Aunjanue Ellis

Aunjanue ellis-taylor, the American stage and screen actress and producer. She is best known as a film actress due to her roles in Ray Undercover Brother (Ray Undercover Brother) as well as The Mentalist. She graduated with an B.A. in African-American Studies, from Brown University. Her MFA is in acting from Tisch School of acting at New York University. Aunjanue Ellis is an American actor and producer active in film, theater, as well as television. She began acting on stage and then appeared in mainstream, independent, as well as television shows. She became famous as Miranda Shaw in ABC's Quantico in addition to appearing on BET's epic drama The Book of Negroes. For both of these roles she received critical acclaim and a variety of awards and nominations, among them an award from the Television Critics Choice Award for the best Actress. In 1995, she appeared in her first performance on stage in The Tempest as Ariel. Her stage credits are Come and Gone Drowning Crow and Seeking the Genesis, a Broadway production by Joe Turner. Her most well-known work is her role in the series Men of Honor as well as The Caveman's Valentine The Express & The Help. Her role as a regular on ABC's drama police series High Incident earned her praises.