV Justice Justice is an American legal drama produced by Jerry Bruckheimer that aired on Fox in the USA and CTV in...	Miranda Lee	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2006	Movie Freedomland A black police detective must solve a strange case of a kidnapped boy and deal with a big racial protest.	Felicia	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2005	TV E-Ring E-Ring is an American television military drama, created by Ken Robinson and David McKenna and executive produced by Jerry Bruckheimer,...	Jocelyn Pierce	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2005	TV Numb3rs Inspired by actual cases and experiences, Numb3rs depicts the confluence of police work and mathematics in solving crime as an...	Ivy Kirk	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2005	TV Jonny Zero Jonny Zero is an action-crime drama television series that aired on the Fox network in 2005. It starred Franky G,...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2005	Movie Perception When Jen Marshall, an LA girl with a reckless personality and a laundry list of burned bridges, returns to New...	Vera	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2004	Movie Ray Born on a sharecropping plantation in Northern Florida, Ray Charles went blind at seven. Inspired by a fiercely independent mom...	Mary Ann Fisher	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2004	TV The D.A. The D.A. is an American legal drama television series that aired from March 19 until April 9, 2004.	Unknown character	Not rated
2004	Movie Brother to Brother A drama that looks back on the Harlem Renaissance from the perspective of an elderly, black writer who meets a...	Zora	TMDB 5.1 / 10
2003	TV Jimmy Kimmel Live! Jimmy Kimmel Live! is an American late-night talk show, created and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel and broadcast on ABC.	Self	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2002	TV MDs Medicine could be a lucrative business if it weren't for all those sick people. So goes the motto of the...	Quinn Joyner	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2002	Movie Lovely & Amazing An intimate family portrait of four hapless but resilient women and the bittersweet lessons they learn in keeping up with...	Lorraine	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2002	Movie Undercover Brother 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...	Sistah Girl	TMDB 5.9 / 10
2001	TV Law & Order: Criminal Intent The third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its criminals while following...	Carmen Rivera	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2001	Movie John John in the Sky A young boy sets out to build a working airplane in order to allow him to escape with his mother...	Earlene	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2001	Movie The Caveman's Valentine Romulus, a misunderstood musician turned recluse hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave, finds the frozen body...	Lulu	TMDB 5.8 / 10
2000	Movie Disappearing Acts A struggling construction worker and an aspiring musician find themselves falling in love.	Pam	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2000	Movie The Opponent Patty Sullivan is a battered woman who decides to take charge of her life by taking boxing lessons to better...	Unknown character	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2000	Movie Men of Honor Against formidable odds -- and an old-school diving instructor embittered by the U.S. Navy's new, less prejudicial policies -- Carl...	Jo	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1999	TV Third Watch The exploits of a group of men and women who serve the City of New York as police officers, firemen,...	Gail Moore	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1999	TV Law & Order: Special Victims Unit In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate...	Laura Chase	TMDB 7.9 / 10
1999	Movie A Map of the World School nurse Alice Goodwin lives with her husband and two daughters on a dairy farm in a small Wisconsin community....	Dyshett	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1999	Movie In Too Deep Drug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined...	Denise	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1999	Movie Desert Blue An academic obsessed with roadside attractions and his tv-star daughter stop at a small desert town to see the world's...	Agent Summers	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1998	Movie Side Streets The lives of diverse characters in each of New York City's five boroughs overlap.	Brenda Boyce	TMDB 6.8 / 10
1997	TV The Practice A provocative legal drama focused on young associates at a bare-bones Boston firm and their scrappy boss, Bobby Donnell. The...	Sharon Young	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1996	Movie Ed's Next Move Ed lives in Wisconsin. He's just been dumped by his girlfriend, so he moves to New York City for a...	Erica	TMDB 4.8 / 10
1996	Movie Girls Town The death of a friend galvanizes three high school young women to reassess their friendship and their lives.	Nikki	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1996	TV High Incident High Incident is a police drama series produced by DreamWorks Television for the ABC network. The show was created by...	Officer Leslie Joyner	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1994	TV New York Undercover New York Undercover is an American police drama The series stars Detective J.C. Williams and Detective Eddie Torres, two undercover...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1953	TV The Oscars An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
TBA	Movie The Body Is Water Set between Houston, Texas, and the weathered coastline of West Cork, Ireland, a grieving man vanishes to a remote Irish...	Ree	Not rated
TBA	TV Einstein Brilliant but directionless, the great grandson of Albert Einstein spends his days as a comfortably tenured professor until his bad...	Captain Frost	Not rated
TBA	Movie Liz Here Now Liz Baxter, who works as a nanny for a prominent, has a white family in Oakland, California, during the rise...	Liz Baxter	Not rated
TBA	Movie HBCU Honors The Inaugural HBCU Honors is an evening in Miami, Fl. hosted by Wendy Raquel Robinson to celebrate HBCU alum: Sheila...	Self	Not rated

Year	Title	Role	Rating
2024	Movie Grace A 1950s Southern teen questions her faith and sexuality on the eve of her baptism when urged to repent her...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
2023	Movie Origin While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist faces unfathomable personal loss and...	Executive Producer Production	TMDB 6.2 / 10
TBA	Movie Liz Here Now Liz Baxter, who works as a nanny for a prominent, has a white family in Oakland, California, during the rise...	Executive Producer Production	Not rated
TBA	Movie Untitled Sister Rosetta Tharpe Biopic A biopic of the Godmother of Rock and Roll.	Writer Writing	Not rated

Lucky Strike

2026 / TMDB 4.0

Nickel Boys

2024 / TMDB 6.7

Exhibiting Forgiveness

2024 / TMDB 6.1

The Deliverance

2024 / TMDB 6.0

The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat

2024 / TMDB 6.7

The Color Purple

2023 / TMDB 7.0

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What was Aunjanue Ellis's early career like?

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