Aunjanue Ellis

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, an American screen and stage actress, best well-known for her films in Ray Undercover Brother and on the television series The Mentalist. She has a Bachelor's degree in African-American Studies and an MFA from Tisch School of Arts New York University. Aunjanue is a film and theater actress, and she is also producer. Her acting career started in the theatre. She then appeared in numerous television shows as well as independent and mainstream films. She came to prominence as Miranda Shaw on ABC's Quantico and also appeared in BET's acclaimed series The Book of Negroes for which she not only received an acclaim from critics, but also won a number of nominations and awards, including the Television Critics Choice Award nomination for the Best Actress in a Movie. She made her professional acting debut with the character Ariel In The Tempest in 1995. Stage credits comprise Come and Gone Drowning Crow as well as Seeking the Genesis, a Broadway production directed by Joe Turner. In the film industry her most well-known roles are parts like Men of Honor The Caveman's Valentine The Express or The Help. Her role on television in the series High Incident of ABC's Police Drama High Incident has earned her accolades.