Aunjanue Ellis

Aunjanue Elis Taylor is the American stage and screen actress and producer. She is most famous as an actress in films for her roles on the films Ray Undercover Brother (Ray Undercover Brother) and The Mentalist. She graduated with a BA in Brown University in African-American Studies. In the Tisch School of the Arts, New York University she obtained an MFA. Aunjanue has a reputation as an American actress as well as a producer and director. She has worked in both film and television. She started acting on stage and went onto appear in independent, mainstream as well as television shows. The actress gained fame as Miranda Shaw on ABC's Quantico as well as on BET's epic series The Book of Negroes for which she not only received critical acclaim but also a number of nominations and awards, including the Television Critics Choice Award nomination for the Best Actress in a Film. Her professional acting d but was as Ariel, on the stage in The Tempest. She's appeared in Broadway in Come and Gone, A Winter's Tale, Drowning Crow as well as Seeking the Genesis. In her film career, she's best known for roles such as Men of Honor The Caveman's Valentine The Express or The Help. In the world of television, her character on ABC's drama about police High Incident is well known.