Aunjanue Ellis

Aunjanue E. Taylor is an American stage actress and producer, is known for playing in the movie Ray Undercover Brother as well as on The Mentalist. She has an BA in African-American Studies from Brown University as well as an MFA in Acting from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Aunjanue Lisa Ellis, a writer and American actress active in theatre as well as television and film. The actress Aunjanue. Ellis started her acting career in theatre. Later, she appeared in television series along with independent and mainstream film. She gained fame for playing Miranda Shaw on ABC's Quantico. In the following year, she made appearances on BET's acclaimed television series The Book of Negroes. She began her career acting in 1995 as Ariel on the stage in The Tempest. Her credits on stage include the Broadway show of the Joe Turner musical Come and Gone A Winter's Tale Drowning Crow as well as Seeking the Genesis. Film-wise she is most famous for roles such as Men of Honor The Caveman's Valentine The Express or The Help. On television, her part in the ABC's crime drama High Incident is well known.