Aunjanue L. Ellis Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Aunjanue L. Ellis (born February 21, 1969) is an American actress. She had the leading roles in the number of independent movies, and co-starred in films Men of Honor (2000), Undercover Brother (2002), Ray (2004), The Express (2008), The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009) and The Help (2011). On television, Ellis starred in the number of short-lived dramas and had the recurring roles on The Practice, True Blood, and The Mentalist. She stars as lead character in the 2014 miniseries, The Book of Negroes based on bestselling novel by Lawrence Hill.
Brown University, Tougaloo College, New York University
Nationality
American
Siblings
Sasha Ellis
Awards
Satellite Award for Best Ensemble – Motion Picture, Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble, Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series
Nominations
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Movie/Miniseries, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Min...
Movies
The Birth of a Nation, Men of Honor, Undercover Brother, The Help, Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story, Freedomland, The Resident, Of Mind and Music, The Caveman's Valentine, Ray, Abducted: The Carlina White Story, Lovely and Amazing, Brother to Brother, Get on Up, Notorious, Girls Town, The Express,...
TV Shows
The Mentalist, The Book of Negroes, Justice, MDs, High Incident, Quantico, E-Ring
Star Sign
Pisces
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Quote
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Pain doesn't have a face and pain doesn't have a certain way of adjusting. Pain is universal.
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A lot of practical things keep me motivated, like taking care of my family. On an artistic level, there are stories that I want to tell. I grew up in a storytelling-rich community. It is important to me as a consumer of art and I guess in some ways a wannabe artist to continue that tradition, and acting is my chosen genre at this point to do that.
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I love playing different characters and things that are challenging. I'm not interested in safety at all. That's what makes me get up in the morning.
4
Every role is a potential lover. I ask: Are they someone I want to wake up to in the morning and go to bed with at night? Do they question my assumptions about life? Consume me to distraction? Make my cry, then clown to make me laugh again? If I say yes, then it's all I need.
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Fact
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A featured player in actress Regina Taylor's play, Drowning Crow, at the Manhattan Theatre Club. [January 2004]
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Attended Tougaloo College in Tougaloo, Mississippi before she transferred to Brown University, where she completed her undergraduate studies.
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Has her B.A. in African-American studies from Brown University, and studied acting in the graduate drama program at NYU.
$18 Million
