Aunjanue Ellis

Aunjanue Ellis Taylor, the American stage and screen actress and producer. She is best known as a film actress due to her performances as a character in Ray Undercover Brother (Ray Undercover Brother) and The Mentalist. She received a BA from Brown University in African-American Studies. At the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University she obtained an MFA. Aunjanue Lisa Ellis is an actor, producer as well as an American actor active in the theatre, television and film. Her career in acting began at the theater. She then appeared in numerous television shows as well as independent and mainstream films. She rose to fame as Miranda Shaw in ABC's Quantico, and also appeared in BET's epic show The Book of Negroes. Both of the roles she won critical acclaim as well as various nominations and awards including the Television Critics Choice Award for the Best Actress. She began her career as an actress in 1995 as Ariel in The Tempest. The actress has appeared on Broadway with roles in Come and Gone, A Winter's Tale, Drowning Crow as well as Seeking the Genesis. Film-wise she is most famous for roles such as Men of Honor The Caveman's Valentine The Express or The Help. For her work on television she's been recognized for her role as the regular character in ABC's drama about cops High Incident.