Aunjanue Ellis

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, an American producer stage and screen actress best known for her film roles as a character in Ray Undercover Brother and on the tv show The Mentalist. She earned an undergraduate degree in African-American Studies at Brown University as well as a Masters in Fine Arts in Acting from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Aunjanue Ellis. Ellis is the American actor and producer who has been in the theater and TV and films as and is actively involved across both sides of the screen. She started her career as an actress in theatre and then went on to be a part of numerous television shows, as well as independent and mainstream films. She became famous as Miranda Shaw in ABC's Quantico in addition to appearing on BET's epic series The Book of Negroes. Both of the roles she was praised by critics and received various awards and nominations, among them her first award, the Television Critics Choice Award for the best Actress. She made her professional debut as Ariel in The Tempest in 1995. Her stage credits include The Broadway production that Joe Turner's Come and Gone A Winter's Tale Drowning Crow as well as Seeking the Genesis. In the film industry, she's best known for parts like Men of Honor The Caveman's Valentine The Express or The Help. Her most well-known role is her character on ABC's crime-drama High Incident.