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Aunjanue Ellis

Born in San Francisco, California Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor attended Brown University where she completed her BA in African-American studies, and later attended the New York University Tisch School of the Arts, beginning her career on stage in the 1995 revival of The Tempest. She first appeared on screen in a 1995 episode of New York Undercover and in the 1996 film Girls Town. In 2022 she publicly came out as bisexual, and in 2023 she began using Ellis-Taylor in honor of her mother.

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Credits

Cast Credits

Justified: City Primeval (2023)
Starring as Carolyn Wilder (8 episodes)
61st Street (2022)
Starring as Martha Roberts (15 episodes)
Lovecraft Country (2020)
Starring as Hippolyta Freeman (7 episodes)
When They See Us (2019)
Starring as Sharonne Salaam (4 episodes)
  • Episode 1x04: Part Four (May 31, 2019)
  • Episode 1x03: Part Three (May 31, 2019)
  • Episode 1x02: Part Two (May 31, 2019)
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Designated Survivor (2016)
Guest starring as Mayor Ellenor Darby (6 episodes)
Quantico (2015)
Starring as Miranda Shaw (43 episodes)
  • Episode 2x22: RESISTANCE (May 15, 2017)
  • Episode 2x21: RAINBOW (May 8, 2017)
  • Episode 2x20: GLOBALREACH (May 1, 2017)
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The Book of Negroes (2015)
Starring as Aminata Diallo
Sleepy Hollow (2013)
Guest starring as Lori Mills
  • Episode 2x09: Mama (Nov 17, 2014)
Missing (2012)
Guest starring as Mary Dresden (3 episodes)
The Talk (2010)
Guest starring as Aunjanue Ellis
The Good Wife (2009)
Guest starring as Linda Underwood
  • Episode 1x05: Crash (Oct 20, 2009)
NCIS: Los Angeles (2009)
Guest starring as Michelle Hanna (7 episodes)
  • Episode 8x24: Unleashed (May 14, 2017) [Uncredited]
  • Episode 8x23: Uncaged (May 7, 2017)
  • Episode 6x11: Humbug (Dec 15, 2014)
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The Mentalist (2008)
Guest starring as Madeleine Hightower (17 episodes)
True Blood (2008)
Guest starring as Diane (3 episodes)
Justice (2006)
Guest starring as Miranda Lee (3 episodes)
Made in Hollywood (2005)
Guest starring as Aunjanue Ellis (2 episodes)
E-Ring (2005)
Starring as MSgt. Jocelyn Pierce (22 episodes)
Numb3rs (2005)
Guest starring as Ivy Kirk
  • Episode 4x12: Power (Jan 18, 2008)
Jimmy Kimmel Live (2003)
Guest starring as Aunjanue Ellis
MDs (2002)
Starring as Dr. Quinn Joyner (10 episodes)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999)
Guest starring as Laura Chase
The Practice (1997)
Guest starring as Sharon Young (4 episodes)
High Incident (1996)
Starring as Leslie Joyner
  • Episode 1x01: Pilot (Mar 4, 1996)
New York Undercover (1994)
Guest starring as Claudia
Good Morning America (1975)
Guest starring as Aunjanue Ellis
Oscars (1953)
Guest starring as Aunjanue Ellis
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