Aunjanue Ellis

Date of Birth: Feb 21, 1969
Country: USA
Total Credits at Criticker: 27 (Actor)
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61st Street (2022) - TV Series
Follows Moses Johnson, a promising high school athlete, who is swept up into the infamously corrupt Chicago criminal justice system.
A look at how tennis superstars Venus and Serena Williams became who they are after the coaching from their father Richard Williams.
The movie will detail their humble beginnings, struggles to find their place, to later becoming the best-selling Gospel group in the music world. (imdb)
Lovecraft Country (2020) - TV Series
A young African-American travels across the U.S. in the 1950s in search of his missing father. (imdb)
When They See Us (2019) - TV Mini-Series
Chronicle the true story of a notorious case of five black teenagers who were convicted of a rape they did not commit. (imdb)
A woman in Harlem desperately scrambles to prove her fiancé innocent of a crime while carrying their first child.
A story about a beautiful street musician suffering from memory loss and a disheartened neuroscientist intent on helping her, bringing together the city of New Orleans and the jazz that made it famous.
Nat Turner, a former slave in America, leads a liberation movement in 1831 to free African-Americans in Virgina that results in a violent retaliation from whites. (imdb)
The Book of Negroes (2015) - TV Mini-Series
In the 18th century, Aminata is kidnapped into slavery in Africa, transported to South Carolina, and must travel through New York, Nova Scotia, and Sierra Leone to restore her freedom.
Quantico (2015) - TV Series
A look at the lives of young FBI recruits training at the Quantico base in Virginia when one of them is suspected of being a sleeper terrorist. (imdb)
The first Shakespeare feature film adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet" with a complete cast of color that stays true to the language and storyline.
A chronicle of James Brown's rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history. (imdb)
Abducted: The Carlina White Story (2012) - TV Movie
A baby abducted at birth and raised by the woman who took her, eventually discovers she is a missing child, reconnects with her birth parents, and struggles with choosing between her two identities.
When a young doctor suspects she may not be alone in her new Brooklyn loft, she learns that her landlord has formed a frightening obsession with her.
Desperate for spiritual fulfillment, five individuals search separately throughout New York City for the connections and wholeness they lack. As they try to find direction, the characters must also cope with addiction, rejection and responsibilities. (Netflix)
The Mentalist (2008) - TV Series
A famous "psychic" outs himself as a fake and starts working as a consultant for the California Bureau of Investigation so he can find "Red John," the madman who killed his wife and daughter. (imdb)
Racing for Time (2008) - TV Movie
From Emmy-winning director and actor Charles S. Dutton, comes the true story of a guard (Dutton) at a Teen Correctional Facility-- who saw the cycle of destructive choices and racial tensions between female teen offenders, and decided to do something about it. He gathered African-American, Latina, and white teens, and put together a multi-racial track team behind the bars of the detention center.
A criminal investigation into an alleged kidnapping of a child by a suspect who is presumed to be a local from the projects ignites racial tension between two neighboring New Jersey towns.
Perception is a darkly comedic gem that stars Piper Perabo as Jen Marshall, an LA girl with a reckless personality and a laundry list of burned bridges. When Jen returns to New York and unexpected tragedy strikes, it is up to her mistreated friends to decide between helping her through this tough time or abandoning her as she has done to them so many times before. (Angelika Film Center)
E-Ring (2005) - TV Series
Major Jim Tisnewski, until recently an active special forces commando, takes up a Pentagon job as assistant of US Army colonel Eli McNulty. He now must learn to battle the Pentagon way against politicians and careerist officers who often oppose what makes operational sense. (imdb)
Ray is the never-before-told, musical biographical drama of American legend Ray Charles. Featuring Jamie Foxx in the central role, Ray follows the inspiring story of a one-of-a-kind genius. (Universal)
This film follows the emotional and psychological journey of a young Black gay artist as he discovers the hidden legacies of the gay and lesbian subcultures within the Harlem Renaissance. (Wolfe Video)
When "The Man" tries to derail a black candidate's presidential campaign, Undercover Brother and his fellow secret agents come to the rescue. (imdb)
In this penetrating and touching neo-Gothic thriller, Samuel L. Jackson delivers a powerful performance as Romulus Ledbetter, a man caught on the sharp edge between genius and madness.
Inspired by the life of Carl Brashear (Gooding, Jr.). The setting of his journey is the little known and dangerous world of deep-sea diving in the U.S. Navy of the 1950s and 60s. (20th Century Fox Films)
Patty is a woman involved in an abusive relationship who decides to take boxing lessons to better protect herself when her boyfriend becomes violent. While practicing at a health club, Patty attracts the attention of a female boxer and a promoter who introduce her to a trainer who helps Patty get into fighting shape. In June, Patty finds a friend who gives her a good reason to get away from her boyfriend, and she begins a slow but steady climb up the ladder of the women's boxing circuit. (imdb)
High Incident (1996) - TV Series
A fast paced look at life for the officers of the El Camino Police Department, High Incident takes the viewers into the trenches with the street police officers, where the war on crime is being fought, one criminal at a time, and the casualties are mounting up. (imdb)