Join us for a 90-minute Career Retrospective with actor Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor. Moderated by Angelique Jackson, Variety.
Aunjanue stars in this year's 'Nickel Boys.'
BIO:
Oscar-nominated actress Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor can currently be seen in Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios’ ‘Nickel Boys,’ based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, which is directed by Oscar-nominee RaMell Ross and produced by Oscar-winning producers Dede Gardner & Jeremy Kleiner. She also starred earlier this year in Netflix/Lee Daniels' film ‘The Deliverance’ opposite Andra Day and Glenn Close, ‘The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat’ opposite Uzo Aduba and Sanaa Lathan for Searchlight/Hulu and Titus Kaphar's feature film debut ‘Exhibiting Forgiveness.’
She received critical and audience acclaim for her portrayal of Pulitzer Prize-winner Isabel Wilkerson in Ava Duvernay’s ‘Origin.’ For her inspired performance as Oracene Price, mother to mega superstars Venus and Serena Williams, in the Warner Bros feature ‘King Richard,’ Aunjanue’s performance received a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the Academy Awards and won National Board of Review, HCA, and AAFCA’s Best Supporting Actress awards. Ellis additionally secured Best Supporting Actress nominations from the BAFTAs, Critics Choice, Golden Globes, and the NAACP Image Awards (among others) for her work as Oracene.
On television, she was recently seen in ‘Justified: City Primeval’ opposite Timothy Olyphany at FX/HULU. Aunjanue has also received two Emmy Award nominations: the first for her portrayal of Sharone Salaam in Ava DuVernay’s Netflix limited series ‘When They See Us,’ and the second for her performance in the JJ Abrams and Jordan Peele-produced HBO series ‘Lovecraft Country.’
Aunjanue’s work in Lifetime’s ‘The Clark Sisters: First Ladies of Gospel’ earned her a NAACP Award nomination for Actress in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special. Other recent credits include IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK, THE BIRTH OF A NATION, PIMP, MISS VIRGINIA, THE HELP and the E-One/BET miniseries, “THE BOOK OF NEGROES” (for which she was nominated for Outstanding Actress in A Miniseries at the 2015 Critics Choice Awards, the 2016 NAACP Awards, and won a Gracie Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Made for TV Movie or Limited Series).
