Aunjanue Ellis
- Highest Rated: If Beale Street Could Talk (2019)
- Lowest Rated: Cover (2007)
- Birthday: Feb 21, 1969
- Birthplace: Not Available
-
San Francisco-born actress Aunjanue Ellis graduated with a B.A. in African-American studies from Brown University before studying acting at NYU. She began her career in the mid-'90s, appearing in films like Girls Town and A Map of the World. In 2002, she gave a memorable performance as secret agent Sistah Girl in the comedy Undercover Brother, and that same year she was cast in a starring role in the series MDs. In 2005, she nabbed another starring role in a series as MSgt. Jocelyn Pierce on the Pentagon drama E-Ring, and she stayed with the show for 11 episodes. In 2008, she appeared in a starring role as an unlikely murder suspect in the thriller Cover.
Photos
Highest Rated Movies
-
-
Girls Town
88% -
Garden State
86% -
Lovely & Amazing
86%
Filmography
Movies
Rating |
Title |
Credit |
Box
|
Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Virginia | Actor | — | 2019 | |
| 95% | If Beale Street Could Talk | Mrs. Hunt | — | 2019 |
| 72% | The Birth of a Nation | Nancy Turner | $15.9M | 2016 |
| 71% | Of Mind and Music | Una Vida | $15.6K | 2016 |
| 79% | Get On Up | Vicki Anderson | $22.9M | 2014 |
| The Volunteer | Actor | — | 2013 | |
| The Tested | Darraylynn Warren | — | 2012 | |
| 35% | The Resident | Sydney | — | 2012 |
| Abducted: The Carlina White Story | Ann Pettway | — | 2012 | |
| 76% | The Help | Yule Mae Davis | $169.8M | 2011 |
| Money Matters | Pamela Matters | — | 2011 | |
| Game of Death | Actor | — | 2010 | |
| 71% | I Love You Phillip Morris | Reba | $2.1M | 2010 |
| 14% | The Hungry Ghosts | Nadia | — | 2010 |
| 20% | Motherhood | Sample Sale Friend | $50.6K | 2009 |
| 51% | The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 | Therese (Garber's Wife) | $65.5M | 2009 |
| Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story | Candy | — | 2009 | |
| 51% | Notorious | Sandy | $36.7M | 2009 |
| Racing for Time | Actor | — | 2008 | |
| 0% | Cover | Valerie Maas | — | 2007 |
| 23% | Freedomland | Felicia | $12.3M | 2006 |
| 0% | Perception | Vera | — | 2006 |
| 77% | Brother to Brother | Zora | — | 2004 |
| 80% | Ray | Mary Ann Fisher | $75.1M | 2004 |
| 86% | Garden State | Actor | $26.8M | 2004 |
| Headcases: People with Problems | Actor | — | 2004 | |
| 86% | Lovely & Amazing | Lorraine | $4.2M | 2002 |
| 77% | Undercover Brother | Sistah Girl | $38.3M | 2002 |
| John John in the Sky | Earlene | — | 2001 | |
| 45% | The Caveman's Valentine | Lulu Ledbetter | — | 2001 |
| Disappearing Acts | Actor | — | 2000 | |
| 42% | Men of Honor | Jo | — | 2000 |
| El Oponente | June | — | 2000 | |
| 65% | A Map of the World | Dyshett | — | 1999 |
| 36% | In Too Deep | Denise | — | 1999 |
| 37% | Desert Blue | Summers | — | 1999 |
| Side Streets | Brenda Boyce | — | 1998 | |
| 80% | Ed's Next Move | Erica | — | 1996 |
| 88% | Girls Town | Nikki | — | 1995 |
TV
Rating |
Title |
Credit |
Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 96% |
When They See Us
2019
|
Sharon Salaam |
|
| 71% |
Designated Survivor
2016
|
Mayor Ellenor Darby |
|
| 70% |
Quantico
2015-2018
|
Miranda Shaw |
|
|
NCIS: Los Angeles
2009
|
Michelle Hanna Michelle Hanna/Quinn Quinn |
|
|
| 77% |
Sleepy Hollow
2013-2017
|
Lori Mills |
|
| 47% |
Missing
2012
|
Mary Dresden |
|
|
The Mentalist
2008-2015
|
Madeline Hightower Madeleine Hightower Hightower |
|
|
| 96% |
The Good Wife
2009-2016
|
Linda Underwood |
|
|
Numb3rs
2005-2010
|
Ivy Kirk |
|
|
| 70% |
True Blood
2008-2014
|
Diane |
|
|
Justice
2006
|
Miranda |
|
|
|
E-Ring
2005-2006
|
Sergeant Jocelyn Pierce Master Sergeant Jocelyn Pierce Sgt. Jocelyn Pierce |
|
|
|
Independent Lens
1999
|
Zora Neale Hurston |
|
|
|
Jonny Zero
2005
|
Gloria |
|
|
|
Third Watch
1999-2005
|
Gail Moore |
|
|
|
The Practice
1997-2004
|
Sharon Sharon Young |
|
|
|
New York Undercover
1994-1998
|
Claudia |
|
|
|
High Incident
1997
|
Off. Joyner |
|
|
| 100% |
The Book of Negroes
2015
|
Aminata Diallo |
|
QUOTES FROM Aunjanue Ellis CHARACTERS
- Una Vida
-
I had me some schooling too now.
- Mary Ann Fisher
-
I ain't no bass, I'm a soprano.
- Jo
-
Why do you want this so badly?
- Carl Brashear
-
Because they said i couldn't have it
- Carl Brashear
-
Because they said I couldn't have it
- Aibileen Clark
-
Hey Minny
- Aibileen Clark
-
Hey Minny.
- Minny Jackson
-
Hey Aiblienen
- Minny Jackson
-
Hey Aiblienen.
- Yule Mae Davis
-
Hey Minny
- Yule Mae Davis
-
Hey Minny.
- Minny Jackson
-
Hmmmmm
- Minny Jackson
-
Hmmmmm.
- Yule Mae Davis
-
Hey!, Minnie.
- Yule Mae Davis
-
Hey Minnie!