Aunjanue L. Ellis (born February 21, 1969 in San Francisco, California) is an American actress.
She's best known for Men of Honor, Undercover Brother and Lovecraft Country.
Film Roles
- Girls Town 1996 as Nikki
- Eds Next Move as Erica
- Side Streets as Brenda Boyce
- Desert Blue as Agent Summers
- In Too Deep as Denise
- A Map Of The World as Dyshett
- Ill Wave Back as Earlene
- Men of Honor as Jo
- The Opponent as June
- The Cavemens Valentine as Lulu
- Lovely And Amazing as Lorraine
- Undercover Brother as Sistah Girl
- Brother To Brother as Zora
- Ray as Mary Ann Fisher
- Perception 2005 as Vera
- Freedomland as Felicia
- Cover as Valerie Mass
- The Express as Marie Davis
- Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story as Candy Carson
- Notorious as Sandy
- I Love You Phillip Morris as Reba
- Motherhood as Sample Sale Friend
- The Hungry Ghosts as Nadia
- The Taking of Pelham One Two Three as Therese
- The Tested as Darraylynn Warren
- The Resident 2011 as Sydney
- Game of Death as Rachel
- The Help as Yule Mae Davis
- Money Matters as Pamela Matters
- The Volunteer as Leigh
- Get On Up as Vicki Anderson
- Of Mind And Music as Una Vida
- The Birth of a Nation (2016) as Nancy
- Romeo And Juliet In Harlem as Lady Capulet
- If Beale Street Could Talk as Mrs. Hunt
- Pimp as Gloria May
- Miss Virginia as Lorraine Townsend
- The Subject as Leslie Barnes
- King Richard as Bradi Williams
Television Roles
- New York Undercover as Claudia (1 episode)
- High Incident as Officer Leslie Joyner
- The Practice as Sharon Young (4 episodes)
- Third Watch as Gail Moore (2 episodes)
- Jonny Zero as Gloria (6 episodes)
- E-Ring as Major Sgt. Jocelyn Pierce
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Carmen Rivera (1 episode)
- Justice as Miranda Lee (9 episodes)
- NUMB3RS as Ivy Kirk (1 episode)
- The Border as Amira (1 episode)
- True Blood as Diane (3 episodes)
- The Good Wife as Linda Underwood (1 episode)
- Blue Bloods as Sylvia Marshall (1 episode)
- Missing (2012) as Mary Dresden (3 episodes)
- The Mentalist as Madeleine Hightower (17 episodes)
- Sleepy Hollow as Lori Mills (1 episode)
- The Book Of Negroes as Aminata Diallo
- NCIS: Los Angeles as Michelle Hanna/Quinn (7 episodes)
- Quantico as Miranda Shaw (44 episodes)
- When They See Us as Sharonne Salaam
- Designated Survivor as Eleanor Darby (6 episodes)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Laura Chase (1 episode)
- Release as Ida (1 episode)
- Lovecraft Country as Hippolyta Freeman
