By Brande Victorian Behind every great man, as the old, outdated expression goes, there’s a great woman — and there’s a pretty decent chance she’s been played by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor.

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor is happy to acknowledge that, since emerging from university in the mid-1990s, she has rarely been short of work. It says here that her first professional gig was playing ...

So then we flew in all kinds of other rental things, and with Aunjanue, we explored a few different variations.” Loar says that meant she and Ellis-Taylor getting together and asking a lot of ...

Oscar-nominated actress Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor considers Mississippi her home, and her latest theatrical release is one that touches on topics familiar to the state. "Nickel Boys" takes on systemic ...

Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor didn't intend to find her niche as an actor starring in movies and TV shows about race. But with a long list of credits punctuated by acclaimed projects that tackle the topic ...

Talk about a surprise. When Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (who has been acting professionally since her debut as Ariel in 1995’s Broadway revival of “The Tempest” opposite Patrick Stewart ...

Behind every great man, as the old, outdated expression goes, there’s a great woman — and there’s a pretty decent chance she’s been played by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor. “If we only know the ...

For Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, an Oscar nominee as the mother of tennis legends Venus and Serena Williams in “King Richard,” that was unexpected. Yet, Ellis-Taylor, 54, revealed in a Zoom ...

Marianne Jean-Baptiste and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor have never worked together before, but the two bonded like old friends in the latest installment of TheWrap’s longform series Visionaries ...