Aunjanue Ellis

Aunjanue ellis-taylor, actress, American stage and screen actor and producer. Her most well-known work is as a film actress due to her role as a character in Ray Undercover Brother (Ray Undercover Brother) as well as The Mentalist. She received a B.A. from African-American Studies, from Brown University. Her MFA is in acting from Tisch School at New York University. Aunjanue Lisa Ellis, a producer and American actor who is active in theater, television and film. Aunjanue. Ellis began acting in the theater. Later, she appeared in television series in independent as well as mainstream film. The actress gained fame as Miranda Shaw on ABC's Quantico and appeared on the epic BET series The Book of Negroes for which she received not just critical acclaim but also received a host of nominations and awards including a Television Critics Choice Award nomination for Best Actress in a Film. She began her career as an actress in 1995, when she appeared as Ariel in The Tempest. On Broadway, she has appeared as a character in Come and Gone A Winter's Tale Seeking the Genesis and Joe Turner's Come and Gone. The most recognizable part of her career is her roles in the films Men of Honor and The Caveman's Valentine The Express & The Help. Her role as a character in ABC's drama-police series High Incident earned her praises.